Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-08-02

              ■17-; m T< : • mk Sfwf (BUfl ' 1 ''''  SOME PRESS NOTICES Adams on the Mound Did Excellent Work For Locals. Pllin FANS WERE MUCH PLEASED WITH YESTERDAY'S GAME PRICE I CENT PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA.. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1907 t* Jtoaa JUDGE LAROIS MAT PUT HUGE FINE 01 STANDARD OIL CO. THOUGHT WIFE A ITCH AND GAVE HER A BEATING During Past" Ten Weeks St. Louis Has Done Her Justice. *——-— MISS FISHER FINISHES A SEASON THAT ASSURES HER GREAT SUCCESS IN FUTURE Mt Brutal of Recent Murders Uncovered Yester- day Afternoon. *HMTLE fumnmiN A HEATH CLINCH Minimum Is $1,462,000 and Maximum $20,000,000~To Be Announced Soon. Waist on Foreigner Nearly Kills His Better Half- Found in Gutter. SOME FINE PLAYS Fishermen Cut Us Out of Several By Sensational Fielding. Miss Fli nee Fisher By United Press. • • OMAN ARRESTED APPEAL TO BE TAKEN AT ADRIAN HOSPITAL Papers of the West Say She Will Be Star. Dramatic Critics of Great lid to Have Made Threats Against Family of Little Girl Victim. Adams pitched In the beat of form excepting: In the fourth and sixth Inning*, but his teammates came to his assistance when they were needed in splendid style. ("rum's long run and leap Into the air in Erie's fourth inning and capture of Crane's fierce drive, which otherwise would have gone for a three-sacker, was one of the many pretty fielding stunts pulled off by the locals. A double by Tray nor. Campbell and Bailey In the fifth inning, capturing Newnham at first and cutting off Buck at. the home plate, canceled the two errors which came consecutive* ly In that chapter. <'apt. O'Hara by his extraordinary activity in left field robbed at least two of Punx'y's swatters of two-sack* ers. while Hoffman at third, dupll* cated Tlnk Traynor's pretty work at the same station for Punx'y. The stick work of Florey, Camp and Miller, the two former ha> I had a brace of doubles each and the I latter a single In each of the two I innings that produced the acorns, was one of the finest exhibitions of hitting one will see In many moons. Aside from the first and fifth fnninffa Cosma's pitching was all to the g*ood. Following is a word picture of the seance: Quito the prettiest pmo of ball seen at the East End Park this season was that played yesterday afternoon when tln» Policemen, by timely hiuJ consecutive stick work, bintflcd In four runs and smeared the last year's Krle champions all over with a neat coat «»f whitewash. The game abounded in good playing on the part of both teams, that of the visitors being of the errorless brand, while the two offenses committed by Milt's Mustangs were of the excusable kind and cost nothingEverything of a serious nature that happens in the vicinity of the Cyrlano home in Walston is blamed on the unfortunate woman who was so cruelly beaten by her hufiband yesterday. Nearly every person in vicinity •believes her to be endowed with witchcraft. The hospital authorities were notified and the woman was taken to the Adrian hospital, when- she lies much improved today. Lieut. Egle, of Troop I)., state police, was told of th<> brutal happening: and Sergeant Ward, with Privates Randolph and Masters woer Immediately sent to Walston, but Mr. Cyrlano had evidently heard of their eominfi an/1 made himself scarce, for a diligent search by the policemen revealed no (,'yrlano. Severely beat on because her hus- I band believed her to bo a witch, Mrs. I Amelia Cyrlano,- of Walston, lies in ! a precarious condition in the Adrian j hospital. Thought by her husband ; and all her relatives to be a witt li, j Mrs. Cyrlano has for some time led I a miserable existence. Heatings from ' t hf head of the house were frequent ! but none ever so severe as that of , yesterday. After knocking: her down j the Irate husband kicked and beat , her brutally about the body and left | her lying in the gutter apparently | dead. MINERS DISMISS E. F. RICHARDSON «*! ofloe detectives arrested Qlatano pifliliMl*. a cobbler. This man, who Hi already been examined at the little (flrl's disappearance, Which did not satl«- ' Old Coroner. Later his partner, Bonaaute, was detained as a tppearance. Yesterday afternoon COroner Harburger's order, gen- f her father, a respectable Gorman ktisen. Today, In a black corner f a tenement cellar at 203 First Av- AUt, Just around the corner from W home, an old woman stumbled pan her body. The eifht-year-old child had been ideecrlbably mistreated, then beaten nd choked to death. The murder id been committed at least six days |o—-probably on the night of her Coroner Harburger calls the most Ltrocious crime in the history of New 'drk City. A week ago pretty little Kaite 'elechler, disappeared from the home followed upon the heels of what Emergncy calls were sent to sever-1 Of the Eastslde police stations late eiterday afternoon for reinforeelents to aid in checking the rioting fell that has been astounding this utraged community. The suspect - d woman formerly occupied a room i the house where little Katie Teisoher, whose body was found horribly lutllated, had lived. fiendish murders of girls and chil- |f complicity In the most diabolical [rime In the rapidly increasing list NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—Anna Merger. the woman of many aliases, was eld without ball today on suspicion By United Press. | "Iris was not in a position to help even the most nc»ed> friend at that moment. Here was the supreme test. Unless A urea's impetuous enthusiasm and pathetic po\vrt\ could impress the auillence as well as Iris, there that would bo highly prized by any follower of old Thespeus: "The amazing progress Florence Fisher has made this season at Suburban Park Is food for speculation. She has so many promising qualities that, unless all signs fall, her future seems assured. It Is now up to a discerning New York producer to "discover" her. 1 Who will be *the wise astronomer? 1 t watched her Intently In a crucial scene ! with Virginia Harned the other night, j and not once did the little -ingenue ! fall . short of the exacting require-1 ments. j "Mis Harned, as Iris, had just been I confronted with her great temptation, i Maldonado left his check book and J departed. Iris, almost penniless, re- J fused to consider the schmcingr bank- : j er's offers of aid, but she allowed | "Maldo" to leave some blank checks, because, he oasured her. 'Poverty is full of unpleasant surprises.* Then in tripped Florence Fisher as Aurea. an English girl, who needed funds to take up a business pursuit of certain profit. Coming as It did a ft or die cl oho of a season's work the following from tlust. Louis Republic, one of tho great newspapers of the west, is a criticism "Next In Importance*wan the work ' of Florence Fisher In the pretty and | appealing part of Sybil Crake, Miss I Fisher (loin# so well as to share with the star the applause and curtain calls given at the close of one of the four acts Her sweet, true and expressive voice was heard to singular advantage I —If this swiftly rising young actress i will just slur the terminal "r" a bit more in her speech, softening it and robbing it of a "schoolmarm" twang ; that otherwise attaches to II, her ; enunciation especially In English roles, will be vastly improved. She ( was very magnetic and winning in last ■ night's effort, and the audience made much of* her." A more pretentious criticism is the following from the Post Dispatch: During the first week of the Suburban season with "One of Our Girls" us the attraction, two members of the company distinguished themselves. They are Florence Fisher and John Doyle. There Is little doubt in the mind of the writer that the work of Miss Fisher surpassed even that of I Miss Amelia Bingham.—Star Chronicle.her from the llrst."—The Mlror. "Miss Florence Fisher as "Midge" the lame girl in "The Dancing Girl," was great.—St. Lou's Star. "Miss Florence Fisher in th® unwelcome role of the crippled girl, exhibited the peculiarly beautiful voice which has won favor with the patrons of Suburban Garden."—Globe Democrat. "The part of John Christenson's daughter, j Sybil, Is put forward by Miss Florence Fisher, who, In the frequent changes j assigned to her at the Suburban, is j fast developing into a most capable j actress."—Post Dispatch. "Miss Florence Fisher is the pretty and appealing Sybil Crake. She is one of Stage Manager J. Gordon Edwards' 'finds,' and her splendid work Is a high compliment to indefatigable methods and sagacity."—The Censor. "Florence Fisher is mightily winsome as a crippled girl, with a voice like the south wind breathing on a bank of vfolets. She has all the gentle charm of a member of the Shut-in Society, and has her audience all gone soft about Some of them, with Miss Harned as the star, the title of the play and the name of the newspaper in which they appear, follow: To her host of friends in Punxsutawney and vicinity, who have admired her talents and have Watched her development from an amateur to a real stage star, a reprint of some of the many favorable notices she has received will be read with pleasure. Miss Florence Fisher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Fisher, of Punxsutawney, recently completed a ten weeks' theatrical engagement at the Suburban Theatre, St. Louis, ami is expected home In a few days. Miss Fisher's original contract only called for four weeks, but her work proved to be so valuable that she was Induced to extend her stay to more than dou- j ble the time originally mentioned in j the contract. That the Punxsutawney girl not only made good In every part that she essayed as seconds to such first magnitude stars as Miss Virginia Harned and Miss Cecelia Loftus, but in some Instances carried off the honors of the production is established ,by the many favorable notices she received at the hands of the newspaper and dramatic critics of St. Louis. That In any invent there will be an appeal from the fine assessed by Judge Landis is certain, and a final decision may be delayed for several years. In the meantime many other indictments against the company for violations of the Elkins law will be pushed to trial. Some of these, Jn the northern district of Illinois, are almost as voluminous as the one on which the recent trial was based. Practically the same kind of evidence figures in all the cases. No hint has leaked out as to the possible extent of the line to be imposed tomorrow. The maximum fine for the number of counts in the Indictftient is something over $29,000,- 000, and there are today predictions from persons connected with the prosecution that this maximum line will be assessed. The only excuse which a judge may feel called on to offer In imposing less than the maximum in criminal cases such as this is a bona fide reason for clemency. On the other hand, such a huge fine as $29,000,000, if Imposed on a company with a capital of only $1,000,000, would look disproportionate, and would give the company ground on which to make an appeal. When, under the indictment secured a year ago, the Standard nil Co. of Indiana was found guilty of violating the anti-rebate law, the fixing of the fine for that offense devolved on Judge and as he had a free hand in assessing any fine between $1,000 and $20,000 on each of the 1,462 counts in the indictment, he was confronted with a rather difficult proposition. Ho did not know how much punishment the company could stand, and this is the reason why he summoned John D. Rockefeller and others prominently connected with Standard Oil affairs, so as to learn some of the financial secrets of the company which its counsel we're either unable or unwilling to tell. The judge found that Mr. Rockefeller knew very little about the affairs of the company of which he is president, and that little he was not sure of. He divulged, however, that the capital of the Standard Oil Co., J of New Jersey, is "about $100,000.- i 000," and that its annual dividends ! now are "about 40 per cent." CHICAGO, 111., August 2.—Before another day perhaps the largest fine recorded In judicial history may be assessed by Federal Judge K. M. Hindis against the Standard Oil Co.. in the cases in which the company was recently convicted of using illegal railroad rates. Judge Landis has fixed upon tomorrow as the day upon which he will pass sentence on the company.Special to The Spirit. PROBERS WILL NOT SHOW LENIENCY Upon announcing his withdrawal I Richardson bitterly attacked what he termed Harrow's Socialistic methods. Attorney Nugent, another of lawyers j who defended Haywood, announced ( his withdrawal this aftrenoon. This I leaves Darrow in full control. Clarence F\ Darrow, of Chicago, will succeed Richardson. BOISE, Ida., Aug. 2. — E. F. Richardson has been dismissed from his as chief counsel for the defense of the officers of the Wester Federation of Miners and as a refeult of this action he has entirely with-! drawn from the case. i Punx'y—Bailey fanned; Adams #ut. third to first; Meehan flew out to left. lOrle O'Hare out. Pete to Ooosp; I Jink missed three; Hoffman tiled out • • ('rum. Second Inning. Punx'y—Meehan out, short to first; Traynor out, Hoffman to Crane; Campbell doubled to right Held fence; Florey ditto to left, scoring Camphell; Millor singled, scoring Florey; «'rum followed suit with a single to left; Montgomery grounded to Meehan, who threw ('rum out at second. Seore: Punx'y. H; Krle, 0. I 'irsi I lining. ICrie—Crane had three straights called on him; Dunn out. Traynor to Campbell; Cole popped up to Campbell.Continued on Page Six I M. C. A. CADETS HOME FROM CAMP MAHAFFEY HAPPY; CAMPERS HAVE GONE ALMOST READY FOR THE OLD HOME WEEK WILLIAMS AN EASY WINNER EOR SENATOR Outclassed Vardaman Three to One—Much Money Exchanged. Committees at Reynoldsville Working Hard to Finish on Time. Will Leave Early Monday Morning. Next Lot Will Be Older and Several Little Stories About Chickens, etc., Cause Homeward Rush. Continue Bold Talk of Prosecuting All Connected With Fraud. Continued on Pago Six. Krle- -Crane lined a hot one to 'rum, who jumped In the air and fourth liming. Punx'y—Traynor drew a pass: Campbell fouled out to catcher; Florey singled to right; Miller filed out to O'Hare; Crum ditto to Buck Third Inning. Krle -Newniiam out, Tlnk to Campbell; Dalley struck out; Cosma ditto. Groundhog hunting seems to have occupied n great deal of the attention of the boys. Ill two days they secured foUt' een and they all say that Chef Kberhart can't be beat at cooking weather dealers. Company A will 1-ave Monday for a two-weeks' stay. This company is composed of older boys and the camp will |)(• run on more strictly military plans than before. Secretaries Paer and North will remain at the camp. Smiling, sun-browned ami healthy, Company l>. of tin* l«»eal V. M <\ -V Cadets. arrive<l home this morning after a iwo-weeks' stay at Camp Kennedy. near Mcdees. The boys, on.* and all, sa*v that it was- tin time of the It* lives and all were loth to come aotne. They are especially loud in their praises of Seen tary llaer. The best kind of discipline was maintained throughout the stay afid no trouble of any sort was experienced. NOTHING NEW1N - BANK ROBBERY Owing to an unusually heavy vptu and the fact that the polls do nbt close until 6 o'clock, the Indications as to which two of the six candidates for governor will remain In the race after today are moat uncertain, but the decision evidently rests among Scott, Truly, Brewer and Noel. Thomas and SclsApi are running poorly. Governor Vardaman claims 37 of. the 79 counties. Wllllama claims it majority Of from 20,000 to 30,000, and allowing Governor Vordaman's claim of 37 counties, atlll claims a majority owing to larger counties. No trouble la reported from any point. Williams money was offered with odds of 2 to 1. There were some takers. JACKSON, Miss., August 2.—With 15 cities heard from In part or in full. John<Bharp Williams was leading with I ,146 to 331 votes over Governor Vardaman in the primaries held here yesterday to select a United States Senator. Jackson up to today had returned 55 for Williams and 14 for Vardaman, a ratio of 3 to 1, and Oulfport reported Wflllams lh the lead in that part of the southcoast of Mississippi, by about 3 to 1. Gubernatorial Candidates Charles Scott and E. L. Noel were ahead of their four competitors, although the lead was not large. CANOE H1DOE (Office of the Weathcrworks) — Fair and ("color tonight, with fair weathfrr for Saturday. (Continued on Page six.) The base of the child's skull wan crashed in with a terrific blow. A ribbon from the child's hair was twisted about the throat. On the throat also there were deep bruises. The left arm was Bashed. The face and breast were covered with bruises add wounds. The lower part ot the trunk was frightfully mangled, evidently by the bare hands of the murderer.At six o'clock In the evening of Mir 25 Katie, the eight-year-old daughter of Karl Teischler, a hardworking man, left her father's llat to paly with other children In the street. She Was a pretty little girl with blue •jand long, brown hair. At dusk did not come home. The father Mfrched the neighborhood for her all ' ntgrht. There was no trace of the musing child and on the next day the disappearance was reported to the police. A general alarm was sent out. Yesterday, when the horrible news ot the child's death was brought home, the mother collapsed, going from one convulsion of grief into another. Neighbors restrained the fran- Uo father, fearing he would do him- Mlf Injury. John Kusrnlcho, the Russian watch- sides and the garments disarranged. Telling with fright Mrs. Douru ran Up the steps as fast as her trembling old limbs would carry her. little girl. The body was on Its face with the arms outstretched at the ten crate the body of a child—a rledrled a candle, but she d!.l not light It until she smellcd a foul odor. As Its feeble light flared up In the noisome place she saw lying on a burger, his voice trembling. "It Is the most atrocious crime that ever occurred In NeW' York City. It is terrifying to a strong man even to look It this little girl's body." The tenement at No. 203 First HVenue Is populated by nine Italian families of the lower class. At noon today Mrs. Philomenla ttourla, an aged woman, who lives on the second floor, went down the rear iteps to set some firewood. She car I4e of this one," said Coroner Mar- ker's Who was known to have made threats against the murdered child's nijnlly. This search culminated in fhe arrest of Anna Mersner. "The Mfe of Viola Boylan is mild aiong- Doyens of men were out searching a woman friend of the shoema- I»HKIWI MAILT MIT Messrs. Todd and Scarlet now know tfho will be named In the Indictments. Mr. D. T. Watson, of Pittsburg,, who is abroad, has also been kept informed as to 'the progress of the Inquiry. When the Dauphin county grand Jury begins Its September session the commonwealth of Pennsylvania will have considerable business to submit. Indictments will be asked for men Who have held high office in the Keystone state and for designers and contractors who have dug deep into Father Penn's treasury. Then the commission will adjourn to reassemble In Harrlsburg at a date suitable to Governor Stuart. Whether or not the commission shall make recommendations and the decision as to the nature and scope of the prosecution w.lll be entirely In the hands of Governor Stuart and the attorney general. The capitol probers are pushing ahead as rapidly as possible the preparation of their report. They held three pesslons today—morning, afternoon and night—all members being present and extra precautions were taken against interruptions in the work. Present Indications are that the report will bo completed by the latter part of next week. BEACH HAVEN, N J., August 2.— "You may state positively that there is nothing in the story that capitol investigators are divided over the question of whether or not the coinmission's report shall contain recommendations for prosecutions, In addition to a general llmiing of the facts," declared Cenator John 8. Fisher, chairman of the commission, to a newspaper representative last night. Special to The Spirit. 11K Y NOtjI >H V11<I,K, August 2.— Kcynol Jsville has the world beaten ■is an amusement tenter during the month of Auxust. To the stranger passing through town. Main street already presents somewhat the appearance of a midway.' Great floating street banners span the main thoroughfare from the station up. All the passengers passing through are confronted with an invitation To spend August 19 to 24 In rteynoldsvllle. A little further up the Sons of Veterans have a big headquarter sign. Next is the P. O. S. of A. building having a red, white and blue banner. and the hustling and bustling around there betokens that something will be doing in Sons of America quarters Friday. Today somo of the delegates for the great reunion are hero, ready for the preparatory business meeting tonight, August 1. Friday 33 camps will Invade the city and the invading army will be taken captive with the town's hospitality. Just abbve the P. O. S. of A. sign waves the great and only Old Home Week headquarters sign, Inviting everybody to come in and get Invitations to send to friends. Wednesday evening the general committee held a council and reports were received from various chairmen of committees. George Gelsler reported that he had offers from most of the bands In the county to come and after thorough discussion he was authorised to secure the Brookville band for one day. The Keystone had beeh previously employed for four days. W. W. Wiley. W. H. Moore and Al. Smith, committee, to see about the Industrial parade, sent in a report that practically every business man In town had agreed to put a float In the Industrial parade on Merchants' and PITTSHI"KG, AuKust 2.—Thore was no new development today In Qie Turtle Creek First National Hank robbery. It was ascertained that the amount missing was »4.7&0. Director Simmons today stated that Cashier Carrol Informed the directors that he was responsible. Simmons also ex-l plained that the loss had been mode | good. Jordan, the negro janitor, lal ' still In Jail, as the date for the taear-j ing Hns not yet been set. ('ashler I Carroll was on duty today. I By United Press. Yesterday's Intcrxtato Itnulti.  V—Erie 0 Bradford 4—DuBol* 1 Franklin J—Oil Cltjr * standing of IW 1>W*  Bradford 1J J '!li ' » ; :m Oil City. • 1 iji Purtxy. * . 'j|4 Franklin * I JS DuBol*. .... .* * " ■H* at faiiffffliT. Oil City At FrnnkiM. WHEELING, W> Vl, August ,2.—r Miss Eva Nelnnlngsr, daughter of Ex- Mayor Nslnnlnger, of Brtdffftfrort. O.. ra well-known sinner, was probably fatally Injured In a runaway accident. *V pajama parade was the feature of the two weeks' encampment. Pos* ut | In the cottage above the dining table is the following list: Steward, Frank 1 tioney; agitator. Archibald Eberhart; I assistant, Steve Ttetshell; crab, Jock Robinson; dishwasher extraordinary, rteavy Milliard; camp liar, Paul Pantall; nlmrod, Peiin McCartney; sleep ranter. Ike Smith; camp small boy, Lou Hastings; retainer of funds, Art Cochran; grafter, Hutch Campbell; chaperones. Ted Campbell find Meldclne McCartney; grouch, Morris Coulter. A chicken story was cmrrent in town: which was attributed to the campers. A friend of someon» in the camp told a friend 0/ his hat a 'friend of his had said that a camper ! told him that chlcKens were in the | habil of walking in the door •>( th<- cottage and running their necks lrt< the hands of the boys so that they might be wrung. This story, of course, if off color and it comes from good authority that lish, frogs and cockroaches were so plentiful in cat.»i> that they never once thought of chlcken. * One thing the residents did appreciate was the singing of the bunch. Some of them have remarkable voices and were not afraid to let them loose. Two a. m. concerts were nightly or j rather morning occurrences and noj body calculated on sleeping between j the hours of 2 and 5. The boys them* i selves apparently never slept. MAHAFFKY. August To the jo> , of all Mahaffey the ten campers who came to this place two weeks ago and located in the cottage just north of town, have gone. There in no gainsaying the fact that there was something doing every moment tinboys were here, but the inhabitants are anxious to get back t<» the simple i life and therefore their smiles wl>en j they heard that the ten had packed up and left. . Ill # mmm - -t HH!