Punxsutawney Spirit, 1908-08-07

              Si m *1 m An < \ i tperated Punxsutawney man v. ho Ii\ ■ on T«»rrerice Street, and incuts. Inn Win- a Tolal If's a ra< «• l" l \ • 11 ii; , In 11i111.* iikI lit< .. BACK BROKEN, HAS BEEN HELPLESS FOR 29 YEARS (C'M'.vrli::it, Fawrett, Wash.)) CITY STREETS IN NEED OF REPAIR PRICE TWO CENTS ! CHILD BORN Oil TRAIN \\ <unaii Hwoims a Mother \\ Idle He- Ing Hurried to Xdrinii Hospital. AUCKLAND AWAITS FLEET COIINTRY CLUB'S OUTINE JIN ENJOYABLE AFFAIR PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., FRIDAY EVENING AUQUST 7, 1908 (•l eal I'reparations Being Made to Kliterlnin Sailors and Officers. SMI FRANCISO WANTS OLYMPICS FOR 1912 Awakens Practically Well. After (iiMHl Main's Heat Ills Kniinclice BUCKWHEAT MM r A BUMPER OUTING CARDINAL SIM BETTER VOL. II—NQ. 278 Will Begin at Once to Erect Largest Stadium in the World Over 100 Participated in Basket Picnic at the Home of the Club. Citizen Complains of the Con- dition of Torrence Street. —r~ Grove Inadequate for Crowd- Will Hereafter be Held on Other Side of Railroad A FEW GUESTS ONLY; ONE ARREST 3 4 MILE TRACK WORK AT HOME v« r< I The Spirit .with a coinmuiii- anent good roads, this morning fa- l>« aring in recent i-sue.s of this paper ho has been r» a ling the articles ap- ation which in substance- reads as polled. The Pope, when he learned of the indisposition of tlhp Cardinal, expressed liis sorrow and the hdpe that he would soon recover. A dinner that was to have been given lust nig lit in honor of the Cardinal was post- The physicians consider the attack due to fruit eaten by the Cardinal. The at tending physicians, who made a call on him today at noon, pronounced him practically well. HOME, Aug. 7.—After a good night's rest, Cardinal Gibbons, who was taken ill with intestinal trouble at Castle Sandolfo Wednesday, was almost normal today. By United Press. SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS IWO HNS 8URNEQ pll'Sellt t illlt When the train arrived, t h woniiin, Mrs. Seiiari. was |>ia> eil in tie Im ;- giige coach. Shortly after :he train passed through Valier tin child ua born. An ambulance met the 't i n at this place ami mother an.I child were hurried to the Adrian II .-pit a I where both arc doing well at ill I)r. Young an wen-.) tin call and arrived in Dayton shortly before the midnight flyer pulled in. It en listing that the woman was in a prc< arious condition, he had her ihiiuvciI to the s ation, with tin intention of bringing her t » tli, Adrian Hospital. Dr. Ft L. Voung, who will shortly beffin practising in this place, was last night called to Dayton, where his brother doctors were having difllculty in delivering a child. All Record* in Dishuo-t'- Slate Tnasiiror slir.il/. lias llrokon Lightning I'l.iM (I 11>i \ <><'—I:«»i11 sinir- hoboes .'I;; In w h 11 i.liC In: ; Ml. Hi"- 1 A FIENDISH CRIME Tin* inside rows of scats, which as now plan lied arc be but ton feet lllffh. There will also In • cinder paths.and turf fields for all sorts of athletic foii'csts. I ho athletic clubs and other leagues <»l (Silifornia have already collected tin- necessary money for 'lie structure an.I work is to bo common cod soon. The Kre.it stadium, which will surround a three-quarter mile oval, will be embowered in trees, so as to make i' a beautiful pic: lire. SAX KHAXClSCol Apg. 1.—This city lias decided that it wants the Olympic games in 1012. and will at once begin* work on the greatest stadium in the world in which to hold the contests. By United Press. State Treasurer John «». Slit at/, lias broken all records for the payment of the school appropriation, the total disbursements for tills object alone in the sixty days between Juno 1 and August 1 aggregating the magnilie. nt total of $4,00!), I 1 1.78, or '$1,070,723 more than paid in the same period las' Hank. \rins ami I'oot of M<irder<-<l Boy Found Buric<l in a Clay II. c; Kvery American Hag: in Auckland was .sold days ago, notwithstanding: (the fact thai tin* dealers had brought I on larg<> stocks from San Francisco land Honolulu in anticipation of the 'demand. Business houses and public buildings arc being decorated in an elaborate manner and in every part of the city the Stars and Stripes will ily 0:1 the day of the arrival ol" the A municipal welcome will be given Tuesday and will include a reception by the mayor of Auckland. In the evening there will be a stale ball at (iovernincnt House, the men being entertained in various halls. The licet is due to reach port Sunday. but the ollicial landing will not b< made until the following day, according to the program as arranged. AUCKLAND, X. Z.. Aug. 7.—The 176,000 inhabitants of the provincial district of Auckland are on tiptoe of expectation in anticipation of the arrival of the licet of American battleships. Auckland is the lirst port in tiie Xew Dominion at which the Meet will touch, after an unbroken stretch of 3850 miles from Honolulu. The reception of the battleships will provide a notable spectacle, and one to which the people of Xew Zealand have been looking forward with keen interest, for weeks past. Special to The Spirit. PLEASED WITH IKE WEST 'I'll ' ;i ill hi't i: ics are now digging dih'i- on « i11n• r idc of (ho rftr« i t. l it' -.i ilt» li.is . rowili il tli.it slag t<» the out-r ed^-- anil, would ynu beli' \' it. tin* ditch diggers havi- j»i 1«*« 1 that broki .1 back into the street, which i now nut lit to drive mule I' i i rri't \\ ;i <i\« rhaulcd with .--lag mi . upun i Mini', and about a V'-.ir iu-," given ;i tup dressing with shah* Mit <'herry Street diggings. I i :■ may others just as bail, I- n ii' ti" in a u or: • ri>nilition than ri-rri ii . Street, om* of the most traveled t i l O TO 11 h I i 1 I .: ill toWll, OUlide or Ma honing St ivct, N'ow that you 'have pointed out ii"\v I road . may In scared to the • oiintry di iri. is, would it not he w. II i . tui ii \ iair attention to the hJ-li\\a\s and streets righ; in the borough i>f L'u i\stuawney. follow Near Portland, Oregon. I>r. .1. It. Morris mid l-'amlly Located The discovery enables the police to put the body together and make an examination of the whole. By laited Press. < 'I lit 'At J( >, Aim;. 7.---The arms and right foot or Tiffa Shissheln, the thirteen-year-old Syrian boy who was murdered, and whose body was cut into bits, were found early today iri a clay 'nolo, half a mile from the spot when? the head was found yesterday, and a mile from the point where the butchered torso and legs were picked Up earlier. TWENTY SAILORS DROWNED isli Steamer kirk well. Bodies I'oiiikI in Wreckage of licit- The payment of school money Is considered to be notable on Capitol llill, as it goes tar beyond any record ever made in the preceding administration. In addition 'there was drawn warrants for $500,000 more on the Department of P.ublie Instruction which did not reach the Treasury in July. Mr. Shcatss stood ready to cash them. In aill 1,811 of the 2,580 districts were paid. year. According to the statement of business at the Treasury for the month just dost d, the receipts of the Treasury were $3,152,54 1.4 5 and the payments $4,955,819.90, over half of which went for school purposes. The general balance in the Treasury at the < 'lose of July business was $1 1,943,- 790.04, of which $9,4 2(5,525.35 was in the general fund, and $2,157,270,159 was in the sinking fund. Of the balances $523,000 is held by th«- Allegheny National Hank, which closed. INVESTIGATE CHARGE Tin* leg harn on tlic Delmore pln« •• \ near Pancoasi, .I.Tfi r■•on I'ounty. wa destroyed hy lire Sunilas night. The building was used by Robert M' Donilil, owner ot* tin- adjoining farm, for the storing of his crops and In- l»ad just finished filling if with hay and grain. Kwryfliiiu: was con sinned, including some farming implements. The harn was one of the 1" t eoiistructed in that seeiion and worth probably $1,500, which with the loss of the crops brings tin total up to $2,000. It is not known exactly how the fire originated, but the folks ofl the neighborhood are of the opinion that it was the work of tramps. At iin i .11 ,> hour y mornln:; i larue ham at rails • 'reek belontflUK |i> I.is i \ m iii I i.' f-'piilh I was burned C«ln«r with .•!! its .on tents. Tin* bnildinir wy «i . «l I'm- st»»r ! aj?c inirpo. > • and Mr. mill p 1:i. . hi less at about $ 1,000. I uluded in tin | vehicles ( oiisnnuMl w- re lour < utl' > \ on«> two-seated ri, otic ihr- . <1 rltf, two biiKRies. one 1-horse \vau«iti. one 2-horstt \vam>n ind a |.»t ol" mall stuff. Mr. Smith had gone t»» U<-> no'bl.sville. leaving Kails Creek at t \\ ,. o'clock and knew nothing of the lire until be returned later in the nn»rn| lug. It is thought the ibuues were | started by hoboes. "Shades «ii' the Aztecs'. Cun It be pe*«ilble that siimn who have been entrusted with tin* making of s'.reetd :i .1 roods an still 10.000 years behind the aborigines".' "Il is high time a ("Jood Ronds Asocatioh g. is bus\ in this section, '■iimii'iv, hucKsii-rs, draymen, livoryiwen, deli vcrvmon, expressmen, and . ntomobile men! organize by all moans, and you can prevent such irav'tsiii-s on the streets of Punxsutawn< y. as well as the roads throughout i he country districts!" "Your ('mod (loads Associations should be clothed with authority to mandamus such proceedings and I :■-t t vi t committees ought to be loaded into i 'its and driven rapidly over | such places. arts "vi r "1 venture the assertion thai there not i toad in any of the surrounding townships tha; is as rough and n sightly as is Torrence Street. Despite the rainfall the outing was 'one of the most enjoyable of the year and the wives of the members are already planning for a duplication of yesterday's party. The greater part <1f those who attended were taken to and from the grounds through the courtesy of Dr. \V. F. Beyer, T\ (>. Freas. H. Kennedy and Dr. T. It. Williams, who placed -their automobiles at the service of the club. Among th out-of-town guests who participated in the outing were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kennedy, Mrs. Joe Bensinger, of DuBois; Dr. Chapman, of Pittsburg, and J. Tingley, of 1 'hliadelphia. Shortly before the jollification was over a few members of he club held a meeting for the purpose of raising enough money to liquidate the debt on the club house and the curbing ot the street which passes the club grounds. Although but fourteen members were present at the time of the meeting over half the money was raised. roof above W lie.i the repast became only a memory, card tables were placed upon the veranda and cards were enjoyed while the rain beat a tattoo on the ft asters. At six o clock a eolia:ion, such as only Punxsutawiiey women can prepare. was served to the hundred or more who were present. Tables were set on the porch and on the lawn surrounding the elub house. Th • house committee, \V. S. Dinsinore and lv S. Swartz, with their wives, prepared and served the coffee f<»r the Country Club, in company with '.heir husbands, yesterday afternoon journeyed to the home of the club on the outskirts of the town in automobiles and vehicles of various kinds. The male members of the party spen*. tie greater part of the afternoon in driving: the pel let over the green, while the ladies either watched their champions, or played cards on the club veranda. \V ith baskets tilled to overflowing the wives of the members of ♦lie mi mm lowed by Conductors. Interstate Commerce Commission to Inquire Iiilo Free Bides ,\l- PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MEDICAL INSTITUTION Lightning Struck Witliin Few Feet of Well Filled Ham. The unknown vessel is also sinking. Captain Matthews,'of the Kirkwell, is among- the dead. Hut two members of the civw were rescued. HAM BIT KG, Aug. 7.—The bodies of twenty sailors of the crow of the British steamer Kirkwell were found today in the wreckage of the vessel, which sunk yestcrd%> at the mouth of the Elba as tin- result of a collision with an unknown barque. By United Press. The big crowd was orderly beyond ill precedent, very little occurring to iiar the even tenor of things social. A bevy of paddle wheel men, who :ame in on the Pittsburg train, started in to do business about 10 o'clock m., but when one of their number seme to grief, the others kept un- larvest. merry-go-rounds, novelty venders, etc., who paid anywhere from $5 to $75 per privilege, and whether there Were 10,000 or 15,000 people on the grounds matters not, the proprietors of the best of these reaped a golden st erday the woods were full of tents, rackets, eating booths, oriental dancers, palmists, English swings, ret is that the upper grove is too »all, the literary and classical fea- Kxcs of the earlier reunions dis- W<ud, and in their stead lias come ft© ffcmanri for a larger grove, the confcpsjnary, the eating booth, tin type what not. Hotel's of the Goodvillo picnic in its ?arly days, may chafe as they will at he turn matters have taken, but the The charter members, and the pro- J Certain it is that the present grounds lire inadequate, for when the crowd, yesterday was at its maximum, the grove was full of people and vehicles and there were hundreds of rigs that ceuld not find shelter in the shade of any kind of an old tree. Not only were tile woods literally full of pictileers, but the lanes, Holds and byways for rods around. S. Ac N. M. Buckwheat Club in the grove below the track where, it is said, there is room and pood shade enough for all of the inhabitants of jseveral counties. south side of the It., it. & p. Railroad, is too small to hold the crowds, and i. has been practically decided to the next anual reunion of the There are some who' dispute the statement that the crowd was the largest ever, but the facts do not bear out the contentions of the disputants. riie facts are that Coleman's Grove, hat is the one above,, or on Jhe that never before were there so many concessionaries and eating booths, so many vehicles or so many pretty girls and women. Those who have been attending the unnual function of the society and therefore may be presumed to know what they ave talking about, .estimate The annual reunion and picnic of the Smicksburg and North Mahoning Buckwheat Club, which was held in Coleman's Grofve, Goodville, yesterday, was a bumper outing in many respect.* BANK CLERK VICTIM OF THIEF TRAP Continued on Page Two The operator* who gave his name as T. T. Hague, of Kittanning, was given a preliminary hearing before 'Squire Walker, of North Mahoning About 10:30 o'clock Carlton, of Troop D, located a man who was operating a "pinch wheel." He used tin pans and a dial plate. The player stood one chance in five to win live times his money or, losing, he had the choice of a sack of old .jackknives or $40. Trooper Kohut, who was there in plain clothes, was set upon his trail, and soon had the fellow and his outfit in tow. ler cover. In discussing the matter Hugh L. Bond, counsel for the company, said that if any conductors had been found guilty of such conduct he was confident there has been no criminal intent. .Some may perhaps have been following an old practice and failed to collect fares from those whom they knew had habitually held passes and had innocently passed them by In making ticket collections. HARRISBUKG, Aug. 7.—The Interstate Commerce Commission has started an investigation of the charges thai, conductors of some of the railroads are allowing passengers to ride over the road without paying fares. The ceinmission is said to have found instances when Baltimore & Ohio ltailroad conductors have fractured tierules, and that warned the oilleers of the road that their prosecution may be deemed necessary. A PLEASANT SURPRISE The town has numerous churches, Continued on Page Two "The people are unusually hospitable, and have generally treated u« most eourteously and kindly. The large maJorMj' of them are from the great Middle West, and, in fact, the population is much more native American than that of Pennsylvania, especially about Punx'y. "Corvallis i* a rapidly growing town of about 5,000 population, and located at the -head of navigation on the Willamette river, ninety-seven miles south of Portland, in one of the finest agricultural and fruit growing sections in the United States. I will not say anything about the fruit iri this letter or you might conclude T had already fallen into the Westerner's style of exaggerating everything. The town has two banks, three newspapers, etc., and Is getting free mall delivery this fall. ft Is well sewered. has electric lights from water power, and the very finest of pure, cool and soft mountain water in abundance. The water plant is owned by the. city and. I understand, is paying good dividends annually. "There are numerous industries in the town, but on a small scale comparatively. Numerous sawmills on' around the town and up in the mountains. We have two railroads, one to the coast, which is only about HO miles distant, and the other :<» Portland, etc., which can be reached quite as easily and conveniently as you can reach Pittsburg. Dr. J. B. Morris and family, who loft this place for the Pacific Coast a few months ago, have settled at Corvallis, Oregon. That they are well phased wtth their new home is evident from the following, which is part of a letter written to a Punxsuta wncy friend: Calling his son the two hurried t • the barn, but could discover no damage. Just beyond the barn, however, not more than thirty feet, a small chestnut tree showed the effects of the stroke. The 'bolt had split the tree in two pieces from the top of the trunk to the ground. With twenty tons of hay, 300 dozen of wheat, and other grain in proportionate quantities in his big barn, Mr. North naturally felt a little shaky whew the lightning began racing through the sky, cracking every now and then like a whip. But when one of the bolts descended, apparently right onto the barn, with a loud ( rash, his hair naturally "rlz" an inch During the recent electrical storm when several residents throughout this section suffered severe loss from lire, Hon. S. Taylor North, who resides about one mile south of town, received a scare that kept htm breathing hard for a day. Believing that tin- gun had been removed Smith entered the granary and his foot caught the trigger of the gun. A charge of buckshot entered his body and in thirty minutes he was dead. HITLANI), t.. Aug. 7.—Frederick Snii h. a Philadelphia bank clerk is dead today at Ascutney ville, near here, after being shot by a spring gun set by his employer, Frederick l.Ianchard, for a sneak thief who had been raiding the farm granary. By United Press. UHIRST BURK SCALDED Occasion for a Parly. IKIli Birtlitlay of Mrs. ('. VI. Smith llic BIG BLACKBERRY HAUL of Age—Help From Strangers. Israel Korb Attended By His Mother Who is Past 90 Years The hot stuff showered him on the lift side, from his neck to his waist, and when his clothing was removed thi- cuticle came with it. Although th« wounds are not dangerous, they were unspeakably painful, and will cause Mr. Burke several days' layoft.While walking directly underneath the hot water exhaust of the boiler, the spigot suddenly let lose and showered about two gallons of the boiling fluid upon him. Christ Burke, the washman at fho Punxsutawney Laundry, yesterday mot with a painful accident which will keep him in cotton batting for several days. THE \VK\THE« WASHINGTON, I). C., Aug. 7.— The weather Indications are: Fair tonight and Saturday. Mr. Korb is an invalid and lives with his mother, who is upwards of ninety years old. When quite a young man Mr. Korb, #who has relatives living here, and whose history is very well known to others in BuBois, had his back broken while working in the woods and was expected to live but a few hours. The greater part o:? his body was paralysed and it was not supposed by physicians who saw him, or anybody else, that he could survive. He continued to live, however, and from that time, twenty-nine years ago, until the present, he hai remained as helpless as he was the clay he was Injured. The devotion of his mother, who has now attained a about the life of unfortunate Israel Korb, who lives near Itockton, Clear- Held County, and-who was visited by a party of friends and neighbors yesterday, says the DuBois Courier. There are many reminiscences But other attentions are also very worthy of mention — and perhaps many charities in Ills behalf are quite unknown. Among those which the Courier has learned of was the kindness of Mrs. William Bigler, of Clearfield, who died some time ago. This kind lady never saw Israel Korb, but learned of his extremities and utter helplessness soon after he was hurt, and through all the years sfu lived thereafter she wrote him a comforting letter once every week, and every few days sent him a small sum of money. The irfvalld has preserved all tjie letters and erad each one many times. Another source of voluntary kindness which was without personal acquaintance was John Heed, of Reynoldsvllie. Mr. Reed repeatedly sent him help, and there are still others of like character which could be mentioned. great age, has never (lagged. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gourley, of Export, Westmoreland county, who are visiting Mr. Gourley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Gourley, of Frostburg, spent yesterday with Punxsutawney friends. VISITED I'tNX'Y FKIENDK. Mrs. Isaac Shaffer, her mother, and T. C. Shaffer, of Worthville; Mrs. Lafayette Shaffer and daughter, Mabelle, and Mrs. Thompson Shaffer, of Cool Spring; Miss Floe Teitrick, of Pittsburg; Milo Teldrick, of Stanton, C. H. Dickey and family, of Creeksi do; Mrs. George Dickey and family, of Croekslde; C. A. Hargorstock and granddaughter, of Big Run, and Misses Meek and Atwood, of Reynoldsville.After the many beautiful and useful presents had boon inspected, the party enjoyed a luscious luncheon, the likes of which only your very best friends take the trouble to propare. Music and an address by the local pastqr wore included among the features of the afternoon. In addition to the neighbors, the following out of town people were present. The home of Mr. and Mrs. C. 11. Smith, of Anita, Tuesday was the scseno of a most enjoyable gathering, when the neighbors, friends and relative? of Mrs. Smith, to the number of about seventy-five, tendered her an unlooked for visit, the occasion being her forty-eighth birthday anniversary. Frank Thorn states that his pick- ! ing was interrupted by ;i large blacksnake which raced across the road In front of him. The snake appeared to be as long hs the road is wide at that point. The snake was hissing llko an agitated gander when it shot past and although Mr. Thorn gave instant and vigorous chase the reptile outsprinted him and was soon lost in the thicket. The largest blackberry haul of the season was reported yesterday when Dave lloover, Oscar Miller, Frank Thorn and Dave Snyder returned from the llock Hun district, near Dells Mills with an even 100 quarts of big, luscious berries. The quartette knocked off picking about two o'clock, not for lack <»f berries, it is said, but because they had filled every vessel they had or could borrow. The recent rains have ripened an enormous supply of berries which are easily picked, so easy in fact, is it said, that enough berries fall to the ground to make an I average crop. ! U e 1 i r f i:i the 1";nof the emphatic protest.* ill' ill tho line officers, who n ntend that no person mivo a line < 'flirt r should !)«• entrusted with the • <• 111111;i it! of .i .ship. Medirai Dlrect- I r Wise, who has charge of the train| iriR' of «»iir navy doctors* possibly for I service as ship comanderfl, I® one of i j he ablest men in the Medical Corp* He Is n native of Vlrcrlnla ami entered ;h.' navv In !#"<>• *errin* s"pce"»- Ivoly on many of IH«' most prominent ships Of the line In the old Navy. During the 8yan Ish-A merlear War he di*- tin*ul«lied himself bv hi* servlee as fleet,surgeon on the U. 8. 8. Baltimore. Medirai Director John (Wi.se i* the president of the United Sintes Naval Medirai School, and has ren-nt- Iv attained ronsiderabli prominence by reason of the fact that it is a* this institution (located at Washington) there are trained the inediral officers of the United States Navy just as the line officers are educated at ; Annapolis. The great amount of at- I tentlon that was suddenly bestowed | upon the medirai corps and its train! ing school was due, of course, to the I radical' action of President Roosevelt I in assigning Surgeon Stokes to command the United States hospital ship It■ ' m V SK <*mm f "* mmm 4