Punxsutawney Spirit, 1910-05-26

              mJi m Sfapf1 MB Tin: wivvnii k V0U IV—NO. 214 TEACHERS' INSTITUTE TO BE HELD THIS TEAR IN REYNOLOSVILLE GRADUATES BEVEAL SECRETS OF SCHOOL LIFETOTHEIR FRIENDS First Class Night Exercises in School's History an Unquallified Success. be Passed Around. Time Worn Precedent Is Broken and Big Event Will Likely MOST PROFITABLE TERM II HISTORY OF LOCAL SCHOOLCOMESTOCLOSE PRICE TWO CENTS JURY FINDS WILLIAM SEYLER "ROT GUILT!" OFJANEADAMSMURDER WASHINGTON STIRRED BY ALLEGED POLITICAL CIVIC CORRUPTION ESEIUUt MKT REPULSES JW ATTACK IT MAORIZ PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA. THURSDAY EVENING MAY 26,191*. nil CNFEIEICfS COMES TO HI USE To Amerlrnn Machine (dinners Belongs CwmIU lor the Victory. Out Over Five Hours—Freed Man Thanks Jurors—Tells His Own Story. the Removal of Two Officials. Guggenheim Combine Caused Practically Ended Yesterday Although Short Session Will be Held Tomorrow. II niOGIUM Ofi EXCEEDING INTEREST DECEMK119 10 23 IS THE BATE UNDER MOST CAPABLE MANAGEMENT POLICE GAVE HIM OHUGCEO CIGARETTE SPENT THOUSANDS TO KEEP OUT OF JAIL This 'morning ihe majority of the visiting ministers and delegates loft for their homos. The conforonce was a success in way. Woll attended, instructive and in perfect harmony it will be remembered as one of the most beneh/.smi nn(1 pleasant cononferences ever held in this synod. It, was brought to a close last night with a sermon by Hev. Charles Lambert, of Shippenville.The Northern Conference of !%e Pittsburg Synod, Lutheran Church, came to a close last evening after a three" days' session in the Mt. Zlon Lutheran Church in the Grube settlemeffl.The credit for the victory is due Estrada's machine gunners. It is believed that ""-he Americans will be hold off Madriz indefinitely. Two hundred are reported to have been killed and wounded in tin- battle, the forces of Madriz suffering the heaviest. By United pr« ss. BLURFIBL/DS, 'May 2H.—The army of Madriz attacked th« Blue-fieids Custom House and was repulsed, retreating in disorder. GIRL WHO RENOUNCED DUKE WEDS AMERICAN RICH HEIRESS WEDS BUFFALO SCULPTOR !' *The auditorium was filled, but with ! relatives and close friends of the only, admission being by , ticket. ' classes. The first (Mass Night ever attempted by a graduating class of 1*. 11. S.. held last night in the high school auditorium, set a standard that will not easily be reached by succeeding MAYS iJAN'mXO. N. J., May 26.— William frv-ylor, charged with the murder <>f Jan. Adams on the Million Dollar Pier at Atlantic City last February, was In .si night acquitted. The jury was out i ItF.le more than !i\ t hours. The court r torn wan < ? • \ «I - ed when the jury n turned at ]0 o'clock and rendered its verdiet, hundreds of persons from Atlantic I'ity and other parts -»f the country having: wal'.ed all evening for news from tho jury room. Cary. Miss Mary Harriman the Bride of Charles send Balks. Incensed When She Learned of Barganing Miss Town- Six additional school rooms are being1 built at the pivki'iit tiinc and when the term opens in the lull there will he--a least forty-six teachers In the employ of the borough s.ho It is possible that the schools here will hold an Independent institute during the Christmas vacation, the numb'-r of teachers justifying it The best indication of the4year"s success and capable superintendeney of Professor F. S. Jackson, is the uunanimous re-election of the. fortythree school teachers, showing that in every room the teachers have accomplished satisfactory results. An average of HlL'5 pupils were in attendance throughout the year, tho largest class of graduates from the high school will receive their diplomas tomorrow night, and the largest class to pass from tho grammar grades to the high school held their exercises Tuesday. Today only the teachers are busy. Many reports are to I>,• made out and the pedagogues are an extremely active crowd todas. The most successful school term In the history of tin- Punxsutawney public schools practically came to a close yesterday, although the students are booked for a short session tomorrow morning, when they wil turn in their books, receive their report cards, etc. And they certainly were capable. ' A president to rival the illustrious Taft. a historian who wipes Herodotus ' off the map and musicians who could give pointers to iRubensrtein and Melba, a pessimist who has Diogenes the cynio ; beaten to a fraiszle, a reader whose 1 renditions would make a Lyceum Bureau Lecture Course turn given ; with envy, a prophetess with whose prognostication* Casjindra hers<*ff i eould lind no fault, detionary manui facturers who could tell Noah Webster things he didn't know, and tinal-1 y, n donor whose generosity and sense i of appropriateness makes the acts of ''A. Carnegie look like the doings of a I skinflint; all these and more were present. The select audience made the occasion a more delightful one, as all present had been in touch with the plans and hopes of the seniors, and were thoroughly in sympathy with them, thus bringing out the best perfirmances of which the young people were capable. Aiidlcnro in Touch ant tors. It is alleged that Cnited States District Attorney Boyce, ami lT. S. /Marshal Sutherland were dismissed, and that the latter, bring a Massachusetts man, interested Senator Dodge, who was active in attempt to secure his exoneration. Alaskan Delegate Wiekersham was also interested in Boyce and Sutherland. Alaskan Gov< rnor Clark, ex-Governor floggat an«l National <'i>mmitteeman cShaeklcford opposed the friends of the two men. The charge is made that a committee of Ouggenhei magents spent $70,000 tt» keep employes out of prison, and that Itemized vouchers .showing that eighteen hundred dollars was spent to Influence court proceedings haw been presented to the investi- gation, The only objection made to such a course is the fact that the committee's action in holding up the Taft nominations of .successors to the removed, men, will have to be explained. Senators Xe!s< n, Borah and overman are in charge of the inves- By l"nlted Pres>. \vashi.v;t<>.x. i>. <\, May 2r..—a sensational allegation of political and civic corruption. Including charges tha'- the Guggenheim syndicate cuusthe removal of two Federal officers from Alaska, because they were seeking to prosecute the Syndicate «>tlicials, ibeeame known today, and ha> r< suited in a demand that the "lid" be lifted from the secret investigation by the sub-committee of the Senate Judiciary Committee. T. W. PHILLIPS GAS AND OIL mm DIE GUSHER The couple married today me', at a White House ball, and it was a en e of low at "tlrst sight". Tho mot'iie.1 had been determined that her daughter marry into the European nobility, 'but he girl refused when she learned that her mother had agreed to a bargain. Eldridge T. (Jerry, of New York, is the father of the bride- Broom. WASTTIXUTOX. |>. <\, May Miss Mathilde Townsend, who broke off the suit of the Due D'Alba, as the result of becoming incensed when she learned that her mother had offered the Frenchman an Income of S'J.">0,000 if he married her, was af 1100:1 today married to IllVter (Joelet (Jerry, a wealthy American, in the preence of Taft and Sherman and the American <'a'blnet. Miss Ivatherine ftlkin* was the bride's attendant. By United Pres.-. NO 1 11 Kins or ADMISSION. Mr. ami Mrs. Rumsey will sp"nd moat of the summer at Arden, while Mrs. Harriman ami her daughter. Miss Carol Harriman, and her sons will go to the Par West' and the Hawaiian Island! The Rev. Dr. J. II. MeC.ulnness, roctor of St. John's, performed the cereniony, which was followed by a wed<liitfrC breakfast at Arden House, the Harrlman country scat. Miss Carol Harriman was her sister's only attendant. Mr. Uumsey had his brother, Lawrence I). Itumsey, as his best man. NRW V«> M K. May l'O.—St. J oh Episcopal church at Ardecn was too seme of a notable though quiet wedding today, when Miss Mary Harriman, eldest of the children of the late E. H. Harrlman. the millionaire magnate, became the bride of Charles Cary Rumsey, son of Laurence P. Uumsey, of Buffalo. Only the relatives and intimate friends of the two families were in attendance. miceti\(j or m mam: \voukf.i!s, DKTUOIT, Mich., May 20,—Dele- Delegates from all over the Stale wen present today at the opening of tho joint annual convention of the Michigan Humane Society and the Mich it; n Audubon Society. The convention will remain in session two days and will be devoted chiefly to the consideration in the humane laws of Michi- The Commencement exercises will bo held in the .Jefferson theatre tomorrow night ami will bo open to tho pirblic. There will >be but few rcs< rv< <1 seats and those will bo thrown open t<» tho public after S o'clock if not occupied by that time. There will be no tickets of admission. The bride is thf eldost living child *h'o £tftmf nation of a pretty romanco. The couple first mot four years ago at some races at the .Meadow ttrook Cub. Later Mr. Uumsej\ who is a sculptor, undertook some work at Mr. Harriman':* new house at Arden. He was tii■ there a good deal, and so got on intimate terms with the family. gan. Continued on Pago Three. MAS. J. C. tt'DONALD DIES III HUT HOSPITAL ci.ovki: itr\ \\ \ti-:k now. Repairs to the supply line »jf the Punxsutawn. y W'.it«• r Company were completed yesterday afternoon nbout two o'clock and at that time tho » rook water was turned oft' and the Clover Run brand turned into the lines. DOOSEVELT GETS DEGREE FROM CAMBRIDGE ilNIVESStTY Students Clamor For X|i /Twldy Decline's. illy illnited'yfcress iWiMll/tllxilO. I:r' The ('iJubv'n\gi> I 1 r*iTO(l/the vdtigruf upon *looso\i l^ Tli/ Ooloiuy lor lidc in /\ brokf 11 ;i 11/ mriil, ny rotittVow IH'cvII, I tilt The four wells nil the fast drilled about eight months ago have dropped considerably and are now producing but ten barrels a day apiece. The well came in last Saturday one hundred barrels a day. When drilled deeper Monday's production was increased and Tuesday morning the gusher was tapped, starting off at fifty barrels an hour. According to newspaper reports a thousand barrel oil well was brought in Tuesday in the I Sutler Held, near Bnkerslfi'wn. The well was drilled by the T. \\\ Phillips (las and < >i 1 Company. owners of the gas franchise here, and is (Vie llfth to be drilled on thai lease. The other four wells started off at one hundred barrels a day. Well War linkcrslow n Is l*ro\ itling- I.OOO Harrcls a l>uy. When the verdict was announced there was a cheer from a portion of the crowd which was quickly silenced by Judge Trenchant. Se/ler fairly leaped at his counsel when he realized that he was again a fre. man. After greeting his counsel he walked over to the jurymen and shook hands with each of them, at the same time warmly expressing his thanks. The crowd in the court room pr» ssed forward and the acquitted man held an Impromptu reception. Crowd Sileiicctl Atlantic i it\ After the .-tir was ov r Orvls Seyler. William's brother, who had been held as a witm s. was formally discharged, and the two [brothers immediately left the court hou < and took a train for "Before leaving borne I tried to borrow half a dollar front my wife, but she did not give it to m . so I went to the saloon of Mr. Young, who lent me lifty con's. 1 rpent live cent.® for be- r and five for a par t of cigarettes. When we met the girls 1 had only forty cents in my pocket. "When we arrived at the pic r T paid twenty-five cents of the admission, which was fifteen cents apiece, and Orvim paid thir.y-iiv. . Alice. Jane and Orvis went in fir.-t. and I followed. The ball was only partly light- "My name is William Seyler. f am twenty-eight years old, married and have two children. On the day of February 4 last 1 had not h< . n working, an dabout 6 o'clock 1 went with my brother Orvls to a coal-yard *.o get some coal. As we were returning wi■ passed the house of the Adams family. One of the small children ra nout and said to Or vis, 'Alice wants to see you,' so he stopped to talk to her while 1 went on hom» . 1 did not hear whu they said. Orv* came home shortly after mo. Se>lor's Own St<»r> William S. yln 's wife returned to Atlantic city It. fore the jury came in. Seyler said he was never nl doubt that the jury, would free him. Miss Ada Hautjk then told what the teakettle sang of the future of the Class l*ro|fhcM\v I Whiio the spectators were re* ovr-1 ing their breath, Misses Hell, | Sara Evans, Lydia Johnson and Vera ; Johnson rendered a double piano duet, using two instruments, which was highly appreciated by the crowd. Miss I rem' Flogal, as the grumbler, next proceeded to tell the class s tale to woe, and performed her task so well that the very atmosphere became gloom y. In a simple, direct style, Miss Sara Evans next gave# a charming reading of Van Dyke's beautiful selection, "A Handful of (May." Miss Margaret Clark, the class historian. gave an account of the tribulations of the class, which brought forth roars of appreciation from the au dience. At the end of the evening, the audience fully agreed with Robert Allson's statement, "This is the best olass niffht on exhibition anywhere in the world." This statement was part of the addresji,  opened the festivities. Absolutely the llost In concluding the announcement of J. W, Yoder, music, C. P. Zaner, penmanship, and Dr. Charles Calvert Ellis are already down on the list of day instructors, an#J others equally as good will ibe secured. The Institute, this year promises to ho an excellent one. The H ins haw Grand Opera Company, Governor It. B. Glenn, of South Carolina; the International Griles; Ex-Governor E. W. Hoch of Kansas, have already been enlisted for 'the Institute, which will be held December 19 to 23. The change from Brookville to Heynold'sville, however, gives practical assurance that 'the Institute will be | passed around, and Punxsutawney's claims need not ibe advanced. The around idea Is a good one, and should foe carried out. If it is the idea to hold the institute in Heynoldsville permanently •'.hen the change is not so laudable. Punx.suta»wney is without question the best equipped town in the county for the holding of the Institute. Easily accessible; .belter hotel facilities than any of the quartette of towns that might secure the 'biff annual event, and with a theatre, \yith which no other buildfifg "In towns lii this 'sec-Ton can compare either as to capacity or comfortableness, Punxsutawney easily takes precedence over any other town in the county. The breaking of tlu time-established custom in this county of holding the institute in the county sent, regardless of conUlf:- ns, is, in a great measure, due to press of the county, the newspapers having advised a change following the flat failure of last year's institute at Brookville, due mainly to the fact that t'.ie county seat is no1' possessed of a hall suited to the purpose. That the institute goes to ReynoldSville this year instead of to »Rrockwayville or Punxsutawney. is due to the efforts of the lioard of Trade of that place, which has pledged the sale cl four hundred course tickets. lowed. From L. Mayne Jones, county superintenden". of the Public Schools, comes the word that the teachers' institute of 1910 will be held in the Adelphi Theatre at. Reynold&ville. While in his announcement County Superintendent Jones does not state that the Institute is to be passed around among the four largest towns of the county, i. e., Punxsutawney, Brock vyayvtyle, Reynoldsvllle and llrookville, the announcement of the change is taken as an indication that such a course will be hereafter fol- gland, .May 20.— versity today conof Doctor of Laws HALLEY'S COMET PLAINLY VISIBLE WASHINGTON'. D. <May 26.— Following is the weather forecast for Western Pennsylvania: Fair tonight and Friday. Panama Canal May be Opened in the Year 1914 Continued on Continued on Page Two. Continued o«n Page ThreO. Equal Chance For all in Big Special Prize Offers By United Pres. \\ ASHINOTOX. 1). <\, May 26.— 6 4 S, 911 4,S01,89r> 14.S86.427 11,285,1117 1 3.9 SO. 4 30 Cubic Yards May 1 to May 1 1004-1 HO.*! 1906-1906 1,250.570 1907-190S 1906-1907  1908-1909 . 1909-1910  Sss.4i!7 cubic yards were taken from Culebra Cut. The record of excavation in the cut since May, 1904, follows: The students clamored for a speech from their visitor, but Roosevelt declined, explaining to the. Vice Chancellor 'that he desired to adhere to hl.s original intention of making but one speech in England. ♦ The Colonel and his family today visited Emmanuel College, where John Harvard, the founder of Harvard University, was educated. They were shown many of Harvard's possessions, which now constitute part of Cambridge's most prized relics. and the Vice Chancelopen carriage t<> Pemthe .scene of the conl'ercrowds a'ong the entire ihe drive cheered them. Tho sixth year of the stupendous work of building a canal across the Isthmus of Panama to connect ''he Atlantic and Pacific oceans ended on 'May 3, and in that time so much has been accomplished- that the costly waterway may be opened to the commerce of tlii- world in 1914. The official estimate places It a year later in order •'.hat there may be no miscalculation.K a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a K SI'ECIAI, PKIZK 01TK.lt a a FIItST l'IU/,1'—Solltali'o Diamond llliiii. any sotting desired, pure «» K white flawless stone, value $50.00. £ a SECOND PRIZE—Ladies' Gold Watoli, Elgin or VVaitham move- -> a ment, value, $25.00. ** a TIIIHD PRIZE—Handsome Gold Bmeolet, hand carved, valuo .. a *i5.oo. JJ a To be presented to the three young ladies whose vote slions *« a the greatest gain during the ■three weeks beginning Monday morn- it a Ing, .May 23, and continuing to Saturday evening, June 11, at 10 a a o'clock All voles cast for these prizes also count tor the tours, a a 55 a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a The deceased, who was sixty-three years of age, was born in Butler county. an«i raided there for many years. Tn 1X70 she became the wife of Rev. J. C. McDonald, and of the children born to this union but two survive. Earl McDonald, of Warren, and Mrs. J. G. \V hit more, of Warren. Funeral services will be conducted at the home of the only surviving daughter, Mrs. J. G. Whltmore, or Warren, on Friday morning at ten o'clock. Dr. J. Bell Neff. assisted by several other ministers will conduct the services. Burial will be made in Oak Ridge Cemetery, at that place. Mrs. J. ('. McDonald, wife of Uev. McDonald, formerly pastor of the Fl»yt M. R. Church here, died v. st< rdny afternoon in the Rldgwa.v Hospital, of which institution she had been an inmate since last Monday, organic trouble/ of seyni months' standing caused/leath.y' During the of Rev. Mc- Donald here. hiV-wffe, highly inter« sted in the woijk of her husband, came into contact with nearly every resident of the town. Of a loving motherly disposition, quick to sympathise aVid ever ready to help, she gained friends as fast as she made acquaintances and tin- news of her death is received here with great regret. Ilcr heath Brings Sorrow. Well known and .Illicit Beloved Here. Ilseerned than the nucleus ,'rom time to time winked-'out ew seconds. / rnomi lie (irallins, of VJ/k. Hun. Ilride or ItiiltolN USUI. icy Grainus. vfi Klk Hun, and Eastman, <Y PuBols, were in marriageynn Tuesday even-1 the ltcfor)i/'d church parsonit'V. KerjMiner. ;rafflusflfs well known hero a hosyof friends, while Mr. i was / resident of Punxsuuntll aoout a year ago. when t to i/iCols, where he Is emon the railroad. which for a •' The sky bugaboo, when It appeared last nisht. was just a little '.<> the south of that constellaton of stars known as the "cycle." The tail extended half way across the sky and was more easily For the first time since it left the eastern sky a little over a week ago, Halley's comet was last night plainly visible to the naked eye. Appearing in the high western sky about S::iO o'clotjk It could be seen until nearly 10:30, when a film of clouds passed over it and hid it from view. Practically everybody saw it. From the time it appeared until after ten o'clock, the sixth and seventh floors' of the Spirit building were crowded with those anxious to get a look, while from practically every building in town hundreds stretched their necks to get a peep. People of . I'linxsiilaw ney. Got Their First Heal Good l.ook l,nst Night. 11AXQITKT AT 7:30 The Alumni Banjfuo( will be held at 7:30 this evening: /n the basement of the Baptist imiitifch. The ladles of the EpisooiAl X'hurch will serve the banquet, aiUrthe High (School Oi ehestna will furnish the music. A large attendance id expected and t!i affair promises to be most successful.7,365.438 1909-1910 32,672,565 1908-1009 38.038.898 1907-1908 24,197,267 1906-1907  1904-1905  1905-1906  May 1 to «May 1 648,911 2,964,993 Cubic Yards The excavation record by years, since May, 1904, if? as follows: The progress of the -work may be | seen in the important features of the I canal. Those are the cut through Culefora, the locks at Gatun, Mlra-I flores and Pedro Miguel, the building I of the Gatun dam and the creation of Gatun 'Lake. l»iHij!:r(ss of Work T5. S. FUvartz on Wednesday paid his .wife's millinery 'bill. The check, for a nominal sum, was made out **.o Mrs. Emma Burkett, and the genial tailor had written 011 that part of the check reserved for explanation as to what the -check Is drawn for, "a roof for my hen house." KXIM/H IT T. D. Collier, who has just returned to Punxsutawney from Panama with the intention of spending a month's vacation here in with George Harlan, spent a few hours fishing in tfi* vicinity «>f Big Run. A big catch of trout was the result. The string of beauties surprised their friends here who are inclined to doubt that the speckled fellows were caught within a radius of twenty miles of Punxsutawney. •• • 1 ' i & '* V -V • •; V: ■> *:■»;•* v . height. In tM The construction of the Dam across th«> "Chagres Kiver at Oatun wus continued during: the year in three .sections—the dry and hydraulic fill of the eastern half of the Dam; tho lining of tho spillway with concrete; and the dry till of the western section. Two parallel ridires of rock and earth stretch across tht valley, from hill to hill, and between the* rid*e» ;i hydraulic till to beln* made. '-"JSSjaS east half of the Oam Of  fill to at S3 feet Total . Work In i'ulcbra Cut I There yet remjifn to be excavated from i'ulebra Cut 31,128,845 cubic yards, and is advancing: at tho rate of 0,000 cubic yards a month, thart being the average monthly exoa May 1, 1909. The work of cWroging is practically confined to the Atlantic aiul Pacific entrances of the Canal. . . . .46,9*13,450 It la firobaJble that, those who are ahead have canvassed their territory more "thoroughly than those who are further behind, -and that they will therefore not bo able to do as rapid w«irlt as those who have not .yet gath- In a little more than two weeks the beautiful period prizes offered to Tho Spirit's Vacation Tour contestants will be awarded to the three ben", hustlers after the most votes. Thi.s faet Is of peculiar significance, not only to the several contestants, but to all of their friends. It means that there are very few days in which to work' and the totals IndicaU that It is anybody's! battle up to the present time. A day or two of good, hardi work will .bring the laggards up on even terms, or carry the leaders further ahead' In the •competition for the Diamond. Ring. Gold' Watch and Gold (Bracelet. ered in the "cream" of their territory. (But "you never can tell." The fact, however, is that those In the lead or close to It. are there because of no other reason than that they have worked and interested their friends as well. The rules for the Special /Prizes are suc'a '.hat every candidate has an equal chance, and the results simply-show their efforts. Who will be the happy pair of European tourists—who the Jolly quintette to visit New York and the beautiful IslandH of Bermuda as guests of The Splrl''..? That is the ali-aibsorbing question to be answered on the eventful evening of Saturday, June 25, when the llnal count of the ballots will be made. The days on the contestants' calendar are quickly pase- Ing, and the Importanie of registering a high score each day is rapidly In the list of veterans burled In this vicinity published In a recent Issue of the Spirit, the name of Preston Bughong, who served during the 8pan%h American War, was omitted. The remains lie in Clrclo Hill Cemetery. i Miss and has Kastmr tawnej ho wei ployed The couple will probably make their home at DuBols. Mrs. Nai Claude u n i ted lug at age by Miss N\ BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 26.-— Creditors of Knight, Yancey and Company, the bankrupt cotton factors, mot here today to discuss the selection of a trustee to represent •their interest# in the bankruptcy proceedings. . .1 Of the 18,051,278 cubic yard® excavated in the Central DJvition Total . 105,888,072 Of the total remaining, the amount to be taken out by dredges is 29.232,- 052 cubic yard*, and the amount toy s-'.eam shovels is 38,827,617 cubic i yanls. | • Infc V; '