Punxsutawney Spirit, 1910-11-04

              . 7^'" . • r' I fttt^ Wmml [ I RuflBia. also ex] p kno\v inmaain) ■r, w [p, noi PUNXSUTAWNSY U. FUMI nMW NOVEMBER 4, 1«UL MIMK PROSPECTS GOOD VOL. V—NO.42 BstaRKaKRntottsiatiati raft) 1(||MQ llltflOlfll S stftUlfli MVASIUI H FItOM ALL OVER THE « *|r AflUUl 11111 fllllAr s s Or rtlHlA MM (Mat BIG ROW tl EUROPE ALLHOPEOF REOPfNIKG MIRES AT ONONDAGA ABANDONED FOR TIME BOARD OF HEALTH TO I HUNT IIP FOREIGNERS FROM CHOLERA PORTS Outlook for Winter Work III Indiana County Very I'avor. nWi\ Pitched Battle Between Marines of Great Britain and Persians. I I f t Large Force of Men at Work Dismantling the Workings- Finish Coming Week. PflUtf ||ltf 111 VftTf jWj rot IB fWC PRICE TWO CKNTS ffii W8BTU A Will DESTROYED BY FIRES IIPHIU. Two Conflagrations Rage in Quaker City Simutanously- Many Injured. Pair Properly [Released From Quarantine Were Booked for Funxsutawney. HEAVY CAWIES--VICTOR UNKNOWN El DEM. MWTLT FELL THRBN SURVEIIUHCE NEIElf J SMEW SEVERAL FIREMEN MAY BE DEAD — The ' f loud as words, then the third vein test at Onondaga and the projected If actions speak louder, or even as Arrangements have been made for the Complete wire report of the United Press Associations, and that is all that is necessary to insure as complete and authentic returns as may be secured so early in the evening. Opposite The Spirit Building will be stretched a large canvas, and the bulletins will be displayed, hot off the wire, to the crowd. The present indications are that by Tuesday night more interested will be manifested In election results than has been apparent for a great many years. As has always been-our custom election news from Pennsylvania and the country In general will be bulletined as long as the crowd can be held. By United Press. English invasion of Persia has begun with a pitched battle, in which, it is reported that the Commander and sailors of the British cruiser Pros- TEHEltAiX, Persia, Nov. 4 deal whereby the Erie company was 'to aoq;iire the 1.!. & S. holdings at Onondaga, have both fallen through, and the exodus of 'Onondaga miners lor •ious, ewn to the trance to fol- Judging from the daily attendance at the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic campaign committees the number of voters who will leave the capital to erercise the right of -suffrage next Tuesday will break all record*. The railroads are offering a reduced rate for voters of one and one-half fare for roundtrip tickets. Practically "every official and clerk in Washington, hailing from 'New York or Ohio is preparing to go home 'o vot« . whit !i is regarded as a Aign of th- importance which attaches to the contess in those two States and also the general feeling tha the results are likely to he close. WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 4.—Although 4en'pd right of local suffrage, Washington, because of the presence of the national government, takes the greatest interest in the outcome of the State and Congressional elections next week. The President, the members of his cabinet, heads of departments and clerks are going home to vote. ington In Groat Harries f«r the Home Town. Special to The Spirit. Government Employes leaving Wash. point of involvi; arid Germany aj The trouble is pertne wore wounded, - « v, ;s:s it j: n x 8 » The 'Pittsburg Gas Coal Company is turning out a good quality of coal at its new mines ;it Jackson vile, and the prospects are that several now openings may be made in that Held soon.—Indiana (Jazette. j Similar good reports come from the Greenwich operations at Xos. 4, 5 and 8 mine.s near I,ovejoy. the Penn Held, at (Hellwood and the Cleari Held Hituminous and the six workings , at Clymer. in Clymer conditions are unusually good, and the new bank which was startid last week is thought 'to have a very favorable outlook. The demand for coal comes partly because of the approach of winter and also because much of the coal mined at Ernest, Lucerne and Iselin is used lor steam purpose.®* by the Bucalo, Kochester & Pittsburg Company and by the steamship companies. While reports reach Indiana of the general industrial depression in nearby counties, this district seems to be unusually active. in all parts of the Indiana County Held operations ar* being carried out in full. 109 MB Em BJ EXPLOSION III ALABAMA REYNOLDSVILLE WILL TAKE GOOD CARE OF TEACHERS HOME DEPARTMENT OF M. E. S. S. TENDERED RECEPTION an additional force of bluejackets. received here the Proserin eTtrul ed a force of marines several day ago at IJngah, in Laristan, on the Gulf of Persia, and According Yolandc is in tho heart of Ihe coal ami iron mining fields. In a report received here today it was stated that many of the entombed miners are dead. By United I'ress. Uin.MINUlFAM. Ala., Nov. i — In a terrific explosion today one hundred men were entombed in the mine at Yolande. HALLOWE'EN MASQUERADE AT IfiOPIS CIO! IRE RE5J EVER Although the landing of the marines and the subsequent light was ostensibly for the purpose of 'maintaining and preserving order in the British sphere of influence in Persia" there ' is'ever.v rason for th belief that the British invasion is part of the program between Kngland and Russia for the partition of the Shah's kingdom.but the number of casualties is not stated. Neither is it known who won the victory. rines were attacked by the Persians, was landed today, it is Imported here that the ma- I lidn't .in- finity was hitil been "busy teatltiR vein, and vhrn the nytn ,. ileparteil/ from the town -1 eore iHrefully linked. i ,il that/the quuliuf anil ' the thinI v. in f iKil had mtl«JRicii>ry. / residents *>A that vie wljlP ht>|>ef/. The. test 11101 ii" Ihf Kri people d lefmimyft a Susquehanna 1 \,"myX..Tiite .'mailt it.-elf e hopes hiive, however. was ihickboMiThe cii.-niantliris process "ill probably be completed by the end of the coming (-k. after whic h the houses will in all likelihood lie torn down and erected again at Sagamore. pany Tho.s, • bor! blasted V»y the resumption of th" work of dismantling tho mines. The future' for Onondaga looks xccecllngly ilark. tfOOd, buy, t The were t nosH m found believ his coi third chu i'K- drillers with When it was announced that tin B. & S. Company would abandon the workings there, a force of men wafl Immediately put to work tearing up the tracks, etc. When that work had been ubou half completed orders arrived to ceon-. and it became a uiaiit-i «»» knowledge that tho fErle company was* dickering lor tho H. & S. holdings Meantime th* <>th«T parts is ag.'iin on MISS AHA RERRIStt MARRIED 10 SI MAI III CARAL ZORE j dent that th« y wi re not wore sixty Members Yuciwl Inunction i«> . released and allowed to pr »<m d or; I'irxi Mothodlst l0|>lst,ol»al j lhe r w;iy. Cluii'di, j The h ;111h cU partnr nt. i.« of the I opinion, how.nor, that it \v. uld be a W is • measure t > keep all those releas.1 from quarantine under similar, conditions, under surveillance lot a time, and if tiny w<re/found to i/e ailing from an\ .suspicious dUeasi/ to place them indi i strict at one -. Health (>ftl -oirSweeneif has been on the lookout for yMarlfyand I'iotro, hut his information their appearance, etc., is meagre ami he has not yet .succeeded in locating thein. M aria was supposed to receive hir mail through Li ox No. 133, but sm h a box 1 co not exist h re. [ Pietro and iMaria landed in Now j York from Italy about the middle of j last month. The port from which rthey sailed for America was ai the |* time listed as "cholera port"—that if», j' cholera existed there at the time. Upon their arrival in New York 'they were kept in quarantine for several days, and when it became evi- a time. The Secretary of the local Board of Jlealth has received word from Health Commissioner Dixon to the effect that IPietfo Fenice and Maria Belotte left 'New York, but recently, headed for Punxsata wnpy. and that it would be wise to hunt up the pair in question and keep them inder surveillance for (Continued on page six.) of spark? decended tipon the Hahnemann Hospital, half a block away from the horning building", creating a panic among the pa- Oreat clouds of smoke and embers were carried by the wind all over the central part of the city ami even the Schuylkill Hlver Into West Philadelphia. The reflection of the flames upon the great pall of and rainburdened clouds that overhung the city could be seen for miles around the lire zone. Within half an hour after the fire was discovered on th< second floor of the six-storv building at 142R-27 Vine street, the flames had gained such a. strong headway that four alarms of fire were turned in in rapid succession. A fifth and finally a sixth were turned in, four companies being summoned even from the most oujlying sections of the city. Another fire doing $50,000 damage breaking out at Fifth and Locust streets further taxed the tire fighters. Scores of firemen wire ocerconie by smoke or were injured while fighting the flames, which often got beyond their control, and destroyed property estimated at $1,000,000 in value before they were finally overcome.PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4.—Amid a storm that was carried in upon the city by a furious gale from th<- northwest, nearly every local tire company battled, in the face of overwhelming odds, with a lire last night that swept nearly the entire block bounded by Vine, Uroad, Fifteenth and Pearl strecte. [MCI CALL FN BIEUL TOilSiEK SHE il I. V. Ladies Aid Society of Mt. Tabor Baptist Church Meets Will not Permit Citizens of Town to Pay Taxes ' "Rey n aids vi lie Lodge, INo.*51S), 13. P. . Elks, has generously thrown open *ts line suite of Hub rooms to the teachers during institute week, for 'their free use for recreative purposes. These rooms will be made the heatiquarters of the teacher that week. 'Teachers not familiar with the location of their stopping places, should go direct to the Elk rooms on their arrival in Reynoldsvllle and a secretary and messenger boy.* will be in waiting there to direct tht m to their destination. All teachers should arrange for their boarding and rooms by letter before the opening of the session." "All persons desiring accommodations during the week of institute in 1 lieynoldsville, December 19 to 23, are I requested to write to any of the homes ' or hotels listed below. In each case the number at the end of the line in, dicates the number of persons who can !'be accommodated, and in the case of |the hotels, the rates. eil IttiaiicuKiit's. A circular has been .sent out by Jl> ynoldsvllle business men to all teachers of the county with a list of those who have signified their willingness 'to take boarders and roomers during institute Week, together with the number each one will care for. Preceding the list is the following statesmen t: ers and Roomers Furnish* 4 List of Persons Who Wil Take lloanl- |./it the major portio / Punxsutawney. J b of the  a gri« TABLE EVENT III CAPEIQWK A HEAL Lllf[ SURPRISE The meeting has been called to hear the report of the committer which has tried vainly to come to an understanding; with the companies yesterday. afterfioon. By rnito'il Press. NEW YORK. Xov. 4.—The calling of a general strike, affecting thirty thousand union teamsters of Greater New York, i.- predicted as the outcome of a mas* meeting of express wagon driver.- and helpers, and platform men, in T< utor.ia Hall late this night. Sixty members were present and several new memb *rs were add< d last Hev. Horace McKinney told what could be accomplished by the H'«me Department and of its relation t<» : ie regular work. work, Mr. Kmrick outlined the work accompanied by the Home Department, stating that live Hundred lessons had been covered during the year, and that ninety members of the church were taking an active interest' in the The church was decorated for the occasion with palms and ferns. A short but pie sing musical program was enjoyed and delightful refreshments were served. The class consists of ninety members, in the major portion of those who regard themselves as having passed the Sunday Sehool age, end who study at home under the direction of Mrs. Jvrrtrlck and her assistants, following the line of work of the regular Suri'.ay Wchooi. .\;rs. a. of the Horn Methodist and her as, Miss Knur a ii(i 'Mrs. 1> dered tiit day SrhtM in the par the oecttSv  the Hrst year's work of that departint nt of the Sunday School. III HER 91ST HEAR 'Mr. Chambers holds a reponsible government position in the Canal Zone as th<* head of the Commissary department. Adrian Hospital for a time of the a student at Indiana Normal school. Her accomplishments are manifold and her friends are numerous. ney high scho The bride of hf»r life* in was a gradual The ceremony was performed at th,- home of1 the parents on Oo .tober 2ti. Herd This Morning. The announcement of the marriage of Miss Ada tLenore Hennigh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Hennight. of Gatun, Canal Zone, former residents of this place, to Albert Livain Chambers, of Christobal, ('anal Zone, formerly of New York City, was received here this morning. AiiimiincciiHMit of Wfddlne lleacliwl ANOTHER HUNTING ACCIDENT S130 II EAST MONEY Statement of l\xpcnditurcs Before Time Require! by l.nw. Council of KtarbucU railed to Publish BPtXKA'NE, Yash., Xov. 4.—Un- Unprecedented in the history of the Pacific Northwest is the situation brought to light at Starbuek in Columbia County, Wash., south of Spokane. where th< property owners will not be permitted to pay taxes in 1911 on account of the failur. of the city council to publish a statement of the resources and estimated expenditures of the municipality '<>r the coming year. The state 'aw provides that this report must b- made before the first Mondiay in < K tober. Just where the revenue is to be obtained has not bwn decided.  provements made recently, including a school building, costing $.000, called for tlie maximum lev. of X<> mills for next year, but this cannot be assessed against the property in the city, owing to the neglect of the council to comply with the state law. The city of Starbuek has a population of between 900 and 1,000 and is prosperous. Those present were: "Rev. and Mrs. Mill.-, and son of Knoxdale; Kov. and Mrs. Bertner and > »n, of Punxsutawney; Mr. and Mrs. Jame«* Hell, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin K©filar. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Lingenl'clter, Mrs. Homer 'Means and two children, Mrs. Charles Xoerr. Mrs. Charles Nolf, Mrs. \Y'-titer Sneddon. Mrs. James McGee and son, Mrs. George Bell and son, Mrs. Charles Bell, Mrs. Joh'n Aber, Mrs. James Lewis, Mrs. George Greenawali, Mrs. J »hn Crawford, Mrs. Charles Beekman, .Mrs. \Y. (M. Evans, Mrs. Mary Brown, Mrs. Will Fettorman, Mrs. Henry Graul, Mrs. Siverling, MlA3 Anna Burkett. Th Ladies 'Aid Society of the Alt. Tabor Baptist Church met yesterday at the home of .Mrs. F. B. Noerr, of Lane Avenue. . Folowing the business session the aft ruoon wa» passed pleasantly in a social way. Florentine Orchestra Pleased Music Lovers of DuBois Now, if the I byfough authorities who have in c(iplge th. cleaning of the streets would ran the sweeper gently over the bricks and put them i;j a respectable conditon for the arrival of winter, it is barely possible that the long-suffering public might forgive and forget. Barrels Cniptied. Something happened yesterday that caused at least a dozen prominent citizens to almost succumb to heart failure. It was a real, genuine surprise, sudden, but /agreeable apfLrfor that reason not fjltal. litter and dirt tlyu had accumulated in the gitftcr.yon Mahoning Street was taken jjfp <i/ul carted away "in wagons. IMufe man that — th.' refuse barrels \/er