Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-01-26

              THE WBATHSB. WASHINGTON, Jui. »«.—Fair and olih-r tonight. Sunday fair. Minimi tiiniiorature tonight, about aero. SUPERINTENDENT'S LETTER No Hint is Given of Probable Fate of the Lindsey Passenger Station. As the time sot for taking a vote on the consolidation of Punxsutawney anil Lindsey approaches, those who arc opposed to the measure are driven into narrow straits for reasons therefor."The Spirit Publishing Co., "Punxsutawney, Ponna. CHURCH ORGANIZED. VOL I. No. 112. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA.. SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1907 A FEW MORE ARGUMENTS I FOR CONSOLIDATION PRICE 2 CENTS punx y and Dubois are |nrp| inro TOO HOT FOR OTHER TOWNS! uLuUUlU) RIGHTS I INVADED THE WORLD'S GREATEST ADMIRAL; HERO OF MANILA Would Have No Effect on Actions of Railroad Company Y. M. 0. A. WENT DOWN Some of 4he Interstate League Teams Want to Crawl Clearfield Had Little Surprise in Store For Local Boys Last Night. put It, "that the Interstate League will require a whole lot of sticking plaster to make It adhere to Itself—and George Rlndernecht isn't on tile Job now to apply the plaster.' "I*. S.—Up to the hour of going to press no bullet!)) had been received concerning a revival of baseball Interest In Kane. Everything Is quiet up that way, it appears." WILL HAVE GOOD TEAM Interest in National Sport in This Section of State is Manifested.Thaw Objects to Alienists Sitting Near Him in Court Room WILL RESUME ON MONDAY The Attorneys For Defense Are Pleased With Jurors Selected. NEW STATION AT INDIANA The Y. iVT. A. basketball team of Clearfield sprung a surprise on tho local team last night by defeating them by the close seore ol* thirty-one to twenty-nine. Tho teams wore evenly matched and the local beys believe that had they played on a flot.r on which they could have comfortably turned around they would have won. In the llrst half Clearfield led by a seore of eighteen to six. but tin home boys got together in the last half and score twentythree to their opponents' thirteen. The Clearfield team contained none of the men who were on the team which po completely snowed under by tin* !<k::I team a short time ago, and needless to nay they had a much stronger team. Mcintosh, of Clearfield, refereed tlu> Kamc while Arthur Eberhart, of tills place, umpired. Referring to the baseball dope dished up by the Era in Tuesday's issue may we suggest that Patton is threatening to sue the league because at the behest of the ex-president of the association the Diggers, who have the team and the money to play ball, were summarily ousted from the league on a technieallty. A franchise was sold to Franklin and now, according to the Era, that town is Indifferent about the matter. Why should Erie be anxious to get into another league, when it holds the championship of last season, and one of Its club owners is the pres- Ident-secretary-trcasurer of the league.What has occurred to cause Bradford to be dissatisfied and to which towns does the Era refer when it says that other towns are dissatisfied- Passing on to the tale of woe printed In the Era Wednesday, we find real news in the statement that there was to have been a meeting of magnates in Bradford Tuesday. If such a meeting had been scheduled no one at this end of the line had notification of it. Furthermore the Era meeting ad- Continued on Second Page GREAT SHORTAGE BF FREIGHT CMS Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad Contemplate Improvements Thaw declares hi.i rights are beln« Invaded and 1 iiat he could not be forced to undergo such an examination. , The trial will be resumed Monday morning at nine o'clock. Thaw made a vigorous protest to his counsel today against the State's alienists who sit within the rail of the court, and watch him to detect evi- denccp of insanity He is more hopeful than ever of bc'ing acquitted. NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—Harry K. Thaw told his counsel today that he was more than pleased witii the jurors selected thus far. Other Countries Have Trouble Under Government Ownership Plan Following is n reprint of the contents of Mr. Ford's letter: One nf tiie arguments used to frighten citizens «»f ('layville into voting j against eonsolidation is that In the event, of the two boroughs becoming one, the Pennsylvania station on South Side. Lindsey. will be discontinued. On a previous occasion The Spirit, pointed out what it considers substantial reasons for entertaining an opposite opinion on that subject, but in order to make sure that consolidation would not affect the permanent y of the Llndsey depot, a letter was addressed to \Y. A. Ford, superintendent of the Pennsylvania and North western Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, of Bellwood, asking him for Information on that point. BROOKVILLE HAPPENINGS George Dewey Admiral George Dewey, of the was made a lieutenant April 19, 1861. I nited tales Navy, was born in Mont- He was made a commander in April, pelier, \t.. December 2»5, is; 37, son oi ( 1 872. He bet ame a captain in Sep- Dr. Julius Vemans and Mary Perrin ! tember, lv84, and he was ereated a Dewey. He entered lb Naval Aca- commodore on February 9. 1S96. On dmy September 23, J S54. lie grndu- May 1, 1 Mis. he gained the famous ated in 1858. He married October naval victory of Manila Pay over a 24. 1807, Miss Susie Goodwin, of Wvv Spanish lleet. He was at once made Hampshire, who died December : s, a rea r admiral. He was a member of 1812. He married Mrs. Mildred M. the Philippine Commission in 185)9. Hazen November 9, U99. He was on 'and was made an admiral on March the warship Wabash until 18G1. He 2. Is99. What Is Going on Day by Day at the County Capital SNEITEli SAID 8H1IH *HT TO WE BESICO [KM Message From London Causes Long Conference of President and Root Inactivity Marks Course of Money Market—Future Doublful The problem of maintaing baseball teams in the agrieultural belt of the Interstate League is becoming a serious propostlon, according to the following squib which was printed in the Bradford Era, Tuesday: ".With Patton threatening to sue the League; Franklin indifferent as to whether it has a team or not; Erie anxious to get into another league; Bradford and other towns dissatisfied, the affairs of the Interstate aggregation of baseballists are not as cheering as might be desired." Thursday the same paper continued Us doleful strain as follows: To be or not to be, that is the question.Whether it is wiser to go ahead with prearranged projects and try to have an Interstate baseball league or to let it flicker, is the paramount interrogotary at the present moment. "Yesterday there was to have been a meeting of magnates in our midst, but the magnates did not deem it necessary to meet. It was January 23, on the calendar and there seemed to be a sort of "23" feeling in the baseball situation all around. Herr Mc- Gowan, the managing editor of the Bradford baseball team, was in a reticent mood when approached for light on this dark subject. He did not say whether he was hopefu or not. But there was a pessimistic glint in his eyo and a cynical tone in his voice when he Said there was nothing doing. Then came the news from Glean that the franchise of that wonderful baseball town was for sale at a bargain. From Erie no news was forthcoming concerning the flop proposed by the owners of the Erie team from the Interstate league to an Ohio aggregation. But the change is likely to go through all the same. "In the direction of Oil Qlty and Franklin baseball conditions are quiescent. And Patton is supposed to be snowed under. It is true that DuBois Is preparing to hold a fair to provide ways and means and it is also true that Punxsutawney is full of determination and self-consciousness. But Du- Bois, Punxsutawney and Bradford can not constitute an eight-team league. " 'The chances is,' as a local rooter ORGANIZATION HAS GOOD START RELIIEF WOR KIS BLOCKED BIG LOAN FOR SOUTHERN Governor of Jamacia Coming- in for Some Further Bitter Criticism Pays Seven Per Cent. For Fifteen Million Dollars—Stock Market Conflicting'. Young Men of English Lutheran Church Unite for Worthy Cause WASHINGTON, D. <\. January 26. —Consul J. I. Brlttain, United States Consul at Kehl, Germany, reports that there has for many months been a serious shortage of cars In Germany. All the railroads there are owned and operated the ttyyvrnmunt. Mr. Brlttain says, in a report to the Htato Department: "The greatest cause of the scarcity (of cars) is the extraordinary activity in the iron and steel industry. For the first half of 19J?i nearly 700,000 more cars of coal, coke and patent fuel were delivered by the syndicate than during- the corespondlng period of last year, and the daily dispatch of cars has frequently exceded 21,000 in niim her. "The Prusian State Railway authorities have been severely criticised in consequence of the shortage of railway cars. Thus, during June, although 221,991 more ears were available than in June, 1905, the shortage amounted to nearly 1,000 cars a day. Hut, on the other hand, it is questioned whether, even with his shortage made good, it would have ben possible to satisfy the demand. "The marked scarcity of cars at this time of year is all the more disquieting, since the farmers will shortly bo drawing heavily upon all available railway rolling stock to move agricultural produce. The result of this deficit in the number of cars supplied has been that in several collieries the miners have hen compelled temporarily to stop work, a measure which in these days of high wages is *a costly matter." Tho only effect consolidation can have In that respect Ih to extend free delivery to the eitizns of Lindsey, a convenience which the citizens of that town will surely hail with delight., and one which their dearest political foes should not withhold from them. Another argument which Is being advanced in opposition to consolidation which had some relevancy until about a week ago, pertains to the Indebtedness of the two boroughs and "Gentlemen: — "Replying to your leter of the 19th instant, would state that as far as I know now. 1 don't see how the consolidation would affect the matter any more than it does at the present time. "Yours truly. "W. A. FORD, "Superintendent." "Uellwood, Jan. 23-"07." Tn the letter Mr. Ford does not indlcate the policy of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company In respeel to tho future of the Lindsey -station, but he does make It plain that that policy will not be affected by consolidation. Recently the prospective location of the proposed federal building in Punxsutawney has been used by some of the opponents of consolidation as an argument against the movement. It «1s reported that some cltlzenfi of Punxsutawney have said that If such or such a site is chosen they will vote against, consolidation. Just where the logic of such an argument inheres, is difficult to figure out, for what, difference does the location of a building make to the greater borough? Such an argument might have been perttlnent some years ago, but in this day of free delivery the argument is preposterous. PUNX'Y MAN VICTIM OF GAS EXPLOSION WANT M'CUROY TO GIVE BACK MONEY Continued on Second Fage The passenger and freight traffic on the Indiana branch, together with the new construction work .on that division, requires a great deal of attention at present and it is understood that all lines in Indiana County are to be placed under the general supervision of a new superintendent It is reported that Mr. Frazer will In given charge of this work. Severa new stations are to be erected, th< principal one being the one at In diana. The now superintendent of this section will jilso have charge of the proposed classification yards to be built in the southern end of Indiana County, plans for which were outlined a few months ago. It is expected that all changes in connectiaon *ith the redivisioning of the southern portion of that system will be announced within the next few weeks. i\Vw terminal* are to be established fcy the I'uffalo, Rochester and Pitteburg Hallway at Indiana and a change is to be made In the Pittsburg and Middle divisions of that system. A. J. Johnston has charge of both divisions as uperlntendent and also looks after the Indiana Branch, which extends from this place to Indiana. Executive oflicials say that, this territory is entirely too large for one man to look after, and the line is to be redivisioned and a new superintendent named. About throe years ago the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg lino was redivislotied. J. (\ Hyde was given charge of the Pittsburg division extending' from Pittsburg:. to Ibis eity, and A. J. Johnston was made superintendent of the line from here to' Salamanca Junction. About one yoai* ago Mr. Hyde was compelled to glv,e up railroad work, owing to ill health, and Mr. Johnston was given charge <»f bofrh divisions. Since that time the Indiana Branch has been built. A few months ago P. Fra::or, trainmaster of the Pittsburg Division, was made assistant superintendent of the Pittsburg and Middle Divisions, Superin-j tendent, Johnston having general charge of the line from Salamanca to 1 Pittsburg, including the Indiana | Branch. George Emerick Seriously injured While at Work in Butler JUDGE CD III CAMBRIA COM Supreme Court Asked to Compel Lite Insurance President to Refund Verdict of ljury in Murder Trial Brings Forth Angry Speech From Jefferson Countian ItUOOKVIIjLK, Jan. 26. William Henshaw, the local cab driver is confined to his homo in South Urookville as the result of severe burns received In an unu.-iual manner Some years ago the Village Improvement Society erected on Main Street, in front of the court house, a drinking fountain and watering trough. On account of the fountain frequently freezing up during the winter a gas lamp In the interior of the iron fountain was later Installed. Mr. Henshaw has been in the habit of watering Ills horses at this founjtain and. discovering that the fire was out, he stuck his head into the opening which has been left by the plumbers for ingress and egress, and cracked a match for the purpose of starting the tire, instantly there was a tremendous explosion which hurled Mr. Henshaw to the side walk and damaged the iron fountain to a considerable extent. Mr. llenshaw was severely burned about the face and hands, but was fortunate, indeed, that Ills Injuries were not even more severe. "Amelia," as the fountain was christened when it was put in place, has been a pretty naughty girl on several occasions, overflowing and causing the town council to lift several rods of brick paving, and also causing the sewers to become frozen shut by slowly dripping into them in cold j weather, 6ut this is the first time she | lias tried to take human life. James Brown, aged about thirty-five years, a well-known freight engineer on the low grade division of the Pennsylvania railroad, .died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Brown, Sr., in South Brookvlllc, at an early hour Friday morning of typhoid fever, from which he had suffered about ten days. The patient was thought to be Improving, and only an hour before his death had assured his father, when the latter started to his daily labor, that he was feeling better, Ho was an industrious and genial young man and his death is greatly deplored throughout this community. Mrs. Reuben K. Moyer, of Reading, Is the guest of her uncle, 'Squire Albert Baur, and his family, on White Street. Prof. Reed B. Teitrick was visiting the schools of Union township during the present week. The special services which have been In progress in the Methodist Episcopal church for the past four weeks, will close this evening. Great good has been accomplished. The Young Men's Christian Fellowship Asociation, which was recently. organized in Punxsutawney by the young men of the Lutheran Church congregation, held their first monthly business meeting last night. The association has secured apartments over the Sunday School room in tho Lutheran Church and at last night's meeting it was decided to fully equip the quarters, which will be fitted up for a reading room and will be provided with various games and other means of social and fraternal enjoyment.One of the objects of the association is to take care of young: men whu find themselves in Punxsutawney with no place to spend the evening. A fraternal feature has also been included, which provides for a visiting committee when any of the members are overtaken with sickness or misfortune. After the business meeting last night, light refreshments were served and the members present report a fipe layout and a pleasant social time. In order to provide funds for fitting up the rooms and defraying other expenses, each member agrees to pay 10 cents per month^ A Bible class has been organized which will meet in the apartments every Sunday morning. The association now numbers forty-five members, and gives promise of a rapid increase In its membership. Prof. J. C. Condron, supervisory principal of the Lindsey Public Schools, is the president, and David Snyder the secretary of the association. Mr. Emerick was formerly night foreman in the Mahoning Valley Powder Plant at this place. Although Mr. Emerick is in a serious condition the physicians at the Butler Hospital, where he is lying, are hopeful that both legs can be saved and that in due time he will recover completely. Word was received here today by friends of the family that George Emerick, of Butler, who formerly lived on North Penn Street, Punxsutawney, had been the victim of an accident in the Butler car shops, where, as the result of a gas explosion, ho had been knocked down and both legs broken by a falling door. NEW SHOW FOll PUXX'Y NEW LINE TO SOUTH AMERICA An instance of the governor's untimely, obstructive measures is the police enforcement of the regulation forbidding the re-erection of buildings, even wooden shacks, without the city surveyor's approval of the. plfi'ts, which is causing great delay and dissatisfaction."His excellency is still careering around the city, poking his nose into various corners and attending t<» petty details which his subordinates ought to attend to. There is a total absence of a deliberate organized movement This is a state of affairs on which the British and colonial governments cannot congratulate themselves." WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. A cablegram was received least, night by tli state department from John K. Carter, American charge d'affaires at London, regarding the Swettenham-Davis episode, and the message, which was forwarded to the President, formed a theme of discussion at a conference of several hours' duration held at the Whlto House between the President and Secretary of State IJoot, who returned from Canada early tonight. LONDON, Jan. Uti.—There |H good reason to believe that Governor Swettenham, of Jamaica, lias forwarded his resignation to the colonial office. The officials there say they are not prepared to either confirm or deny the report, but they admit having received telegrams of a confidntial character from the governor. It has been fully expected here that a solution of the difficulty would be found in Swettenham's resignation, and the reply to inquiries received at the colonial office tended to confirm the report that the governor had intimated his willingness to retire from his post. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jan. L'G.—The "Daily Telegraph," in an editorial criticising Governor Swettenham yesterday, says: NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—Arguments were heard and decision reserved by the appellate division of the supreme court yesterday in the cases of the Mutual Life Insurance (Company against Richard A. McCurdy, former president of the company, to recover $3,- 3 70,000 alleged to have been wrongfully expended in a great variety of ways. There are three suits in all against Mr. McCurdy. The object of one is to recover from the former president the amounts contributed to political campaign committees during his term of office. Another suit wast against Robert A. I (Irannis, a vice president of the com* j pany, to recover $200,000 alleged to I have been improperly expended, and [another against Charles R. Raymond, Louis A. Thebaud and Richard A. Mc- Curdy. Raymond and Thebaud were general agents of the company under the name of Chafes H. Raymond A Co. From 1893 to 1904 they receive# $1,399,805 from the company In commissions. It Is claimed that not less than $500,000 of thla was without consideration. Continued on 8econd Page The most significant feature in the monetary situation Is the avalanche of short term railroad notes pressing upon the market. What does it mean when a property like the Southern Railway lias to pay practically 7 per cent, for $15,000,000 of three-yearnotes? Such a transaction, of course, shows extreme need of the corporation for funds; it also shows, what is of more significance, that the money market is still suffering from excessive strain. Many other large corporations—Industrial as well as railroad—are greatly in need of new capital in order to enable them to meet current demands. Conditions in both the stock and bond markets are unfavorable to raising funds by new issues of stock or bonds. There is no other resource left, therefore, except that, of short term notes. Fortunately these are being taken with comparative freedom by Investors, who llnd it profitable to exchange them for stocks and bonds yielding 4 to 5 per cent.; for in the one case the Nl-;\V Voiilv. Jan. 2f». Moderate Improve ninet developed in the financial situation during the past week. This was due chiefly to easier rates for m my. and to a natural rally in prices causcd by short covering. The decline in money rates was chiefly owing to liquidation of speculative accounts and the influx of currency from the interior. Irresponsible rumors, al.--o, that. Secretary Shaw would delay withdrawal of $30,000,000 of Government funds now on deposit with the National banks served to temporarily relieve monetary tension. Time money, however, remains scarce, particularly for the longer dates; and, j in spite of much easier conditions in . all mone y, it is altogether prema- j ture to look for any material Improve- : ment in the monetary situation. Just now the market is better supplied by i the release of January dividend dis- } bursments, which have not been in- ! vested with the usual freedom. As a' result of this easier tendency, there] has been a much freer offering of | commercial paper, the takings of ; which have been largely curtailed for ! weeks past by high local interest ' rates. Will Issue Call For Pastor. At a special meeting of the Clarion Presbytery at Ridgway last night, the First Presbyterian Church was organized with one hundred and thirty-seven members, of which number six were made trustees and eight, elders. A unanimous call was issued to Rev. Edwin L. Mcllvaine, of Emlinton, at a salary of $1,500 a year and parsonage*(Continued on Pago 2.) These defendants, it will be remembered, were convicted of luring George Cann, a miner, to their gipsy camp, near Germantown, drugging him, robbing him, and when he failed to revive promptly, burying him alive John W. Reed, president judge of Jefferson County, who was in Eberjsburg, Cambria County, this week, assisting Judge O'Connor, yesterday took occasion to administer a severe rebuke to a jury. The twelve men had sat on a murder case that had been tried before Judge Reed at a previous term of court, and although the evidence was strong for conviction in the first degree, according to Judge Reed's interpretation and the confession of one of the accused, the jury had brought in a verdict of murder in the second degree: BERLIN, Jan. 2C.—Another important step in Germany's organized campaign to capture the South American markets will bo taken tomorrow with the inauguration of a regular steamship service between Bremen and ports on the Pacific Coast of South America. The service is to be maintained by the Kosmos Steamship Co., which was established a little over "a year ago by interests identified with the North German Lloyd and Roland companies. First-Glass Artists Will Be Pttt O11J The old Bijou DrC-tm, the first fivecent theater tq Punxsutawney, is being remodeled And by next Wednesday will be reaJTy to let the public witness what the Zroprietors claim to be the best five /ent production ever put up in our town. Illustrated s<pigs, moving pictures and vaudeville stunts will comprise the program of our new amusement company. Bijou Dream Being Remodeled and AUSTRALIA CELEBRATES. SYDNEY, N. S. W., Jan. 26.—The 119th anniversary of the founding of the city of Sydney, the first permanent settlement In Australia, was celebrated today In the customary manner. The day was observed as a holiday not only in this city, but in Melbourne and other chief centres of the confederation.mm Co*r*/c*rto ( l//Vf0/f J r KV4 j  fP * S *