Punxsutawney Spirit, 1908-08-19

              V , V •. VOL. II—NO. 288 Fighting Rate Law In Courts Krfificcs in tlio Country. One of the anil Most Historic WILL CELEBRATE GLADE RUN CRURCH CENTENNIAL Clearing House For Dwellings Delegates From luteal lire Companies Left Today—Itumiiiig Team Off Tomorrow. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING AUGUST 19, 1908 GOING AFTER THE SPEED ' PRIZES AT PHILIPSBURG PUNX'Y GOLFERS WON FROM BUTLER ENTHUSIASTS PRICE TWO CENTS Rallying To Defense O* Haine Triumph Theatrical Scored A A Margin of Thirty-Seven Put l<octi|s on Easy Street—Kennedy'* ('mlital)le Performance. daga noon. Mrs. Haine fakes Sensational Charges In Counter Divorce Proceedings. Flushed with victory the Punxsu Bumper House Pleased With Miss Florence Fisher and Thespian Cast. 100 Families Will Soon Arrive In Punxs'y—No Provisions For Them. B. R. & P. Company Seeks To Have Two Cent Passenger Charge Nullified REPEATED TONIGHT HOUSES IN POOR REPAIR INVESTIGATION DEMANDED INSUFFICIENT RETURNS The finance committee of the Florence Fisher and her Thespian < Miurch received a boost and Miss dies' Aid Society of the Baptist five up. Robert Join's won cloven up, W. S. Dinsmore lost tim e up. Books Mitchell won two up. Dr. C. (». Hughes won live up. Dr. \V. K. lb-ver won four up, J. M. Heyer lost sis up, Henry Mundorf won one up, Simpson played a tie, and Karl Snyder lost two up. J. H. Kennedy defYated his man with five up, T. W. Kennedy won nine up, George C. Hrown won five up. K. K. Shaffer won four up, G. \V Porter lost three up, A. <\ Robinson won At the close of the match Punx'y was to tin- good with ithirty-seveii up. Robert Jones having placi d the biggest margin on the Punx'y side of tinscore with eleven up. A. c. Robinson made the second best score of the day in doing the rounds in 4:1. This sconhe equalled, on the second round. During the match J. II. Kenned\ made 'the rounds in forty, a v« ry creditable performance on a strange course, and considering that bogie there Is thlrly-seven. noon, they had the pleasure of winning from the Hutler golfers on their homo links. tawney golfers returned last evening from Butler, where during the after- The match was in a way a threecornered alTair in which Butler's many players were pitted against the members »>f the Punxsutawney ('nuntry Club and the Foxburg golfers. The matcbcs were separate, however, Foxburg and Punx'> both winning from Butler. 16 mm! ih mm Sixty llodti'H Taken l<Y»llt Maypole Colliery—Mine on I Fire. The delegates for the Punx'y department. Cloy Duff, A. N. McQuown, <Rowan and James Thomas, left this afternoon to be on hand for 'the business session Thursday morning at eleven o'clock. The West Knd department lias finally decided not to enter in the races, a large number of their running team being at present out of town. Carrol, Wazel, Smith and Kohlcr will likely be entered in the hundred yard dash, all four having run the hundred yards in ten seconds flat. The team which lliis year goes t" Philipsburg is undoubtedly the best that the local department has had in years. The members of the team are Myers, W. Organ, T. Organ, itowan, Law. H. Warren. A. Warren. F. l<ohler, Hidwell, U. Smith, Wazel, Carrol, Render. The home team will be entered in the hook and ladder, the hub and hub and the hose races, while four members of the local running team have signified their intention of entering the hundred yard dash. appearance The I'unx'y department will leave with the intention of going after, all the prizes in the speed contests. A racing hose cart, construi ted of a wrought iron frame mounted on bicycye whorls, has just been finished. The cart weighs 175 pounds. Hoth the hose earl, and the racing hook and ladder cart have been painted in aluminum and present a very neat tire departments will leave tomorrow for Phillpsburg to attend the annual firemen's convention which is now in progress. Arrangements are being made for sixty members of the Punxsutawney department while th« West End department will be represented by about thirty. The Punxsutawncy and West IOnd SMI m FOR REI conic Italtlcsliips. T Thousand* O-rmvtlinjr Iitlo City to won a fum Monroe In a situation on which It 13 lamposslble to dilate. His wife, said further In her charges that Captan Maine had mistreated her in an unnatural manner while they were on their honeymoon. ters of an army officer at Fortresa Probably her most startling statements are those In which Captain fTaine is accused of misconduct while , he and his wife on their wedding I tour and another instance when Mrs. \ Halne found her husband in the quar- The army officers involved declare that even though the charges In the newspaper stories are ignored by the Government, which is not considered at all likely, they will demand an investigation to purg»» the atmosphere of army life from the taint which has I been spread through it by Mrs. Haine'a alleged charges. Court and alleges that such conduct was common among the army officers of her husband's acquaintance. in the published story Mrs. Haino accuses army officers of unmentionable crimes which topled Count Eulen-1>< rg from his pedestal in the German "Knights of tin Round Table," the Infamous coterie in the German ariny. result in a scandal second only to the disgraceful state of affairs among the and in divorce proceedings had de- picted conditions in American army circles which, if proven true, would f y United Press. N'KW I ORK, Aug. 19.—Virtually every oil -er in the United States Army has rallied to the defense of Captain Peter C Maine, Jr., the slayer of William K. A nnis today, owing to the publicaton of a story that Mrs. Haino in countercharges against her lius- i )iioii<laffa Tram Defnirs It iff Itiui rik'lier>i For tin* Stip|X*rs.ON HIS WAY A conllal invitation is extended to any one who may wish to speak on any topic on the program. Lecture—Rev. 11. T. McClelland, D. D. 1 )oxology—Benediction. Devotional Exrecises—Rev. PL K. Mechlin. Reading letters—Benediction. 7:30 p. m.—Presiding, Rev. C. P. Marshall.Fraternal greetings from local pastors.Sketch of the Life? and Work of Rev. G. W. Mechlin, D. D., Rev. J. P. Calhoun, D. D. Recollections* of Glade Run—Prof. J. A. Ritchie. Devotional Exercises—Rev. C. P. Oheeseman. 11! o'clock—Lunch and social hour. 2 ]). m.—Presiding—Theodore Barrett, Esq. Glade Run in Medicine—C. «C. Meehlin, M. D.. P. C. Irwin, M. D. Glade Run in Teaching—Prof. A. T. Ormond. Glade Run in Law—\V. 'I'. Irwin, Esq., P. P. W- 1\ Esq. Glade Run in Foreign Missions—Rev. J. (Mechlin, Albert I. Good. Glade Run in Home Missions—Rev. T. M. Find ley. Glade Run in ministry—Rev. A. P. Marshall, I), I). Glade Run reminiscences—Rev. Johnston McGaughey, Rev. F. X. Miron, Prof. C. M. l)es Islets, Miss Ilea, 10. F. Coleman, Miss Ella Marshall. Thursday, August 27. 9:30 in.—Presiding—C. S. Marshall. Devotional exercises—Rev. J. <Mc- Mccracken.Devotional exercises—Rev. G. B. Irwin.pastor, Rev. G. W. Melntyre. Communion service, Revs. «I. M. Irwin, J. S. Helm, C. P. Chceseman. 7:30 p. in.—Presiding, Rev. Lycurgus Mechlin, D. 1). Wednesday, August 2C» 2 p. m.—Historical sermon l»y the Sunday, August '23—11 a. m. an old time service. Rev. Lycurgus Mechlin, I). D. First Sermon. Intermission. Second sermon. Following is the program for each day: One of the oldest and most historic church buildings in 'this section of t»he State is the Glade Itun Presbyterian I Church at Dayton, which on Sunday and next week will celebrate its one hundredth anniversary. Special exerciser* will be held Sunday, August 23, and on Wednesday and Thursday, August 2(> and l!7. respectively, and a large attendance from Dayton and all surrounding towns is anticipated. The cause of the explosion has not he«>n determined as yet, but a thorough investigation will be made by the authorities. There were eighty men In the mine when the explosion occurred and but four made their escape. Heroic efforts are now being made | to subdue the flames, so that the rescuing party may be able to reenter, but there is no hope of finding any of the entom'bed men alive. | By United Press. WIG AN, England, Aug. 19.—After the rffovery today of twenty burned and mutilated bodies from the .Maypole Colliery, where a terrible explosion occurred yesterday evening, the (lames drove the rescuers back with between fifty and sixty bodies unrecovered still in the mine. ! WELL KNOWN MINING MAN FOUND DEAD On a \Va;;rr. 10,000 Mile Trip Without » <'»-nt— Business Man of New York roli\s essayed by him there was no time when he was not equal to the occasion, but he was applauded most after hi? had given a character recitation from Kipling, and was recalled three H. F. Rothsteln, whose dramatic talents have been tested In many roles before local audiences, recently, last night added fresh laurels to his repertoire of triumphs. In the three The versatility of Punxsutawney's most promisng candidate for histrionic honors will not be open to doubt hencefort h. The audience last night had a splendid opportunity to compare the Florence Fisher of a couple of years ago with the Florence Fisher of the present, in her recital of "An OKI Sweetheart of Mine". In a bill that called i i for such a variety of adaptability her transiton from the amateur to -the J higher forms of the art were nowhere I more apparent than in that most ex-1 quisitc rendition of Riley's master-1 piece. ! tivating and ingenious, and as Prince I Arthur in "King John" she was dra-1 matic, impressionable and pulsating with those flashes of the art which indicates much for her future. Ah "Galatea" Miss Fisher was fas- j cinating, delectable, as Miss Mary Sinclair, the story-writer in a "A Gentleman Burglar," she was vivacious,. cap- As to the success of the entertainment last night there can be but one verdict, judged by the applause, and that was that Miss Fisher and each member of the cast had come Up to and in many respects surpassed expectations.»r another hig house. n the back part of the house changed lo Wednesday night and, although the liig playhouse was almost sold out last light, the prospects for tonight an When it became known that there would be a second performance, many who had been compelled to take sea's i* was decided to engage the playhouse for another night. And it was well, for not all could have been accommodated last night. see Miss Fisher and her cast, and •fferson Theater would not accomlodate, in one night, all who desired Saturday it became evident that the companions the hearty approval of a bumper audience at the Jefferson Theater last night. The collection of the fines from the road should it violate the provisions of the two-cent faro law, would amount to the practical confiscation o( it.-s property and the property of its Stockholders, the brief says. well as the traffic agreement made Pittsburg, all of which, it Is asserted, were under the provisions of the old law. between it and the Baltimore and Ohio lines for traffic from Butler to be enforced the company will have to | operate at a loss in Pennsylvania, \afl<1 would be unable to meet its obligations to its bondholders who purchased the bonds of the company at a time when it was permitted to charge the three cents a mile, prior to the enactment of the law which it seeks to have declared unconstitutional. The brief filed by the company is a lengthy one and covers the entire history of the organization of the original toad and of the mnior roads it has built, purchased or leased, as claims that if the two-cent law is to The railroad company, in its brief tiled by its attorneys, Messrs. McQuiston and McCauley, the latter the principal attorney of the road, asserts that under the two cent rate the passenger traffic of the road would be operated at a loss. The road claims that Its original charter gives it the right to charge three cents a mile for passengers, with live cents as a maximum charge. It also claims that its-charter in Pennsylvania, obtained under laws of 1S4S, also gives it that right. In the brief filed the railroad company presents figures showing the receipts of the company under the new law, in which it is shown that the company did not make expenses in its passenger department in this state, while it was operating under the twocent fare law,, while its profits even at three cents a mile were not large. It for passenger traffic, says the Butler Times. question is the one which requires the railroad companies of the state not to charge more than two cents a mile held in Butler County as the act in 1 nth, 1U07, adjudged unconstitutional and void, will be one of the most interesting and hardest fought ever road Company against the countv of * Butler, in which it seeks to have the act of the State Legislature of April falo, Rochester and Pittsburg Rail- County of the equity suit of the Buf- The hcarng in the courts of Butler INDIANA COUNTY COURT SPRANKLE REUNION Owners of Punxsutawney real estate and suitable dwellings are brought face to face with a situation that Is the crowning anibiton of every town. A1 least a hundred famlles, the head of which will soon be drawing" a good salary at one or the other of the new Elk Run plants, arc In the market for a new -home, either to rent or buy. and it looks to the layman as 'hough there should be something doing this fall in Punxsutawney real estate. If some coUccrted move were to be made that would bring together the hind lord and the prospective tenant, a deal of fruitless casting about could be eliminated. There are a number of new houses now going up in Greater Punxsutawney, while several are available, whose owners will either sell or rent. For these reasons this matter should be taken up by a committee who should make a list of every avail-! albe dwelling and act as a clearing committee. Living apartments on the first floor that will rent from $4 to $10 per month are in great demand, while dwellings that will rent at from $X to $15 per month are being inquired for every day. In nearly every instance where such houses are available the landlords have been appealed to to get the property in shape to rent or sell, but in not all cases did the request meet with the desired response. Some landlords who have dwellings that by a small outlay for repairs would make them habitable, are not willing to incur any expense untfil they have the assurance that a suitable renter Is in sight while others hold that the newcomers should stand fcr interior repairs themselves. During last week a member of the Chamber of Commerce took a census of tin' available dwellings in Punxsutawney. and tin- bes: he could do was to locate about thirty houses that are in the market for sale and for rent. Many «>f the dwellings which he Us ed are not in good conditon, and will require more or less repairs before they wll be suitable for l.abltaton, even by the most unsophisticated housekeeper. Within the next thirty or forty (lays at least 100 more familcs will have t<» be provi led for, and unless there is some tall hustling done mighty soon there will be a dearth ol* suitable homes for the newcomers. Punxsutawney at the present mo- ment needs a clearing house for dwellings to -ell and rent. ONONDAGA, Aug. 19.—Four teams from this place and four Big Run played a serie.s of of games of quoits 'at Biff Hun Monday afternoon, for tho suppers. intent. At the end of the last game the points stood 7S for Onondaga and 4'J for Big Run. After the game the players repaired to the Stringer Hotel, where they ate to their heart's Following iii" teams and points •ored by each, the player's on the ft side of the column being from Big mi. and on the right from Onon- lloine. Diaries Pi for Succumb** to \poplc\v While Walking; to Ills ing at Old Homestead. 20(1 in Attendance at Annual Oatlicr- Cases of Interest Dispose*! Of—Tim- ber Dispute Is Set tied. Countess of Dudley, and will be entertained at a grand ball in the grounds of (Jovernment House by Lord Northnote, the present Governor-General, and Lady Northcotc. The warships are to remain in Sidney ti'ii days. During this time an elaborate programme of entertainment will be carried out, beginning with the ceremonial landing of Admiral Sperry and his chief odlcers at Lady Maequairo's chair in the harbor. The Chi. f oUlcers of the fleet are -to be the guests of the Marl of Dudley, (Jovernor— General elect, and the SYDNEY, Aug. 1 !>.—Sydney is enthusiastiv over the visit of the American battleship fleet and thousands of visitors from the interior already have come 'to pay homage to the officers and men. During the stay of the warships the whole of the coast line, many miles in length, of the fine harbor is to be brilliantly illuminated each night, the numerous headlands at the expense of the Federal and Staite governments, and the intervening shores by public subscription. DID THE WEST AND SOUTH IN A BOX CAR Following are some of the cases din- •diiii" Kodgei's is lloino After an Intensive Tour of the Country. BOOT HANGING 10 IE Martin Scully Patrick McGulre John 1 )avison, Sr. Gomcr Hopkins Biff Itiin IO-OiioimIhkh 21 F. <\ Smathers Isaac Nolf Kzra Means James Yobe Itiff Hiiii l-Onomlaga lit l>. II McHeiiry l» A. Schwab Big ICiiii 21-Onondaga 15 Daniel Terry Arthur ('ionic John (Mark Gomer Hopkins David Pifer Albert Hitters Itiff I % ii ii 11-Oiioiwliiffa 21 With a three-weeks' growth of ISSUE! UNO WEST END SPOKANIO,, Wash., Aug. 10. -Louis L. Krauss, ;i business man and Span- j ish war veteran, who left his si-tore, j 4 70 Sixth Avenue, New York, June 111, without a cent on a journey of 10,000 ' miles in the Unl'ted States and Mexico j on a wager to make the trip in two years and return with $F»,000, has reached Spokane on the way to Puget Sound and the Paeillc ('oast. He lias covered thirteen Startes and has earned $200 and has a stock of novelties, all of which were acquired since he left New York. Krauss is gathering statistics of all the cities he visits and will compile them into a book »to be published in 1010. He has a letter from President Roosevelt promising reward for service in the Spanish war. He also carries letters from mayors and governors, also his discharge form army service and other means of identification. He trav< Is In passenger trains and pays his way. His revenue iy. derived from selling novelties at a price not exceeding 25 cents each. Park Tomorrow Ai'tcr- Stroniv Tenuis Will >l«vt a I F.nst I,ihI The deceased was tifty-tive years <>f age and was well known and highly respected throughout this section. lie is survived by his witv and six1 children, Charles, John and Jim. Mr.'. Kdward Gates, all of Florence, a married daughter in the West and anothe r at Pittsburg. Funeral arrangements | have not yet been completed. The Florence mines were not work- | inff yesterday and Mr. Pifer had madtwo trips into the mines, one in tip forenoon and one directly after dinner. After visiting the office after his last trip he started for home about three o'clock. Shortly before four o'clock Mrs. Pifer started for th< home of a neighbor and was horritiod to see her husband lying in the yard as she entered. Hastening to him she found that lie was dead. I Death was due to apaplexy. Charles Pifer, tipple boss at tin- Florence Mines and one of the best known mining men in the bituminous region, was found dead in the yard of a neighbor yesterday afternoon about four o'clock by his wit- IMS HIT MOTIDH MR In the woman's clothing was found a scrap of paper bearing the name. "Mrs. Fred Goldberg". The baby had been Killed by being stabbed in the brain with a hat pin. terday. About three blocks away the body i»f an Infant wan discovered early yes- Cl IK 'AGO, Aug. 10.—The body of a woman, aged about twenty-live years, was found hanging from a tree in a wooded portion of Kvans'.on today by Thomas Sweeney. By United Press. DMIIE moots 01 BOH which is another evidence that I'unxsutawnev i.s going some in matters pertaining to dramatic art and music. 1st, and Mitchell's excellent orches- Mlss Claudia Fink, 'he accompan- tra were also largely responsible for the success of the entertainment. last night. ing to any professional, but which, j when tendered with every appearances upon the local stage, means much more. polled to respond to several recalls, a tribute that would be gratify- Mr. Render was com- never more effective, nor was he ever more enthusiastically received than natural expression and composure | that places her unmistakably in the range of grand opera singers. She is the master of nuancing and technique, and, while employing all of tinarts of an accomplished and skillful disciple of the Melbas her selections in English touched the chords common to .all with music in their souls. George Bender, the baritone, was majority of the audience would perhaps have been better pleased with selections in English, yet no one will deny the performer her right to upe whatever vehicle she deems best. Miss Miller is endowed with a stage presence, charm, quality of voice, power* ed with the fact that the singer is a vocalist of rare eapabilties. While a With the tirst burst of trills that she uttered the audience became imprcss- A distinct triumph was scored by Miss Lucille Miller, of Pittsburg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Miller, formerly of Punxsutawney. uosed if current term of lnpOHOtl of at the current term of In- Monday, and which were reported In the Gazette as follows: A case of historic interest was disposed of by Judge Telford, when he informed Alex McBride that he must pay Charles C. Waugaman the sum of $1,221. Four years ago Ihc men conducted a wholesale livery business in Saltsburg and the dispute occurred when they settled the partnership. K. w. Smith, Esq., represented Mr. McBride and Mr. Waugaman'* Interests were In care of Attorneys D. 3. Taylor and John A. Seott In the dispute regarding Banks Township timber, between C. B. Patrick and Mrs. Emma J. Cunningham and J. M. Smittle, the Court made a decree perpetually enjoining th,. defendant from removing timber from the Cunningham lands. D. li. Taylor, Ea'1-. was the plaintiff's counsel.District Attorney \V. F. Elkln preuented two prisoners who pleaded suiliy as follows: John Gurney Brlckley, at town, for stealing a Million boy's bicycle, to Morganza, and  Richards, of Somerset County, for ta- Unig a mule in Arcadia and Helling it for $5 to John Pender of Johnstown, to Huntingdon. HAVING PLNASKXT TIUIV HETritSK" T»> MKADVIMjIIR. The 'liodlt's Of the brewer and Jj'" wife "-..p. terribly In" „f the children were also bnd'>' turert Mr*. Olurk* sifter, who *03 In the enr when the accident occurred. Is believed to be dying as the result of her Injuries. By t'niteii Prexs. MIN'NKAl'OI.IS, Aug. 19. — John (Muck. the millionaire brewer. »n<l his wile were Instantly killed today by a train which wrecked their big motor car at Cottago Wood, Lake Mln- peeially strnnpr lineup on the field to—— morrow. Williamson or N. Phillips Orcfr Snrankle, son of John F. will he on the rubber for the locals. Sornnkle of this place, accompanied Walker, the big fellow who sent I hi, wife and two children, who Adrian to their doom, will be on the were here for the Sprinkle reunion, firing line for Rossiter. The game left for their home in Meadvllle today, will be called at 3:30 o clock chaip. The West End team will place an is- The gani( between Rosslter and the West End Punx'y team in East End Hark tomnrrmv afternoon promises to be one of the best of the season. Aside from the hoodoo that attends iiossiter while playing 1'unx'y on the local grounds, that aggregation has played tirst class ball the season through. J. P. Wilson and family are progressing merrily on th« Ir way westward in their auto. They reached Toledo. Ohio, yesterday afternoon about four o'clock, and report a verypleasant trip through "God's country" | of fertile farms and beautiful villages. AMHKKSTlH'ItC.H, (Int., Aus. 19-— A charge of dynamite on a drill boat destroyer of the Sullivan Dredging Company, of Buffalo, which was engaged in4' blasting out a lime kiln, while crossing in the Detroit River, (»ff here exploded, fatally injuring six men, and less seriously Injury half n dozen more. The dynamite boat was blown to pieces. Ry United Press Leaving Utah in a side-door palace j car "Jim" hiked for the coast. California. Washington and Oregon came under his inspection. Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Georgia. Alabama and a dozen other states of the South were visited in turn, but I none of them looked like the old Keystone State and "Jim" is back to stay. In the land of the Mormons the traveler disembarked and spent three days doing the tabernacle atjd studying "Joe" Smith's methods. "Jim" says that 'the men out there are mormons probably because the Utah girls are so blamed homely that a man has to take I a dozen or two to get a winner. In company with three other boys from this place "Jim" left six weeks ago for a tour of the country. At St. Louis the remainder of the party stopped off. but "Jim' kept right on going. the box car he was rldng in having been locked without his knowledge.beard on his chin, ten cents in his pocket, and a suit of blue jeans covered with the dust of the West "Jim" Hodgers, of this place, arrived home this morning after a six weeks' trip through the West and South, during which time he passed through thirty States, Mexico and Tidioute. The only other member of the George Sprankle family is Mrs. Margaret Simpson, widow of the late Nathaniel Simpson, of Kecator, 111. Mrs. Simpson, who is 90 years old, was unable t<> attend the reunion. Among the heirlooms on exhibition were a handsaw and jack plane, tin' property of Frederick Sprankle, and a pair of tire tongs, the property of Miss Margaret Campbell, each of th>' implcinen's^l"'ug over 100 years old. An old Max heckle belonging to John P. Sprankle, of this place, attracted much attention. Uoth dinner and supper were served In the grove and the reunion eoncludede with a festival last night. Addresses were made by Rev. Sably. of Smleksburg, and others, and there were hall games and sports galore for both male and female players. William Sprankle, notwithstanding his ad f inced years, rode In a hack to ami from the reunion, a distance of about 44 miles, and enjoyed ithe trip immensely. With tables laden to their utmost capacity with the fat of the land, as it were, the multitude enjoyed what was pronounced to be the finest dinner in the history of the organization. At one table there Were 111 people who hear the Sprankle name, including two members of the original family. William Sprankle. of Indiana, aged ss years, and Sharrets Spralikle, of Little Mahoning, aged 73 years. About 20(1 Sprankles, including a good sprinkling of friends, yestordiy assembled at 'the old (leorge Sprankle homestead near the Round Top Church, Indiana County, where tineighth annual reunion of the family was duly celebrated. t mwm V ■ K ' * ■? - 6diti°n) ffce fmiilltttotiiiwii §0tfit fssssi v t I: