Punxsutawney Spirit, 1909-02-16

              f. W 111® r * Trr ' ■■■< •.?'■■■'■v • > i-s5sar-i frnilintiUmii £pifil i -i ltooms No. 1 »ml So. 2 Hold Kxcrds(*—.Many Pamils Ilcar Program. REVIVAL MEETINGS. THE WEATHER Over the KoiiihIiik of .Valium F. Hawthorne Were Held This Morning. FUNERAL SERVICES PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA-, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1009 BILL TO KELP KNOX WAS NOT DEFEATED SAT ON DYNAMITE. Oil City I'nriirr Ends KIm I<lfc—Put 15 Sticks of Explosive Under Stump. THREE HUNDRED KILLED IN THEATRE HOLOCAUST A SOLUTION FOR THE QUESTION OF THE HOUR PRICE -TWO CENTS RAMSEY ON TRIAL. No Americans Met Death In Big Theatre Fire at Acapulco. Vol HI—NO.129 MEANS OF RAISING FUNDS UP TO VOTERS Additions Wilt Be Built to West End and Jenks Hill Schools, One Thousand Delegates In Session Discussing National Tariff Commission. Flash fromWashingtonWrong- Motion to Suspend Rules Is Voted Down. PITTRBl'RG, Feb. 16.—W. W. Itamxcy. former President of the German National Hank of Pittsbufff, went on trial today charged with paying: Councilman John F. Klein $17,000 to secure the selection of his hank for one «>I" lh«' six city depositories. A A. Vilsack, former cashier of the hank. Is .similarly charged. This is the lirst trial in the famous coundlmanic Kraft cases. Klein $17,000. Charged With iMiylnt; Councilman Mil MNEflEIUSEO IIOOKO ISSUE? OIL. CITY. Pn.. Feb' 18.—I'harloa F. Hull, a farmer of Grand Valley, Warren County, committed suicide by blowing: himself to pieces with dynamite. He Killed a stump with lifteen sticks of dynamite, lighted the fuse •and then sat down on the stump. Nothing was found but pieces of his legs. It is said that he had financial troubles. LINCOLN DAY AT VALIER. MEASURE IS EXPECTED 10 PASS TWO BASKETBALL GAMES. VHN CLEAVE MESSES MEETING MOVING PICTURE FILM CAUGHT EIRE Through its regular press service The Spirit yesterday at 1:45 o'clock p. m. received from Washington a message which reads as follows: In giving tin account of his death in yesterday's issue of The Spirit it was stated that the deceased had served through the war as a member of Co. B, 105th Regiment. Pa. Vols., whereas it should have been Co. I. Mr. Harthorne enlisted October 5. 1861. He served through the war but was in the hospital when his regiment was mustered out. t'pon his recovery he was given an honorable disc ha rge. The funeral of James F. Hawthorne, of Brookvllle, an account of whose death was given In yesterday's Issue of the Spirit, took place this forenoon when the body, accompanied by a large concourse of people and veterans of the Civil War, was interred in the Brookvllle Cemetery. RAIN INTERFERES WITH THE BOROUGH ELECTION 'I he bill enabling Knox to be Secretary of State was defeated in tiie House by a vote of 17!> ayes to I I'll nays. A two-thirds vote was necessary to pass the bill. At t o'clock )». m.. after the entire issue of The Spirit had been printed, another message came. The second message reads as follows: The exercises given by Vaiier school, rooms No. 1 and No. 2, Friday afternoon, were very good. The children of No. I should be complimented a great deal, as it showed they tried to do their parts just right, and were interested in the work that was planned for them. V number of the parents were present whom the teachers and pupils were glad to have with them. They were requested by both teachers and rooms No. 1 and No. 2 to come oftener, as it shows an {interest and helps the teachers in their work. But one admission will be charged for both game*. The second contest should prove a big drawing card. The strong Clarksburg tossers will endeavor to down the local Independent team. gation. Tonight, at 8:15 o'clock the first game of a big doubh basketball attraction will start off at the rink. The strong Big Hun team will oppose the Tiger five of this place. Cowan, who recently played a star game with Punx'y against the State follegi Reserves, captains tin Big Run aguie- Clark*hurg Team Will l*la> Independents—Big It mi and Tigers Will Meet Tonight** MAIL MATTER TO BE WEIGHED EBB 104 DAYS ROBERT HUDGE ACCOMPANIED BROWN Knox enabling bill not defoatod. Mistake in Hash from Washington. Motion to suspend rules and pass bill was defeated. Motion to take up bill under special rule just adopted and debate begun. only majority needed to pass amendment in question. Expected will pass. AMERICAN FALLS ARE PRACTICALLY DRY The saloons are all closed and although the thirsty ones are not in evidence there Is no reason why they should complain of dryness, metrologienlly speaking. The evidence is that there will be a large number of straight tickets voted today. Workers who are keeping truck of things look for the Republican ticket to win from top to 'bottom. The vote throughout the town this forenoon was rather liuht. considering the Intensity of the campaign the past few days, but the prospects are that it will reach almost normal before the close of the polls this evening. The general spring election which is in progress today in Punxsutawney up until the hour of going to press, has developed nothing of a sensational nature. The friends of the candidates for a couple of the offices were out early this mrning, and although it has been raining almost constantly, the ardor of the workers has not been dampened In the least. To suspend the rules for the passage of a bill on .suspension day requires the affirmative vote« of two-thirds of tin members present and voting, and ( Continued on page two.) The vote on the passage of the bill was 1711 to 117, the majority being made up of 1 5 I Republicans a.id 32 Democrats, and the minority of 99 Democrats and is Republicans. The fact that the measure went through without a division on strict party lines was highly gratifying to the friends of Senator Knox, who feel that this circumstance offset the unpleasant experience encountered by the failure of the attempt to put the bill, through under suspension ot the rules. The outcome, as given in today's dispatches from Washington, was substantially as follows: It will thus be seen that not only the news purveyors, but the House ollicials got balled up while trying to untangle the Knox proposition. Acapuleo, on the west coast of the Stafe*"7lf fru«-rn'ro, is'6ne of tin- three Important porta of the Pacific coast of Mexico. Nearly all of the steamer lines make it a port of call and th« harbor Is accounted the beat in .Mexico.The screams of those imprisoned were terrifying Owing to the rapidity with whieh the fire spread and its intense heat, it was impossible to attempt rescue work, and those imprisoned wre literally roasted alive t* the fire burned with little smoke an I few W( re suffocated. The efforts of the fire department w» re confined t«» attempting to save the adjoining buildings and they succeeded, so that the property loss was small. The telegraph office, postofttee and custom house was damaged but all of the Si vernment records and registered mail was saved. The Flores Theatre, in which the catastrophe occurred, was a wooden structure and over 1,000 people crowded Into it to witness a special performance given in honor of (Jo ernor Damian Flores, of the State of Guerro, who was visiting the post at the time. One of the numbers of the program consisted of a series of moving pictures. While the operator was exhibiting these a film caught fire and a blaze was quickly communicated to some bunting which had been used for decorative purposes. In ar; incredibly short time the flames spread to all parts of the structure. There were but three narrow exits and th" panic-stricken audience rushed to them, many falling to be crushed to death, their bodies choking the way t *» escape In others. WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 1(5.— M. K. Moorhead, the American consul at Acapulco, Mexico, reported today that no Americans were killed In the tire In the moving picture theatre on Sunday night, when three hundred lost their lives. By United Press. "JEFF EASY FOR JOHNSON. THE ARRIVAL OF KITTY. Musical ( oincily that Plays Here Sutiirday Night Made a lliii llit in I tut In n«0—A Laugh Producer Sneli is (lie Opinion of *lo|in I,. Sullivan in Talk Willi Lord Douglas*. to time NEW DISCIPLE OF BROTHER GROUNDHOG vcrious postoftiees. The mail Is thus weighed pcriodically In order that I'ncle Sum may yet i lino on the mail business of the railroads, and the amount of mail received at and sent out from the going on. The post ofHce clerks will be ublo t> handle their end of the work withi ut extra help, as there are no classifications to make, as is the ease sometimes when the weighing proecss is In order to handle the mail -anti weigh it. extra railway mail clerks have he. 1 assigned to the railroad.-* One of tilt- appointees is James (lilli'spie, of this place, for several years a clerk in lleubin's clothing store. Mr. Gillespie has been assigned to the I?.. 11. & J\ Railroad, and hi run will be between Rochester, N. Y., and Pittsburg. Today the post office clerks and the railway mail clerks will begin the weighing of all mail handled by them. Today, and for 104 days following, every ounce of maMl that conies into and haves tins postofHces throughout the length and breadth of 1'ncle Sam1' (h mains, will be weighed, as well as hat passing through the hands of the railway clerks. (Echo answers: "Why?") Why is It necessary for a Western judge to come East and take away a boy for the purpose of making a decent man of him? To rear good boys the parents must be Ideal. How many parents are ideal? That is. how many parents by precept and example teach their boys to be manly little fellows, give them a chance, or make companions of them? Judge Brown, wl)ile here, indicated in no uncertain language the course to pursue with delinquent boys, and it is up to tiie parents of such boys, and if the parents neglect it, the people of a town or community to deal with them. How would it do for parents of boys, without exception, t(» emulate Judge B7own in {Tie making of fine men out of bad boys or, better still, rear good boys to begin w ith. In yesterday's issue of The Spirit, when reporting the visit of Judge Willis Brown it was stated that he was accompanied back to the West by Henry Conway, whereas it should have been Robert Woolridge. No doubt, any of the youngsters who have been associated with ' young Woolridge would have been delighted t • have accompanied the man who is making things so pleasant for the boys in his care, but Conway was not the lucky one this time. VIOLA ALLEN COMING LATER IN THE SEASON Following the receipt of the telegram which last Tuesday announced the cancellation of the appearance here of Viola Allen in "The White Sister", J. E. Maginnis got busy with his pen and wrote Leibler & Co., her New York managers, for an explanation. Yesterday iMr. Maginnis received in answer, a communication which reads as follows: '"By our present tariff framing machinery we cannot make this sort of an adjustment of tin . • hedules b» - "This is neither th- place nor the tlitie for an aeademic dis< ussion of the r< lative merits and demerits of protection a id free trade. ' A few weeks h« nee President Taft wHl Call Congress in session to revise the tariff In the work of revision two things ought to be kept in mi ld -protecti<m for .ill the producers w ho ne. d any protects n, and revenue fer the government. These tilings are not ne< essarlly antagonistic. An intelligent tariff udju> ment would furnish bolh. Therelore free traders and ultra protects nist> are equally Interested in getting this sort of an adjustment. And I am glad t>> toll you that ii voicing this demand 1 *i*. id»nt«•!«•« Taft stands with ns Hear In mind always that w»- ar«- not cllsi usslng lowering or raising any particular si !hmIuI« *. | whole I s'v before me represcnta| lives of industrial and commercial ori-aiiizati >ns from Xew ork t«» San Francisco, from Chicago to .Ww Orleans, and from Portland. Maine, to Portland, Oregon. We art' here to give concrete .-\;»rossion to the deinstall • >I the business men of the c« untry I'or the establishment of a P< ■ i m a n en I, non-partisan, impartial larifY commission to gather the tacts and t > frame the report on which Congress can base the tariff adjustments which an necessary from time "A question which touches the welfare of every man, woman and child in ihe country very c.lovely has called u together at Indiana's capital belay. Ah a proof that this Issue lias a large concern for the Halted States as i (\»mmission Convention "(h-ntlenu'ii of the National Tariff in part: I Hiring the opening address, which was made b> Mr Van Cleave, he said, INDIANA POLIS, Ind., Feb. 16 — More than one thousand delegates, re presenting miilio.is upon millions of invested capita, met today in convetion in Tomlinson Hall to discuss the question of a national tariff commission.Special to The Spirit, Ing to order. The initial session today was given o\ er to the work of organization and the arrangement of the program for the succeeding se>*dons. The spacious hall was scarcely able to accommodate the great throng delegate?! that fa< od Presi i nt .i W. Van «*h ave, O/ : he National Association of Manufacturers, when In- called the gather- The National Association of Manufacturers brought them together to < xchange id. as and to re. omrnend informally som. solution of the problem of tariff revision. During the sc.--don of thre« days the views of high tariff men and low tariff men, of free traders and ultra-protectionists, will he hard. In the language of the official call, the purpose of the convention is "to give immediate and adequate expression to the existing public demand for the creation of i permanent, non partisan, semi-Judicial tariff commission which shall collect, collate and study industrial and commercial facts in this and other countries pertinent to the tariff question, for the information and use of t'ongi. ss a ml the executive." "*rho moral wave is sweeping ove.* the country." he added, "and there la 110 power 0:1 earth that can stop it for any length of time. It is no longer a theory, but a condition and the country will benefit as a result." Among the lirst persons his lordship met wen John I- Sullivan and Jake Kilrain, who are touring the Northv « st. Sullivan talked at length of th •« meeting of Jim Jeffries and Jack J< hnson, th«• negro champion, the big Hostoniaa predicting that Jeffries would not last as long as he did hi his battle with Jim Corbett. Sullivan also said that if the men do not meet soon there will not be a state left open in which to pull off a prizefight.Special to The Spirit. SPOKANK, Wash.. Feb. Hi.—Lord Sholto Douglas, brother of the late Marquis of Queensberry, who framed the prize ring rules bearing his name. i< in Spokane from his estate at erosion, K. ('.. with Lady Douglas, whom In married at Pakersfleld, Cal., 14 years ago. They will make their home in this city. PITTSBURG VOTING HEAVY. Had Weather l>«»os Not Keep Smoky C'lly Voters Away From the rolls. "Ruth Amos was a good singer and dancer and also gave the part of the youthful Jane a charm that won the audience and- held its sympathy throughout. Lawrence L. Helgarde us as the sporty Col. Bell and Florence Forrester as the real Kitty were also excellent In their parts. In fact, the whole cast was unusually competent and gave the sparkling comedy a clean and laugrable production." "Hal Johnson as the bogus Kitty was more like the real Kitty than Kitty was like herself and his cigarette dance was one of the tumultuous hits of the evening. Quartettes, duos and concerted numbers have tilled out the entertainment and made it an ideal bit of enjoyable comedy that always stops short of vulgarity and yet has an element of raciness that seems to Insure the piece of lasting reputation."With a lot of new songs, dances, and funny business, "The Arrival of Kity" played a return engagement at the opera house last night before a large audience. The play was more pleasing and side-splitting than before and went with a zip and swing that brought out to the full the ridiculous situations and complications of the piece. Of the musical comedy. "Tin- Arrival of Kitty." which will be the attraction at the Jefferson Theatre Saturday night, the Rutland Daily Herald recently said: PITTSBURG. Feb. 16.—Voting In this elty is he ivy today despite the weather conditions. The Republicans are confident of having nearly 30.000 majority for W. A. MeOee, while the Civic party adherents prophecy 10,- 000 plurality for W. H. Stevenson. All along the gorge to Lowiston the mighty torrent is held in the fierce grip of the ice king. The furious rush of the rapids is stilled. The great rocks opposite the Buttery elevator, against which the waters smash into spray, are bare. Rocks that old rivermon say have not been seen for forty years are naked today. In the (Jorge below the American Fall great hummocks of ice from 40 to 60 feet high front the cat iraet's face. On what wsis left of the ice bridge one could make easy passage across the front of the fall to the Cave of the Winds. The ice has choked the American Fall and the great Horseshoe Fall, which seldom knows a check, is blocked by a wall of Ice that juts out beyond the Third Sister Island and shuts off all the How west to the outward sweep of the Horseshoe. A wall of ice also juts out from the Canadian side, so all that is left is the very center of the fall, and that today is robbed of half its normal volume. For days now a cold northwest wind has been holding back the waters and baring the channel so tinice finds lodgment tirst in the upper rapids and then in the long reaches up t«» (Jill Creek. The result is a great wall of ice from Goat Island to the American bank and some 200 feet into the Canadian channel. From Goat Island all that can be seen is the long stretch of ice, in hillocks and hummocks ten feet and mure high, between which an alert man might iind it very easy to cross. UCFFALO, N. V.. Feb. 16.—The cataract at Niagara Falls is icebound today and the American Falls are practically dry. The stream is a mere brook at the brink. Only twice before has this boon known to happen, March 29. 184S, and March 22, 1003. Any venturesome fellow might cross safely from Prospect Point to Halt island without risk other than a slip on the rocks and a ducking. There Is not force enough in the stream to carry a pulp log over the precipice. Assist Itev. Ilenry Madtes. Itev. II. •!. \V I ui Ion. of New Castle. Will SHIPS TO MEET IN MID-OCEAN W. B. SUTTER. President. JOHN F. JENKINS Secretary.' February 16, 1909. In pursuance of a resolution adopt* e.i fyy the Board of Schol Directors of the School District of the Borough of Funxsutawney, at a special meeting called for the purpose and held on Monday, February 15, 1909, by which the corporate authorities of the said District signified a desire to increasa the Indebtedness of said District by the issue of bonds in the amount of $26,000, for the purpose of erecting such school-houses or additions to existing school houses ag are required to accommodate the borough schools, which action was approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole number of Directors of said District, notice is hereby given to the qualified electors of the School District of the Borough of Punxsutawney that an election will be held at the regular places for holding municipal elections in said District on Tuesday, March 23, 1909, between the hours of seven o'clock a. m. and seven o'clock p. m., for the i purpose of obtaining the assent of th3 ' electors of said School District to said i increase of Indebtedness. \ Statement The amount of the last assessed valuation of taxable property in said School IDistrict is $2,374,569; the amount of the existing debt of said School District is $90,550; the amount of the proposed increase of indebtedness 18 $26,000, being 1.1 per cent, of the last assessed valuation. "The purpose for which the indebtedness Is to be increased is the erection of such school-houses or additions to existing school-houses as are required to accommodate the borough schools. The terms of the motion are embodied in the following notice which was for the newspapers by Director W. W. Winslow: The estimated cost of erecting and fL'Knlshing the proposed wing for the TKvest End building is $10,000, and the addition to the Jenks Hill schoolhV>use is to cost $8,000. The balance oy the proceeds of the proposed bond issue, $8,000, is for the purpose of paying bills incurred, and now due, on the new Jefferson Street building. The directors find that they will be . obliged to borrow about $8,000 to pay the running expenses of the schools, Sinless money is provided to pay the balance on the construction and equipment of the Jefferson Street building. \ The motion to ask the voters for the authority to issue bonds, which -Jvas made by Edwin W. Robinson and seconded by George Stephenson, passc-c* unanimously. The directors have decided to bull 1 a four-room wing to the West End building and a four-room addition to the Jenks Hill School. The school men have about decided upon a definite plan, and the least amount of money that will see them through is in the neighborhood of $ 26,000. The directors 'believe it would be better to issue bonds, as by that method the debt can be made to extend over ten to twenty years, or even thirty years, whereas, if the voters turn down the bond issue proposition, the Commissioners would be compelled to lay a direct tax which, of course, would fall heavy on the taxpayers of today—that is the coming year or two. The directors have no choice on the propositions to build or not to build. They are cmpelled by law to build, and it is up to the voters to determine how the money shall be raised. The Commissioners believe that the voters will give them the authority to issue bonds, and, accordingly, March 23 has been set for holding a special election for the sole purposes of deciding whether or not the funds shall be provided by sale of bond3. The School Commissioners of Punxgutawney last night met in special session in the directors room of the JcffeWon Street building and decided to a$k the voters of the Punxsutavvney school district fdr the authority to sell $26,000 worth of bonds, the proceeds to be expended for the purpose of erecting such school houses or additions to existing school houses, such as are required are required to accommodate the borough schools." G. M. WELTY. Thanking you very much, I am. Sincerely yours, Dear Sir:—Replying to yours of the 11th inst., 1 do appreciate your position, paused throng the cancellation, of Miss Allen's date. It was Impossible to till this time as we were obliged to change several people In the cast, and to do so required both night and day rehearsals in Chicago, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and also Sunday in order to get the piece in shape to open next Monday. Believe me you will not lose anything through cancelling this date, and as soon as I can possibly arrange it, and k.iow what date wq can give you, 1 will tlx Miss Allen for both you and Mr. Way of DuBols. We do not forget when people accommodate us and will go out of our way to make up any loss you have sustained. Manager Jefferson Theater, Punxsutawney, Pa. Mr. J. E. Maginnis, WASHINGTON, I). C., Feb. 16.— Sperry's battleships find those under Arnold are expected to meet in midocea ntoday. The Department is in touch with the ship by wireless, and orders regarding the disposition of the vessels at Hampton Roads, and arrangements for the inauguration are being transmitted. Rev. H. J. Whalen, of New Castle, on Sunday will arrive in Punxsutawney to assist Rev. Henry Madtes, pastor of the First Baptist Church, to conduct a series of revival meetings. Rev. Whalen will preach Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights, after which Rev. Madtes will Continue the services nightly. Rev. Madtes will be assisted also by Rev. Wallace Mitchell, of Sykesvllle, who Is a noted vocalist. Rev. Mitchell last night was the guest of Rev. and Mrs. Madtes. He left for Sykesvllle today, but will return Sunday.BERLIN, Feb. 16.—"Jack, the Stabber" added three more girl victims to his list today, making 23 attacks of this sort since Feb. 10. He has the city terrorized. The man is described as dark, slim, about 25 years old. One of today's victims died from herd wounds. All the victims have been stabbed in the abdomen, and five of them are expected to die. Til It EE VICTIMS TO IIIS LIST "JACK TIIE STARRER" ADI>S (Continued on pAge three.) "When Senator Stephen A. Powers swooped down upon Indianapolis about a month ago he rather expected to create a stir, or at least he hoped he would. Rut never in his fond- The Star article reads as follows: As Illustrating the <li/.z\ heights to which the hard of Angola has already ridden on the fat haunches of the noble woodchuck, we herewith reprint what, aceodrlng to the Indianapolis Star, followed upon the receipt of the letter addressed to the Senator by the secretary of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. The poem, which was printed in Saturday's issue of the Spirit, found its way to the columns of the Indianapolis (Ind.) Star, which having in common with 99 per cent of the inhabitants of the Hoosler State, a true appreciaton of things poetical and meterologlcal, at once espoused the cause of Senator Powers and by giving the poem tiie just consideration to which It Is entitled, projected the fame of Its author to the four corners of our common country, and especially to the regions round about Punxsutawney where, only, the prerogatives of the great weather prophet are properly appraised by all the Inhabitants thereof. On Tuesday, February «, 1 !•(»!>. while the minions of Hr'cr (Jroundhog were gathering data in the Canoe llidge Foothills south of Punxsutaw ney for the wcatherworks schedule for the six weeks following, the Hon. Stephen A. Powers, State Senator, oi Angola, Indiana, aros.- in his scat and as ;i prelude to a bill for the protection of certain wild and fur-bearing animals native to the State of "lndianny", dashed off an "Ode to Rr'cr Groundhog" that promulgated a sentiment that will forever bind the two commonwealths together as with 1 . oks of steel. Only a few day.s ago the State of Pennsylvania and the State of Indiana had little in common that could not be said to obtain between the Keystone State and other commonwealths, but today it is different. WASHINGTON, D. €., Feb. 16 — Following is the forecast for Western Pennsylvania: Snow flurries tonight and Wednesday. Colder tonight. WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 16.— The bill authorizng the appointment of an additional Federal Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, was passed by the House of Representative# today. cau.«e - "( 1> Like mankind in gcn< ral most of the persons consult- i by tie Ways and Means Committer in framing tariff measures n selfish, and thus are biased in the interests of their own Industry "(2) The committee lacks the knowledge to enable it t<» dcteet »•*- travagance or distortion In the wi - ijessrs' stattunents. "(3) Even if the committee had th< knowledge it lacks the tlm* to make the inquiry on which it could correct them. "(4) Th< committer is partisan, as it always and necessarily is. under I>einocrntlc as well a« under Republican swaj. "It is the system of tariff framing and not the individual members of the Ways and Means Committee <»r «»f Congress that is to blame. But, in(t.vidually and collectively, Congress will be to blame unless it abolishes the system, and gives us the one which is proposed by the great busln« ss organizations of the country. We, as the representatives of the business men of the Enst and West, the North ami South, are here today to give practical voice to this -demand. And while here we are likely to say and (Continued on page two.) Continued on Page Two In accordance with the above action of the Board of School Directors of the Borough of Punxsutawney, county of Jefferson, State of Pennsylvania, notice Is hereby given that an election As viewed in the light of the above (Continued on page three.) It appears from the tenure of the letter quoted above that in booking Miss Allen for Punxsutawney and Du- Bols, with a ji|mp from Punxsutawjiey to Chicago for last night, the routing agent "bit oft more than ho could chew". NASHVILLE. Feb. 16.—The trial of the Coopers and Sharp for the murder of ex-Senator Carmack began this morning In earnest. ' *■ * :: ■ ■ * .