Punxsutawney Spirit, 1909-04-17

              1 SPUNXSUTAWNE Y, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1009 ROMANCE THAT BEGAN HERE THIHTY-THREE YEARS AGO HAS HAPPY ENDING IN WEST PRICE TWO CENTS 2500 Christians Are Reported Slain In Towns of Turkey HIGHEST WAGES KNOWN PREVAILED IN ANTHRACITE REGION FOR SIX YEARS BLACK HANDERS PROVE TO BE A WHITE AND A SON OF DARKEST AFRICA All Forces Rally Tq Make Success of "Old Home Week" VOL III—NO.181 A (ouzo Now Ion Weds rornwr Clearfield Woman After Yours of Wailing. •fust Out of Indiana Con illy .fail (lie Two Seek to llaiso Some I'asy Money. (Jeorjro r. liner Points Out the Advantages off Strike Commission's DecMon. General Fund Murdered. British Consul at Adina and Major Wylie at Morsina Are Said to Be Wounded—Many Americans Killed— THE WRATHER Proposition to Dedicate New Y. M. C. A. Building First Sunday in Big Week and Use Structure As Headquarters For Monster Celebration. No partieulars haw been learned, 1 >11 r it up «1 that Tun I was sin n ly soldi* rs, who viol- illy opaos» <1 him and Pasha a.s th- head of the war (h partment. Tht soldiers had asked for the appointment of Hazim Pa»ha at the time Edhem was named. Oeneral l/.z : Fuad. a-i.-tant ininister of war under th» new bureau chief, Rdhetn Pasha, was murdered last evening, tie news of the crime not being made public until today. So many wild stories are coming from Adena and Mersina that the probability is that it will be several days before accurn • statements of th • condition there will be obtainable. have be< n killed and wounded, it is reported, but no definite information i>. obtainable. "T\\ ly tin I be op< taini| T. Hi yeste (Continued on pabe three.) "The equipment committer is now busily engaged in selecting and purchasing the equipment. During the summer months the interior decorations and Installation of equipment will be completed, and when the biulding is opened it will be complete in every respect, fully equipped, and with a full staff of oHleera, including general secretary, physical director, boys' work director, and janitor, in much-talkod-of 'Old Hiimi- Week' should materialize, tli*- Association building will be dedicated on the Sunday opening that work, and will be made the headquarters for the week's activities. Otherwise it will not be dedicated until about the middle of September. •n j vthis |and other matters peris to the Central Y. M. C. A.. I-:. ier. Secretary of the Association, "day said: l«e new building will be compli'tc- I shed by May 1st, but will not 'ped up until early fall. If the Lined up already are the Town )uneil, Merchants' Protective Assoft Ion and the Boosters Association, Id now comes the Y. M. C. A., with proposition to start the big week off |h a monster program for the open-1 of the new building on the first A of that proposed eventful week. One by one the agencies that will the expected to cooperate in launching pnd making a huge success of Old pome Week are being added to the Boosters' Club. Several Kngll.sh, (ji-rmnu and Amlean ivsldeais are uiiiouk the who The larger part of Adena has been burie d and the Mohanimeda i  are applying: the torch in oth« r towns The latest reports state that tw.nt; Ave hundred peoph ha- b.-.-n - iin in Adna an.I Mei-sow* and that the n a: • i. i . of ' 'hrlstlans Is • pr >•.. g to other tow ns and will ' ' dy sweep ov< i all of Aiv M in or. CONSTANTINOPLE. April 17 The British Consul »t \•! > ia atn11 Ma jor Doughty Wylie. British Vice Consul at Morsiaa have been vxounded in the rioting that has raged in section for the past forty-eight hour-, according to a report that ha-; ju . 1 ceil received ere. By Unit, d Pr«-ss. Wheat Margin Has World's Practically Dissapeared Is The Report From Europe Yo ing Arcadia Man Fatally \ot While Trying to Enter House at Glen Campbell Mose Moore, colored, and Janu s C. New, white, who recently concluded a term of sixty days each in the Indiana County jail for stealing umbrellas, were the victims. W . c. Lukehurt, of Blairsvillc, who spent yesterday afternoon in Punxsutawney, related an interesting episode which yesterday landed two alleged Black Hand men In the custody of a United States Marshal. At the timf specified iwo men, who ;>ft• r\v:i , ils were identified as w arid Moore, hovo in Might and lifted th mazutua. Thursday ih< I S. Marshal's ofliee at Pittsburg was notified. and yesterday morning an officer appeared 011 thesccm and pinched tin1 pai*\ Pa ronl took J. R. CIofT. cashier of the First National Hank, of Blalrsville, into his confidence. They placed a chock For $150 in an envelope Wcdm sday, deposited it in«tli« bridge abutments. and awaited developments. The pair, in order to get n 1. as. ,1, had given notes in* iho sum of $K5, which represented the tines and costs in the prosecutions which landed them in jail. That >\as two weeks ago. Peing in ill r4put< with the citizens of Hlairsville Jhye thought to make some easy mo icy so they s.-nt a Black Hand letter to Peter Patroni, a boss stone mason, of, Hlairsville. demanding that he leave $150 in the abutment ol an old bridge. Mr. Lukehart states that four prosperous Italians who live in JJIairsvillo havr bieii receiving tin must bloodcurdling Mack Hand l< tiers recently, and it is believed tha New and Moore wen- the chief offenders. "To be entirely frank with you. gentlemen, there are some things in the Strike Commission's awards that do not suit either side. That Is always so in a matter of decisions of eonti oversies. Taking a broad and generous view of the si nation i:i this country today, however, and of the state of tin market for th«\ last six years, this award of the Strike Commission has been the most satistaetory solution of the labor problem on a large . - ale that the world has ever •'The highest wages ever known have obtained for six years, and we believe will continue for three yeanmore. The labor leader who can go to his organization and say: Gentlemen, I have secured for three y» ars more the wages that you obtained in the highest time; of prosperity in thicountry' this leader stands on a more "ill platform than any one of your profession ever stood before or will ever stand again. PHILADELPHIA. April IT. — Thfollowing statement of George F. Baer, made public today, is an extract from the minutes of the conference between the representatives of th- Anthracite mine workers and th representatives of the operators in Philadelphia Thursday. April s. in discussing with Mr. Lewis the general labor situation in the anthracite region, Mr. Baer spoke of the conditions that had prevailed un.l .• tin award of the Anthracite Cofil Strike t\>minission of 1902. He said: Special to The Spirit. DEATH CAME SUDDENLY "The wedding cercinoiiy vv;is celebrated at Taft, Mont., the constructlon camp soon to lie only a memory, and the events leading tip to tie exchange of vowh are as romantic as the constancy of the groom. Mr. Newton, who is an engineer, came originally from Punxsutawney, Pa. There, in years gone by, he wooed and won Miss Kv.i McNamara. of (M Held. The engagement was announced and the wedding day set, lmt there came a rift in the Into and the lovers parted before they exchanged the vows linking their lives together. Miss McNamara listened to the pleas of another suitor some years afterward, Ix.eominu Mrs. Drake, and went to Amanda, Texas. One son, novf i years old, was the result of the union. Mr. Drake died and his widow moved to Taft, Mont. To add to the family exchequer she made pastry at homo and sol dto the < ager seekers f home cooking. So fond did Nr. Newton become of the sweet confections of the unknown cook, that he asked the boy who delivered them if he could meet her. The boy escorted the epicure to neither, and they discovered in each other the sweetheart of "His wait of 33 years for the woman be loved was rewarded today when Alonzo Newton, attired in the wedding garments made for the near wedding in the '70s, and using the wedding and engagement ring purchased for the sweetheart of his youth, took to his heart and home Mrs. Eva Drake. Miss Blanche Rowan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Rowan, of oliveburg. and a sister of Mrs. T. M. Kurtz and c. C. Rowan, of this place, who is now a resident of Spokane, Wash., in a letter to her sister, Miss Lottie Rowan, of this place, a few days ago enclosed a clipping from the Spokane Review, a real romance that had its beginning in Punxsutawney a third of a century ago. Following is the story as printed in the Spokane paper: information ;t< to wlu.it is gathered by 160,000 earnt Ht ,hon< 8t citisentt all i'!!l('A(!o, April 17 \\ li th n (Contlmn -1 on i>:u i compared with 1!»07 The great Kuropenn market, while ".Mr. Patten Is operating or speethe pi< . !>.- figur< « are unavailable at ulatiug in wheat for his own profit, thin time, is said to show generally a Through bis operation- and speeulagreat reduction in acreage in Kurop" lions li • Us to bene tit no >>ne but b\ reason cd' at1vers< weal her. himself H is who,. obJ< ■ t is to Klls ia utid the Danube wh.ul emin- mak mom > try are shipping only half their usual "On tii other hand. Mils department amount, whieh alone i mprest ats a l- animated with the so'.- idea of shortage of eighty million bushels, as [■ the eountr> at larire. Our in i lai' ineui issued in Washington 'his city By I'nited Pr< 11'»• vv.oid stiii'e11 no over wb at con- 1,1VKUPOOL. Kng.. April I. The < . a . :h- t.: n. ,t .»i Secretar\ .f world's wheat rflargln. or visit. . sup- v •' -ult nr.- W • oitt : g the gov.rnply over th- amount that will aetu- • -nt - . • • ■ t i ..f I.'-O.OOO dis inten -1- ally be demanded, has praetieally dis- ed Informant against .lames A Pata 1 1-1 are.l, ai l ording to a s atement I. t- n's ear d a hi-.: enation yeterday. sued today by big wheat interests In lle:e. I what Seeretai\ Wilson said , SCARLET FEVER PSEVALENT 'Mrs. Sutter was taken to the Indiana jail this morning. O'Harl is said to be in a critical condition, and may not recover. At 7:;i0 o'clock last night .1 L. Reese, captain of Troop I). Stan* Polite, was notified of the shooting. A detail under Lewis Lard in wys dispatched to CJJt n Campbell, but before they arrived Mrs. Sutter had learned of the outcome of the shootirg arul had given herself up to Constable Cunningham, of Glen Campbell. It appears that O'Harl got the charge fired by Mrs. Sutter in t|e right side of his ne k, but made no outcry at the time. Yesterday, when the shooting became known in Arcadia, O'Harl's parents and friends decided to take action. WILL KNU COURT HOUSE The trio then left and the women thought little more about the incident until yesterday. Upo-t Wm/FMtxaoil they began to baiter down the door, whereupon' Mrs. Sutter procured a revolver and fired. to the Sutter home. According to the story of Mrs. Sutter, who lives with her daughter, a giiM sixteen years old, three Arcadia young men. one of them O'llarl, came t. Glen Campbell Thursday night and tit about 10:yo o'clock asked to be ad- Mrs. Lottie Sutter, of Glen Campbell, is now in the Indiana, Jail and John O'Harl, aged ll» years, is lying at the point of death at his home in Arcadia, from a wound in his neck, in flicted by Mrs. Sutter o.i Thursday night at Glen Campbell. AHGUISI 81 LABOR'S AFPHL A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL IE! MKv \»i\«e i.» l'leasc IMipils ;n ! I'lll'ciils us Teacher i ordlmiti. Indiana County si met m e Will lie Thoroughly Renovated.HGBtflT W00L1I0GE WRITES years ago. "The lovev v as for a pretentious wedding, i»Ut the bride demurred. While she was preparing for the momentous ev«-nf. Mr. Newton sent east to Ills sister for the contents of a "memory" box, where the trinkets and other belongings of the boy swain had be. n laid away. When the box reached Taft lie found it contained ills wedding suit of years ago, and in such excellent state of preservation that he wore it today. The bride had kept the lace from her wedding gown and this was made put of her apparel today." 10CAL IN Will SUIT "I think you are assuming a fearful responsibility. In the light of my cxpt Hence, which lias been large — covering forty y« ars of <1* allng with labor problems r unhesitatingly say that, wiiile there arc some things in the award of the Strik« Commission that 1 would have different, yet in Its general results it is tin wi- st solution of the labor problem that the uorld has i ver had." seen "II IS It not Insured I" ace and quiet: i and justice and fair dealing to as | great an extent as can be obtlm-d In ! human affairs'.' Do you know any icase, . nywhere, in so large an indus! try as this, involving hundreds of thousands of people, win re such ref suits, with such benefits to the work| ingman and satisfaction to the community, have been brought about? And don't you ivcogni'/c that the , public will judge of you tic t sev«Telly—because tin y know of these n - •suits - if. for any reason, you do anything to destroy a system that generally has worked so well? der •Indue Brown's Will;;, IJUt's New Ifoinc. Leader ol* (tang of Boys Taken I'ii- Mc-.si's. 11iiiii ami Bowers Come Out on Top in Litigation Over t 'omiitKsloii-.. S. A itinn and II <!. Bowers. of • nideimcM ail Brockwiiyvllle and Johnstown—Measles hi Indiana.UJIOOKWAYVJLLE, Pa., April 17. *n epidemic of scarlet fever, and measl9S Centerville, Elk county, has necessitated the closing of ihc there. Over 100 cases of the disease have developed. Memebers of the stata constabulary have been summoned to enforce the quarantine. JOH.VSToWX. Pa.. April 17—Be- Because of the prevalence of scarlet fever at SoUth Fork, ten saloons at that place wi re ordered closed yesterday, aS most of the other public places have don«|. Later an agreement was reached whereby the saloons might remain open but guard will be stationed at each place to prevent crowds from gathering. HAS SOMETHING COMING ilig and studlou - dispo> i ,.n, w «•:i the cs'K ' iiv and admiration of both pupil." and parent.-, a of regret her departure* a id sin«-*-r • iy hope .she may be returned n- \t term Miss Means bids lair i • '<• • • i«i• <n • • f the most sueo • t u 1 i ai h« i in I he county. Sin- ha . I»y h> r p! a There were fort> pupils enrolle i during tin term and of this number fifteen attended < v. r; .1 \ Th- pn pils have all ma lt sa isfnetory advancement in their studie- and deveioped habits of jegularit.s puto-i ua I it \ etc., in a very m*»rk« <\ . all of which testif\ to the p. t p u I a r i t > and cfllclency of t he • n h» r. POKDHAM, April 17 -AI; \ldi Means, daughter of Air. and All-. Hairy Means, of Frostburg, i< o ln-v of she Fordham school, closed a sfwn months' ertn yesterday. whi U was undoubtedly the most . ! u 1 ii-lh history of the school. The new improvements will cost several thousand dollars. M v. Niel having read the controversy between the Auditors and County Commissioners of Jeffersori County, is of the opinion that the latter have several, shades the best of the argument. The exterior of the building will receive a new cfu.it of paint and the stone work will be freshened to look like new work. The building is to have tile floors throughout, the ceilings and walls new paper and paint, and many of the apartments will be completely ovcrha uled. When the improvements are completed Indiana will have two court room's on the second floor of their state house, as three apartments now used for offices are to be made into one and furnished with proper paraphernalia for courtroom No. 2. I). T. Nicl, of Indiana, a member of the Hoard of County Commissioners, who was in Punxsutavvney yesterday, stated that this afternoon bids would be opened for receiving estimates on the cost of extensive repairs that are to be made to the Indiana courthouse this summer. "Today 1 dug a cave in the pasture. I foun,d sonic sassafras root and after making a fire I made some tea." Jit**#******* "We Km to school every day. Mr. Reynolds is my teacher. 1 am in the third grade. "I like this plaoe very much. It is swell. There are nine boys here altogether, two big boys and seven about my size. All thfcse boys came from different parts of the country. One bo\ came from Oklahoma, another from Joplin, Mo., and several came from Silt Like Ci'y. We have one boy who came here all the way from Russia. "My dear Mr. Baer: — I got your letter and was very glad to get it, and will tell you about Judge Brown's fa rm. "Jefferson Barracks, Mo.. Mar 2.— Mr. K. T. Baer. K. T. Baer. general secretary of the V. M. ('. A., lias received a letter from Robert Woolridge, leader of the erstwhile "Woolrldgc Quartet", who was taken in charge by Judge Willis Brown, of St. Louis and Salt Lake City. The letter follows: SKETCHING BLUE LAWS The ca-e originated in November. 1!M»7, wh> n J. W. Van •'! avi\ president of tin Hue) Sto\ < & H inge Co., and also preside It of the National ManUfactui • r ' A- •» iat n, nd who Is known as one of th. most active fo» s of organized labor, brought an action for $240,000 damag* against the \uii i : an Fedei atl '.i of Labor ambits ■ \eeutiv- council, and at the same time applied for an injunction pending the determination of : hcoriglnal action t" prohibit the Federation from in any way advising organised labor and its friends that the company is unfair t<» it* employes. On 1 )e< 23. 1H07. tin- eourt mad. permanent an Injunct ion f>• : bkidltn; the federation and its officers* from contiulng their cimpaign against the I lucks Stove .V H ■ Company or publishing tin nanu in the "unfair list". Thl i, the . i wb h M• i>. (lornp- ! Morri--a.n . 1 .Mr hi ll, as president, seentar> and vice president. re-pectiv« ;v .d tie \m< rlm p. i! !• . ion of I.. w . i sent.- n'eil to jail by Judm» W'M -ht for contempt of court. ,•51. Louis. l.omi'HS Contempt < Ms-c \\ ill lie Heard. WASHINGTON. l> C. April 17 — In tin Distriit Court of Appeals i \t Monday will be heard upon thc appeal taken from the de islon of Jui-e V. right, adjudirint'. Samue! (loinp' r Frank Alorr!s<-n and John Mitchell In contempt for their alleged violation at the in j n action granted (gainst them upon the p. tlthm of the Buck Stove and I! i .«• < '■ mpanv of In District C-mrl of \ppeaK >|omla> From Creek.side comes the word of another measles patient in the person of J. Clark Speedy, one of the foremost citizens of the town. Mr. Speedy hopes that he also has the three-day variety. The three-day pest, however, does not stop with the little ones as Miss Florence Stahl, teacher of Room No. 2 in the Second Ward building, and Miss Jessie Fleming, the substitute instructor, are housed-up with the malady. A Senior has charge of Miss Stahl's room. INDIANA, Pa., April 17—Almost every teacher in the local schools can fell of one or two pupils who have been out the past few days because of their having contracted measles. \ 01 IKE HUNT THEMSELVES Funeral services will be held nt the late homo of the deceased tomorrow at ten o'clock, cond uotod by K« v. Bojjkoy. c»f tyirchand. Interment in the Covodo Cemetery. Scott Jordan, of this place, is a brother-in-law of the deceased. A widow anil throe sons, French, Hugh and Jay all at liomi" a.id two daugh • rs, Mrs. Valley Kish, of Fiosslter, and Miss Glonna at honv, survive. Ho is also survived by throe brothers and two sisters, namely: I. A. White, of North Mahoning Township. Tnjlianu County; <\ li.. of Canoe Township, and .1. M. White, of Colorado, and Mrs. David Hrown of West 12nd. I'unxsutawney. and Mrs. David 'Williaid, of Canoe Township. The bereaved family has lost a model husband and father, the communis an ideal citizen and model neighbor. The deeeascd was one of Indiana County's noblest eiti/.ens. Kli White's name stood for hohorable dealing, kindness, generosity and progresslvernss. lie will be sorely missed by the people of the community in v.iiich In lived, fur since he attained manhood his had been a life of good dceils in which the needy or tln»s. in distress were made the objects. Mr. 'White was always first on the scene when assistance meant succor. The end came so unexpectedly that It was decided to hold an' autopsy, following which the plvysiclatis announced that death was can sed |,v a gangrenous appendix. The lower abdomen had become surcharged with pus and when the sack gave way the poison did its work. According to the statements of the physicians the development of*'the case, was most unusual. •Dr. drub, arrived at the White home at about one o'clock, jus: as Mr. 'White was breathing his last. physician was summoned. A diagnosis revealed the fact thai the patient was in a most critical conditio!', and Dr. John K. Grube. of this pla.•• , was summoned. Although Mr. W'hjj • had been ailing for ten days he was able to be around until yesterday morning. Thursday he worked on the farm, but yesterday morning he complained of not feeling well. Hv nine o'clock his , mdition had become most alarming and a I "1 i W hile, of Near Covoilc, l.xpircd Xl'lcr Short Illness—Worked Xesior(la> Morning. Kll White, of near Covode. Indiana County, died suddenly of a,endicltis, yesterday at one o'clock, p. ill., aged J years. Thank.s Hr'er Itangert. A I wo bit piece is (1 in* you from t M. I'imxsut;iwnoy ('hambcr «»f < 'oiumert •«:. <'one flown "Old Horn. We. k." it not sooner, and I'ft it. Punxsuta wnoy is just now elated hcrausp of tin- fn«t that there to 1).. a silk mill built it that town it is said that the silk mill will \»-  of the best institutions for the employment of labor in, that Industrious town. There is no town In thb si • - tioti of the Htat<* that has made prr« at .•r efforts In its own behalf during the past few years than Punxsutawm > and it Is h real pleasure t" see the town "ii the prosperous list. falls < 'r« • ■ k Herald. \pprcciafion • a Hard Working T<»\mi. I iicmiiaui nii iit I roni l ulls Creek-- DO "NOT At < i :i» I Oi l) St \li: \ "Sunny Joe" Wilson and James Brewer just before starting to the Punx'y camp recently, had a burglar scare while in a Clearfield hotel. The two retired about ten o'clock one evening and about two hours later "Jim" awoke Joe by punching him in the ribs. When the apostle of sunshine came to, "Jim" whispered, "There is somebody In the room going through our clothes," "Let him go," Joe returned, "if he iinds anything we'll take it away from him." WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17 — Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Cooler tonight. Judge W. D. Porter decided that selling cigars on Sunday does not constitute a breach of the peace. Addison Foster of Delaware County, on the charge of repeatedly violating the Sunday laws of 1794 by setting soft drinks and cigars, was held by the local justice under bonds to keep the peace. The Superior Court discharged Mr. Foster. One case from Delaware County Is especially Interesting because it shows that the "blue laws" are being gradually stretched to permit dealers to sell articles heretofore not considered necessities. Cigars come under the ice and milk list, and it Is now lawful to buy and sell them on Sundays. ing jolted here and there throughout the State of Pennsylvania wherever the Courts are asked to pass upon t hem. According to Court C igars Can He Sold Without Violating Sunday Law. The Sunday "Blue Laws" are be- nation\i. pkoti:< ii\»: i.koion The National Protective legion has paid to its iiH inlii rs In this community during the year ending with Mar. h |, 1909, disability benefits $2i50l!.r>rt, dividends $r»♦»T4 ami death 13. It has a member Ilip here of over four hundred and is growing: nicely. The Legion is one of the very best live year organisations in the country and is destined to be the strongest fraternal organizations in the United States. Next T.u< sday evening organizer Shaw will be present and install th. newly elected oUlcers and tho ladies of the Legion will servo a nice luru h All members are requested to be present and to partake of the lunch and to hear Organizer Shaw present the future prospects of the Legion.— 1. VVoolrldge is to. visit Punxsutawney this summer some time and then we shall see what we shall see. Since the leader of the bunch left Punxsutawney the conduct of the others has been wonderfully changed for the better, and It Is the aim of their parents and custodian, John Davis to run a race with Judge Brown to see who Will get the best results. "HOB10 RT WOOLRIDO 10." Young Woolrldge, It will be remembered, was considered the leader of a quartette of incorrigible boys whose depredations were giving their parents and teachers In this place considerable trouble, whf.n Judge Brown came along and selected Woolrldge to take home with him. "Yours truly, "It is raining here today, but cold. "Hoping to hear from you again soon. I am. "1 did not get to finish tills letter when 1 started it <»v< r a month ago, so will write a few lines more. "April 1J, 1009.-— Our observation and study of store s In other towns lead to the conclusion that nowhere is as much done for the comfort and convenience of patrons as in our store. The J. B. Eberhart Company Ltd., has fitted up its shoo department with elegantly upholstered mahogany chairs, thus adding an improvement that is advanced anil sure to further increase their trade In this, the best equipped and stocked shoe department found anywhere. Never mind the size, get fitted. All widths from AA to EE.—1* \ X< >TI IEII 1M 1*1 IOV KM KXT PITTKHURO. April IT. V,y a vide of 2,125 to 35. the members of Distriet No. Xfi. Amalgamated Assoeia: ion of Street and Klectrl. Railway Employes, included in the Pittsburg District, have rejected the offer of the Pittsburg Railways Company to continue the present wage scale, after a session lasting well alonK towards li\c o'clock this morning. Ambrose R Reed. list]., of I'itb- HirK. formerly of Clarion, s-'Ti of li. J. Reed. assisted Mr. Clark. Tingenlor counsel presented the case ami examined the witnesses. Mr. Reed made -.he address to the Jury which, according I" the statement of witnesses from this place, was a masterpiece of eloquence and logical presentation. Tlinn & Rowers \\< r«» ivpr by *. M. Clark, Esq., of Punxputawney. ,vho had as opposing roun- ' of the most brilliant l- val lights of th< Smoky City. The ease was tried in Common I pirn* Courl No 1. Ailegheiy County, .before Judge Brown. After i>einn on trial tour days it \\a.~ Riven to the jury at aboul I o'eiook p in rittty. An hour later the Jury earne In ,\vith a verdict in favor of the I'unxsu[ tauney firm A member of the Pittsburg firm, being unable to produce writ:, n evidence, stated on the witness .stand that on the day his leases expired' he was at Kittanning. and < lephoned instructions to Punxsutiivvney t-» have tli• b asi s e.xtcded. Mis evlde wr • knocked giilley west when kinn and P>owi rs jtrod ueed the Pantall Hotel register which showed that the witness had been in Punxsutawney the day liis leases . xpired. When Black & Balrd learned that a sale had been consummated, tin y appeared on tin scene and laid claim to the commissions on the ground of a parole of leases. Some time during the year li)C2 Black I laird, of Pitt-burg, took options on about 900 a<*r< s of coal land in Gaskill Township, but allowed them to lapse. Itinn «v Bowers took up tin- options and made a sale to the r.ellefoa •• Coal Coke Company. this i»I .'i e i •. who formerly conducted coal operations* under the firm name of Kl in & Bowers, yesterday, In the Allegheny courts, won a law suit which Involves about $9,000 commissions due them from the Belbfonte Coal & Coke Co., diong bushes. in Oa'skili Township «r mm %