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& •1 PRICE 1 CENT TROOPER KILLED WHILE HELPING A YOUNG WOMAN Timothy Kelleher, of Troop C, Stabbed In Back By Foreigners. NOW WAITING FOR THEM. BODY WAS HIDDEN Now on Honeymoon. A PLUCKY FINE MONUMENT 0E0ICATE0 Efid NICOLA MACERA PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA.. MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1007 CROP SITUATION NOT AS ALARMING AS WAS EXPECTED OKLAHOMA TO VOTE OR CONSTITUTION FOR THE NEW STATE THIRTY-TWO ARE DEAD AS RESULT OF COLLISION vdt. i: No. 309 CAPT. ROBINSON IS LOOKING INTO THE MILLER EGLE SCRAP MONEY CONDITIONS BETTER NEW DOCUMENT LONG ONE. Hon. W. B. Wilson the Chief Speaker at Monument Unveiling by Mine Workers. EXERISES VERY IMPRESSIVE COMMISSIONERS OVERPAID RETURN JU3FES LAST TERM Yield Will Not Be so Large But Will Be as Valuabe as Formerly. Company Has Been One of Unusual Interest—Country is Waiting for Result. Mistake In Despatched Order Was Cause of Awful Wreck. KUHRS ARE HOT YET UBIEI in RQ FN TIE n FOM Pgaaenger Tr*in Filled With Excursionists. The Work of Rescue. Trouble of Friday Seems to Mean the Removal of the Lieutenant. Several In Jail On Suspicion But None Identified By The Girl. Gave Then Ten Cents Instead of New Rate of Five—Will Get It Back. HAD BEEN AS&ED TO RESIGN NEED GOOD ROADS Hon. \V. H. Wilson, of ltlossburg. Tioga county, who represents the Fifteenth Congressional District of Pennsylvania in the lower house of National Congress, spent part «»f yesterday and last night in Punxsutawnney on his way home from Creekslde, Indiana county. Congressman Wilson, who is Secretary-treasurer of the National organization of the United Mine Workers of America, was the principal speaker yesterday at Creekside, where a monument was dedicated t«» memory of Nicola Macera, who. on June 8, 190(5. 1 >st his life while marching from Crckside to Ernest. The ceremony yesterday wa.i attended by a large representation from the various locals in this section. Mr. Wilson's address was given wrapt attention by every member of the large audience, many >f whom expressed the opinion that the speaker, who has been the idol of many meetings of the U. M. W. of A. In this section, never spoke more eloquently than upon this occasion. The monument was erected some distance from the spot where Macera lost his life. The ceremonies throughout wore appropriate and dignified and doubtless made a lasting impression on the alrge gathering. One of ilio Requirements of the Rural Free Delivery Service— Case Pending. SAME OLD !MT Kelleher was thirty years old and a native of Dublin. He served with the British Army In the Boer war and also with the I'nlted States Army In the Philippines. He enlisted in the constabulary from Pittsburg. Several Italians have been arretted an suspects, but the assailants have not been identified. Kelleher knocked the woman's ansa Hants aside and tried t<> make them prisoners, when on« >f them turned and Htabbe.l him with a stiletto. Kelleher had crossed the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the river when lie heard a woman cry "Help!"' He answered the call and came upon two Italians struggling with Berthat Bernhardt, aged twenty-six. Prom the Information gleaned by Serjeant Hunt and others In the constabulary it appeal's that Kelleher was on leave Saturday and went to the theater in the evening. He started for the barrneks of the troop, which is across tin* Schuylkill River, in Cumru T twnship. Traces »f blood showed that the bo ly had been carried more than 2ft0 yards to the river and thrown over a twenty-five foot embankment. The body of the >fflcor win found along tin- banks of tiic Schuylkill River yesterday. Kelleher had been scabbed In the groin and bled to death, a large artery having been s« vered. R HADING, Pa., Sept. 16.—Timo- Timothy Kelleher, a member <>f Trojp C of the State Constabulary. who was recognized as one of the bravest and best officers in the organisation, was stabbed t ► Jeath here late Saturday night by one of two Italians he was attempting to arrest for assaulting a young woman. Young Couple liitrodueeil liy Mr. ami Mrs. North IVw Months Ago ('apt. Robinson today Is making a thorough Investigation of the tr >uble that occurred during his absence and the causes that led up to It. The epls.ide of last Friday, however, leaves but little doubt as to what course tile department at Harrlsburs will now pursue in ihe Lieutenant's case. In the hope that the Lieutenant would adjust himself to the conditions, and that he would In the future avoid making almost constant Irrltatlon among the troopers, and for the further reason that he was a valuable man on detail work, Capt. Robinson each time interceded for his Lieutenant, and had him retained on probation. Lieutenant Egle, Capt. Robinson yesterday learned, is in Harrisburg, whore he reported at the department Saturday. He does not expect to receive an official notice of the Lieutenant's status for a few days. It is known, however, that Egle has been the object of considerable solicitation on the part of the officials of the department ever since his appointment, and that owing to his peculiar temperament his resignation had been asked for on at least two previous occasions. J. P. Robinson, captain of Troop D, State Police, stationed at tills place, who spent the latter part of last week with the detachment located at Hlllsville, Lawrence County, returned to Punxsutawney on the noon flyer over the B., R. & P. Railroad yesterday. ('apt. Robinson first heard of the trouble between Lieutenant H. F. Egle and Private Miller through the accounts published in the dally papers Saturday, and started for this place at once. The commanding officer had known of some trouble between the Lieutenant and some of the troopers but had satisfied himself before leaving last week that the matter had been amicably settled and was very much surprised at the peculiar turn t4ic affair had taken. SEEKS DEATH II RIVER Justice Davis reserved his decision till the 19th Instant. Good roads are a requirement, of the rural mail service, and In some sections where the conditions of the roads have been wilfully neglected the postoffice department has abandoned the service. —Rldgway Record. Tioga county furnishes a ease that will interest all H. F. I). carriers and residents of It. F .D. routes. Before Jusltce O. H .Davis, the case against the Delmar supervisors for neglect of duty in failing to remove loose stones from the highway ,was begun. The complaint was made by Charles W. Moyer, rural carrier No. 1 from Wellsville, alleging that under the terms of the act of May 2, 1899, the supervisors have refused and neglected to remove loose stones fro hi certain portions of his route during the months of May, June and August of this year, as the law directs .rendering f'heru liable to the line not exceeding $10 and costs. CHICKEN FOB CANDY lloloit CayKar Borrowed Neighbor's Pulletl and Trutletl if for Something Worth While. The mistake in over paying the return Judges In the absence of the auditor general's Interpretation of the law was unavoidable. but with tho new schedule, which is now being prepared, as ji reference, the trouble la not likely to oerur again. In the ease of the Jefferson eounty commissioners and other counties where more than five cents per mile has already been paid, the commissioners have decided to deduct the amount overpaid when the return judges appear at tho county seat after the next election. Should the election ofilers who took the returns to Brookvllle this spring chose to send the returns by mail and thus prevent the commissioners from getting an opportunity of reimbursing the county the commissioners will send them statements of w bat is due on ov« rpaym ents. Nearly all of the county commissioners over the state, Including those of Jefferson county, have had the expense accounts returned with the instructions that where the elections are held under the new primaries act the return Judges will be allowed only five cents per mile, whereas in the case of elections being held under the old law ten cents may be collected. In several of the counties return Judges | were allowed for two days, but in all ' such cases the auditor general returned the accounts for correction. j Nearly all the bills for the June primaries have been sent back to the county commissioners by which they j were returned with the .suggestion by j Young that the amounts of certain items be changed because he regards them either as excessive or not contemplated by law. The department is preparing .1 schedule of rates to be used as a basis by commissioners in the preparation of primary election expense bills. This schedule will j avoid the trouble that the Auditor | General Is now having in the settlc- I ment of these accounts. uniform primary election expense bills. County Commissioners who have paid a higher rate of mileage have had their bills disapproved and returned by the Audlto rGcneral for correction. Charges for mileage by Judges of election in making returns of the primaries last June vary as much as the charges for ballot boxes, printing, clerk hire and other details and suggest the necessity of a law fixing uniform rates. Auditor General Young has refused t•» allow more than five cents a mile in the Item of mileage in the TO JUDGE RATE WES A plank and a rope were .successively thrown out to him when he came to the surface, but he refused to save himself. The crew then secured a long pike pole and succeeded in fastening it in his clothing and saving his life. He is now in jail in Bellaire. Little was despondent over domestic troubles and had been drinking. „ WHEENING, W. Va., Sept. 16. — Wiliam Little, a well-known citizen of Lafferty, O., made a determined effort to commit suicide by drowning Sunday afternoon at Henwood. The ferryboat Charon had just left the West Virginia side for Bella!re when he shouted "good-by, everybody," and dramatically leaped from the top of the guardrail. , ,, A rigid Investigation by road officials and the legal department is being pushed today. It in said that the mistake in reading a four and (Continued on Second Page.) Conductor Lawrence, believing that he had sufficient time in the hour and' ten minutes to reach the siietrack at West Canaan, four miles beyond, before Nl. 80 reached it, ordered his train ahead< The superintendent declared the accident was due to the mistake in placing a cipher after the three In the number of the train, instead oft a four. According to the division superintendent, W. R. Hay. J. R. Crowley, the night train dispatcher at Concord-, sent a dispatch to John Greely, the night operator at Canaan that No. 34 was one hour and ten minutes late. l*he order which Conductor Lawrence, of the freight train showed after the accident distinctly states that No. 30, instead of No. 34, was an hour and ten minutes late. t.'- I In the meantime a northbound freight train known as No. 26 7 had arrived at Canaan, eighteen miles downdown the road, at 4:10 a. m., on time. singer coach and smoking car In " Wllir-fhe sleepers In the fair. The iHttn feft white River Junction at 8:50 a. m. yesterday, i Tprty minutes late, and) was followe.l twenty minutes later by the Montreal express over the Central Vermont Rallroa'Jf. The Quebec train is known as No. 30, and the Montreal train as No. 34. The southbound train was made up at Bherbroolte last evening, where it picked Up two sleepers from Quebec and two more on the way down. It consisted of the baggage car. pas- The wreck occurred just after the express had rounded* into a straight stretch of track, but owing to the early morning mist neither engineer saw the other's headlight until it was too late. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt., 16.—A fearful head-on collision between the southbound Quebec express and a northbound freight train on the Concord division of the Boston & Maine railroad occurred four miles north of Canaan Station efrrly today, due to a mistake in the train dispatcher's orders and from a demolished passenger coach there wore taken out twenty-four dead and tying and twenty-seven other passengers. most of them seriously #0UndfBdy Nearly all those who wore In the death car were returning from a fair at Sherbrooke, Que.-. 160 miles north. The conductor of the freight train Was given to understand that he had plenty of time to reach a siding by the night operator at Canaan Station, receiving; according to the superintendent of the division, a copy >f a telegraph order from the train dispatcher at Concord, which confused the train Nos. 30 and 34. Interstate Commerce Comission Bcgins Hearings In Chicago Today—.Many of ln»|>ortniicc. The interest proved to be mutual and the old stoi , was retold resulting in an engagement before the adjournment of the session. Mr. an.] Mrs. Nori'.i having been the happy intermediaries to the beginning .»f tho courtship, wen selected for the honorary attendants at the wed .ling, which took place at the beautiful Hhattuck home last Wednesday. Mingling with the gay cr »wd was jiI.su Harry i acUus. a frien i of Mr. No,rib, who edits a newspaper In Smethport. I'a.. when he in not at home, but who las winter was tho secretary of one of the House committees. Mr. Backus became deeply interested in the young lady from the Northwestern part of the state on sight and on the foiiowlg day sought and obtained ;»n introduction. Willi Mi. and Mrs. N >rth at the rerej tion wbi- i followed the Inaugura'i »n <«t <io\ rnor ><«d\vln S. Stuart. in January was Miss Uillian Sbattuel tie charming daughter of Kredei' k Shatt ; k, a prosperous m< rchant of IJn» vllle Mr. and Mrs. J din North, of this place, Saturday returned from kinesv Hie, I'r.iwfoiii eountv. having been there to attend a wedding which was the t ulmination of a pretty nunanco that bad its incep'ion while tho North's v ere In ilarrisburg last winter.Although the pullet had been all but choked because of her fear tlpit it would get away. Hellen got her candy and Mr. Facklner's chicken was returned. Tossing the pullet down at the feet of John GrlfHus, one of tin- clerks. Miss Caylor commanded the surprised attendant to give her candy for the chicken. .Several stores were visited but nothing looked good to the youthful shopper until hrfr eyes fell on the candy In Kberhart's grocery department.Last week one day Helen went to a chicken yard belonging to William Facklner, a neighbor of South Side, and selecting one >f the largest pullets from a big bunch of springers, she tripped over to town and started in to find a buyer. Helen Caylor, two and one-half years old, daughter of Sharp Cazlor. one of Punxsutawney's obliging letter carriers, h lids the record as the most youthful customer that has ever dealt at Kberhart's department store. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TODAY MRADVIIJ.H, Vn . Sept. 16.—Mark I>. Wheeler, who plead guilty of assaulting a fourteen-year-old daughtor. wup today sentenced to pay a thousand dollar fine and servo fifteen years hard labor. rilTFKN YlvYlt 8KNTKNCE By United Press. All advertisements, to Insure a change on the day desired, or to be Inserted In the regular classified column, must reach tills office not later than 10 a. m. While the vote on the constitution Ih naturally regarded as of the most importance, the contests for state officers and members of Congress have been of a spirited character and are attracting much attention on the eve of the election. Democratic gubernatorial candidate whose followers are confident will be electel tomorrow by a handsome plurality, Is C. N. Haskell, a newspaper publisher, of Muskogee. The Republican standard bearer is Frank Frantz, who is at present governor of Oklahoma Territory. und-er appointment of President Roosevelt. The legal rate of interest is fixed at 6 per cent and the contract rate at 10 per cent. A compulsory ijid separate school system is established. Commissions are created on labor and arbitration, charities, Insurance, railroads, agriculture, oil, gas and mines. The state seal adopted is a combination of the present seal of Oklahoma and the seals of the nations of the Five Civilized Tribes. Among the more or loss interesting provisions contained in the remainder of the document are the following:The constitution is about three times as long as the average document of its kind. This unusual length is In part explained by the faet that about one-third >f the document Is taken up with fixing county boundaries, another large section is devoted to defining how the quest! >n of prohibition shall be submitted to the vote of the pe >ple, while another long section relates to tlie principle of the initiative and referendum. If the constitution goes through. Oklahoma will be a prohibition state, the most stringent liquor law in existence, prohibiting not only the same but the introduction of llqu »r into the state, being provided for. The enabling act provided that Indian Territory must accept prohibition f »r 21 years. The convention provided that the whole state shall vote oh the question and there Is said to be little doubt that the terms of the enabling act will be ma le uniform over the whole state. The recent action of Georigla In prohibiting th«> sale i.»f liquor is expected to help the prohibition issue in Oklahoma. The constitution contains several features that embody the latest Ideas on the subject of government by the people—namely, the initiative and referendum and nomination of officers by direct primary instead of through the party convention system. The initiative and referendum clause was patterned after tnt? Oregon law. The indications are that the constitution will be ratified by the people. Ever since its final adoption by the constitutional convention the document has been a subject of much discussion, chiefly because of the political controversy over the question of its approval by the president, wh >se approval and proclamation artnecessary before Oklahoma can be placed on the statehood j*oll. While partisan bias has caused considerable criticism of |t)he constitution, it has many features which are likely to command themselves to the public without distinction as to political creed. Among these are the provisions against child labor, those prohibiting the issuance of watered stock, and making the books of quasi-public corporations subject at al items to Inspection, the employl ers' liability law, the eight-hour law | for state, county and municipal work and the provisions for stringent regulation of railroads and other large corporations. The campaign now closed has been one of unusual interest and has attracted the attention of the entire country. If Oklahoma statehood becomes an accomplished feet before the presidential election next year the result may have an Important bearing .>n that contest. This, combined with other circumstances, lias caused the political leaders of both parties to take n keen interest in the campaign leading up to the voting tomorrow. Roth parties have sent some of their best campaigners into the twin territories, the list of Republican speakers being headed by Secretary of War Taft and that of the Democrats by William J. Bryan. GUTHRIE, Oklu., Sept. IB. — Tomorrow the people of Oklahoma and Iri lian Territory will vote to accept or reject the constitution which, If accepted, will admit these conimuntlties t.*> the Union as the State of Oklahoma. At the samp time the people will vote for state officers, members of Congress, legislative and county officers, and will als > balloj on the question of prohibition. Tomorrow the association will take : up the ease of the Chicago Sash and j Door association against the Norfolk & Western, and other railroads in which unreasonable rates on sash und doors from ('hlcag » to West Virginia" points are charged, and also the novel ease of' Theron F. Miller of Michigan City, Ind.. against the Michigan Central Railroad company, in which the question is reased whether the commission ean compel railroads to charge no more than the maximum State rates upon interstate travel. CHICAGO, Ilk, Sept. l»l —Several important and Interesting eases are to come before the Interstate Commerce Commission, which began a series of hearings in Chicago today. The first case on the calendar, and one In which nearly all the large shippers of more than on* class of freight are directly Interested, is the complaint brought by the Mllwaukeo-Waukesha Brewing Company against the St. Paul and other railroads. The brewing company desires to get a ruling which will compel the railroads to grant carload rates for mixed articles. Under existing rules of the roads no carload rates are given where two or more kinds of articles are shipped by the same concern in one car. TO BAY STATE SOLDIERS, CHICAGO. 111., Sept. 16.—The fifth international convention of the Travelers' Goods and Leather Novelty Workers' unions began in Chicago today with an attendance of delegates from many unions. Business of a routine character will occupy several days that the convention will be In I session. Leather Workers' Convention CANOE RI1XJR. (Office of the Weatherw >rks) — Showers tonight or Tuesday. For Sale — Good mare—Special column. ■Wanted — To rent n h >u«e—Spe- Special column. For Rent — Five-roomed house — Special Column. For Sale — Driving mare—Special Colnmn. John 13 .Hair—Change. Plfer & Rowan—Change. S. Keltonlk—Change. Punxsutawney Fruit & Produce Co.-»—Change. Pennsylvania Railroad—Change. J. A .Weber—Change. Wanted—Piano player — Special column. The week has seen somewhat -if a J change In the money situation. Iten- | tal rates for time funds are rather j easier, while call accommodation is j still further restricted. Coincident with the offering of securities by the municipal government the final instalment of $85,000,000 was pali over on Tuesday by the underwriting syndicate that financed the $7 5,000,000 convertible bond tissue of the Union Pacific Railroad Company; this caused a temporary flurry in call rates to six and one-half per cent; but there was somewhat of a reaction from this fiRiired later In the week. Rates, lowever. did not leach the low range that has recently been so general, an I as we are at the beginning and not at the end of the crop-moving perio.l it is hardly probable that any return to the low figures will occur this year A feature of the week has been the drawing In of call loans by some of the large Interests who were prominent in bidding for the city bonds and the distribution of the same among the larger commission houses for fixed terms, chiefly for six m >nths at six per cent, though In some instances the term merely covered tinturn of the year. There Is, of course, the interpretation to be Riven this action that these large interests are themselves better satisfied to lend their money at good advantage than Invest in securities even at the present low range quotations. The cupper situation has been a further source of depression, prices of the metal being still further reduced, while the tendency of banking Interests to refuse accommodation to carry additions to the large stocks the copper companies have on hand has brough affairs in this direction to a crisis and forced upon the leading, copper pro lucers the desirability of restricting production to prevent the | uceumulation of their products becoming unmanageable. Added to this, the Illness of the leader who has to a great extent been the dominating Influence in Amalgamated Copper's policy leaves the situation in a much more unselled condition than if he were at the helm. In the case of copper we have what may be termed the third distinct signs of ovef-proluction at Inflated prices and of the dependence of all the great products upon the money market for banking facilities to finance them until they can enter consumption. Under ordinary conditions it can only be a question of time when other products must give way before an enforced contraction of the demand. With capital tied up as It is today In absolutely fixed form, general bull ling and construction must necessarily gradually decline; mortgages, for Instance, cannot be obtained in suclj. a basis as to permit building operations to be conducted at the tremendous pace established during the last few years; the railroads — the greatest factors in the ir >n and steel trade — cannot obtain funds on sufficient favorable terms so they can purchase rails In quantities above what are absolutely necessary or purchase construction materials for bridges and terminals; and the same spirit of curtailment must naturally spread to all mechanical Industries. This Is a feature that is well to consider In connection with the position of the industrial section of the stock market. It will be recalled that railroad securities have experienced a much I greater decline than industrials from the high range of quotations that culminated last autumn; and lenders are for this reason rather Inclined to discriminate to a greater degree than usual against Indstrlal securities, es- Special to The Spirit. NEW YORK. Sept. 10.—From a spectacular standpoint, the offering of $40,000,000 corporate stock and bonds by the city of New York was a distinct success; the subscript! ins were more than five f ild the amount offered. But from the view-point of the bond and Investment market the result was not os reassuring. The securlties offered are tax-exempt; and when the tax is considered they rank at a 6 per cent* security, for which 102—about the average price obtained—is certainly not a favorable basis for distribution when It Is considered they have behind them the credit of the metropolis of the nation. The sale indicates that we are clearly on a new Investment basis, and this in turn means that other high grade bonds must come nearer to this- basis. The result of the sale naturally failed to stimulate the quotations of Stock Exchange securities. There had been quite substantial activity, especially by professionals, in purchasing In anticipation of a large oversubscription; and experienced operators began selling both in the form •if profit-taking on these anticipatory purchases and on short account even before the proposals were opened, on the ground that last week's advance had fully discounted a successful ffering and that any unsatisfactory features of the sale would be very promptly reflected. The course of the market fully justified the soundness of the argument. WINCHESTER, Va„ Sept. 16.—Interesting ceremonies attended te dedication here tocfay of a handsome monument erected to the memory of the Massachusetts soldiers who (ell in the several campaigns in the Shenandoah Volley from 18(11 to 1866. The dedication was attended by a distinguished delegntlon from Massachusetts headed by Governor Curtis M. Guild, Jr. . served gallantly until his falling eyealght forced him to be relieved from active duty. He was a member of congress from 1876 until 1886 and again from 1898 until 189T. Senator Money lives at Carrollton, Miss. His present term expires in ltll. H*rn«ndo_D..Mon«y HtmanflTT dc Boto Money, United itttfti Mhator from MIsalMlppl. was %MW to ■•lm«i County. MIm.. on Au- MMt *•# IIII. He received his edueatlon »t the University ot Mississippi M4 became a lawyer and planter. He the Confederate army and Continued on Page six. 0*7 T ■ * ' ' ■ | Firs. Edition | $ttltfJ^rffIt PP
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Title | Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-09-16 |
Volume | I |
Issue | 309 |
Subject | Jefferson County -- Newspapers; Punxsutawney Spirit -- Newspapers; Indiana University of Pennsylvania -- Newspapers: |
Description | An archive of the Punxsutawney Spirit daily newspaper (-1911) from Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. |
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Date | 1907-09-16 |
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Title | Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-09-16 |
Volume | I |
Issue | 309 |
Subject | Jefferson County -- Newspapers; Punxsutawney Spirit -- Newspapers; Indiana University of Pennsylvania -- Newspapers: |
Description | An archive of the Punxsutawney Spirit daily newspaper (-1911) from Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. |
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Date | 1907-09-16 |
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& •1 PRICE 1 CENT TROOPER KILLED WHILE HELPING A YOUNG WOMAN Timothy Kelleher, of Troop C, Stabbed In Back By Foreigners. NOW WAITING FOR THEM. BODY WAS HIDDEN Now on Honeymoon. A PLUCKY FINE MONUMENT 0E0ICATE0 Efid NICOLA MACERA PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA.. MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1007 CROP SITUATION NOT AS ALARMING AS WAS EXPECTED OKLAHOMA TO VOTE OR CONSTITUTION FOR THE NEW STATE THIRTY-TWO ARE DEAD AS RESULT OF COLLISION vdt. i: No. 309 CAPT. ROBINSON IS LOOKING INTO THE MILLER EGLE SCRAP MONEY CONDITIONS BETTER NEW DOCUMENT LONG ONE. Hon. W. B. Wilson the Chief Speaker at Monument Unveiling by Mine Workers. EXERISES VERY IMPRESSIVE COMMISSIONERS OVERPAID RETURN JU3FES LAST TERM Yield Will Not Be so Large But Will Be as Valuabe as Formerly. Company Has Been One of Unusual Interest—Country is Waiting for Result. Mistake In Despatched Order Was Cause of Awful Wreck. KUHRS ARE HOT YET UBIEI in RQ FN TIE n FOM Pgaaenger Tr*in Filled With Excursionists. The Work of Rescue. Trouble of Friday Seems to Mean the Removal of the Lieutenant. Several In Jail On Suspicion But None Identified By The Girl. Gave Then Ten Cents Instead of New Rate of Five—Will Get It Back. HAD BEEN AS&ED TO RESIGN NEED GOOD ROADS Hon. \V. H. Wilson, of ltlossburg. Tioga county, who represents the Fifteenth Congressional District of Pennsylvania in the lower house of National Congress, spent part «»f yesterday and last night in Punxsutawnney on his way home from Creekslde, Indiana county. Congressman Wilson, who is Secretary-treasurer of the National organization of the United Mine Workers of America, was the principal speaker yesterday at Creekside, where a monument was dedicated t«» memory of Nicola Macera, who. on June 8, 190(5. 1 >st his life while marching from Crckside to Ernest. The ceremony yesterday wa.i attended by a large representation from the various locals in this section. Mr. Wilson's address was given wrapt attention by every member of the large audience, many >f whom expressed the opinion that the speaker, who has been the idol of many meetings of the U. M. W. of A. In this section, never spoke more eloquently than upon this occasion. The monument was erected some distance from the spot where Macera lost his life. The ceremonies throughout wore appropriate and dignified and doubtless made a lasting impression on the alrge gathering. One of ilio Requirements of the Rural Free Delivery Service— Case Pending. SAME OLD !MT Kelleher was thirty years old and a native of Dublin. He served with the British Army In the Boer war and also with the I'nlted States Army In the Philippines. He enlisted in the constabulary from Pittsburg. Several Italians have been arretted an suspects, but the assailants have not been identified. Kelleher knocked the woman's ansa Hants aside and tried t<> make them prisoners, when on« >f them turned and Htabbe.l him with a stiletto. Kelleher had crossed the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the river when lie heard a woman cry "Help!"' He answered the call and came upon two Italians struggling with Berthat Bernhardt, aged twenty-six. Prom the Information gleaned by Serjeant Hunt and others In the constabulary it appeal's that Kelleher was on leave Saturday and went to the theater in the evening. He started for the barrneks of the troop, which is across tin* Schuylkill River, in Cumru T twnship. Traces »f blood showed that the bo ly had been carried more than 2ft0 yards to the river and thrown over a twenty-five foot embankment. The body of the >fflcor win found along tin- banks of tiic Schuylkill River yesterday. Kelleher had been scabbed In the groin and bled to death, a large artery having been s« vered. R HADING, Pa., Sept. 16.—Timo- Timothy Kelleher, a member <>f Trojp C of the State Constabulary. who was recognized as one of the bravest and best officers in the organisation, was stabbed t ► Jeath here late Saturday night by one of two Italians he was attempting to arrest for assaulting a young woman. Young Couple liitrodueeil liy Mr. ami Mrs. North IVw Months Ago ('apt. Robinson today Is making a thorough Investigation of the tr >uble that occurred during his absence and the causes that led up to It. The epls.ide of last Friday, however, leaves but little doubt as to what course tile department at Harrlsburs will now pursue in ihe Lieutenant's case. In the hope that the Lieutenant would adjust himself to the conditions, and that he would In the future avoid making almost constant Irrltatlon among the troopers, and for the further reason that he was a valuable man on detail work, Capt. Robinson each time interceded for his Lieutenant, and had him retained on probation. Lieutenant Egle, Capt. Robinson yesterday learned, is in Harrisburg, whore he reported at the department Saturday. He does not expect to receive an official notice of the Lieutenant's status for a few days. It is known, however, that Egle has been the object of considerable solicitation on the part of the officials of the department ever since his appointment, and that owing to his peculiar temperament his resignation had been asked for on at least two previous occasions. J. P. Robinson, captain of Troop D, State Police, stationed at tills place, who spent the latter part of last week with the detachment located at Hlllsville, Lawrence County, returned to Punxsutawney on the noon flyer over the B., R. & P. Railroad yesterday. ('apt. Robinson first heard of the trouble between Lieutenant H. F. Egle and Private Miller through the accounts published in the dally papers Saturday, and started for this place at once. The commanding officer had known of some trouble between the Lieutenant and some of the troopers but had satisfied himself before leaving last week that the matter had been amicably settled and was very much surprised at the peculiar turn t4ic affair had taken. SEEKS DEATH II RIVER Justice Davis reserved his decision till the 19th Instant. Good roads are a requirement, of the rural mail service, and In some sections where the conditions of the roads have been wilfully neglected the postoffice department has abandoned the service. —Rldgway Record. Tioga county furnishes a ease that will interest all H. F. I). carriers and residents of It. F .D. routes. Before Jusltce O. H .Davis, the case against the Delmar supervisors for neglect of duty in failing to remove loose stones from the highway ,was begun. The complaint was made by Charles W. Moyer, rural carrier No. 1 from Wellsville, alleging that under the terms of the act of May 2, 1899, the supervisors have refused and neglected to remove loose stones fro hi certain portions of his route during the months of May, June and August of this year, as the law directs .rendering f'heru liable to the line not exceeding $10 and costs. CHICKEN FOB CANDY lloloit CayKar Borrowed Neighbor's Pulletl and Trutletl if for Something Worth While. The mistake in over paying the return Judges In the absence of the auditor general's Interpretation of the law was unavoidable. but with tho new schedule, which is now being prepared, as ji reference, the trouble la not likely to oerur again. In the ease of the Jefferson eounty commissioners and other counties where more than five cents per mile has already been paid, the commissioners have decided to deduct the amount overpaid when the return judges appear at tho county seat after the next election. Should the election ofilers who took the returns to Brookvllle this spring chose to send the returns by mail and thus prevent the commissioners from getting an opportunity of reimbursing the county the commissioners will send them statements of w bat is due on ov« rpaym ents. Nearly all of the county commissioners over the state, Including those of Jefferson county, have had the expense accounts returned with the instructions that where the elections are held under the new primaries act the return Judges will be allowed only five cents per mile, whereas in the case of elections being held under the old law ten cents may be collected. In several of the counties return Judges | were allowed for two days, but in all ' such cases the auditor general returned the accounts for correction. j Nearly all the bills for the June primaries have been sent back to the county commissioners by which they j were returned with the .suggestion by j Young that the amounts of certain items be changed because he regards them either as excessive or not contemplated by law. The department is preparing .1 schedule of rates to be used as a basis by commissioners in the preparation of primary election expense bills. This schedule will j avoid the trouble that the Auditor | General Is now having in the settlc- I ment of these accounts. uniform primary election expense bills. County Commissioners who have paid a higher rate of mileage have had their bills disapproved and returned by the Audlto rGcneral for correction. Charges for mileage by Judges of election in making returns of the primaries last June vary as much as the charges for ballot boxes, printing, clerk hire and other details and suggest the necessity of a law fixing uniform rates. Auditor General Young has refused t•» allow more than five cents a mile in the Item of mileage in the TO JUDGE RATE WES A plank and a rope were .successively thrown out to him when he came to the surface, but he refused to save himself. The crew then secured a long pike pole and succeeded in fastening it in his clothing and saving his life. He is now in jail in Bellaire. Little was despondent over domestic troubles and had been drinking. „ WHEENING, W. Va., Sept. 16. — Wiliam Little, a well-known citizen of Lafferty, O., made a determined effort to commit suicide by drowning Sunday afternoon at Henwood. The ferryboat Charon had just left the West Virginia side for Bella!re when he shouted "good-by, everybody," and dramatically leaped from the top of the guardrail. , ,, A rigid Investigation by road officials and the legal department is being pushed today. It in said that the mistake in reading a four and (Continued on Second Page.) Conductor Lawrence, believing that he had sufficient time in the hour and' ten minutes to reach the siietrack at West Canaan, four miles beyond, before Nl. 80 reached it, ordered his train ahead< The superintendent declared the accident was due to the mistake in placing a cipher after the three In the number of the train, instead oft a four. According to the division superintendent, W. R. Hay. J. R. Crowley, the night train dispatcher at Concord-, sent a dispatch to John Greely, the night operator at Canaan that No. 34 was one hour and ten minutes late. l*he order which Conductor Lawrence, of the freight train showed after the accident distinctly states that No. 30, instead of No. 34, was an hour and ten minutes late. t.'- I In the meantime a northbound freight train known as No. 26 7 had arrived at Canaan, eighteen miles downdown the road, at 4:10 a. m., on time. singer coach and smoking car In " Wllir-fhe sleepers In the fair. The iHttn feft white River Junction at 8:50 a. m. yesterday, i Tprty minutes late, and) was followe.l twenty minutes later by the Montreal express over the Central Vermont Rallroa'Jf. The Quebec train is known as No. 30, and the Montreal train as No. 34. The southbound train was made up at Bherbroolte last evening, where it picked Up two sleepers from Quebec and two more on the way down. It consisted of the baggage car. pas- The wreck occurred just after the express had rounded* into a straight stretch of track, but owing to the early morning mist neither engineer saw the other's headlight until it was too late. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt., 16.—A fearful head-on collision between the southbound Quebec express and a northbound freight train on the Concord division of the Boston & Maine railroad occurred four miles north of Canaan Station efrrly today, due to a mistake in the train dispatcher's orders and from a demolished passenger coach there wore taken out twenty-four dead and tying and twenty-seven other passengers. most of them seriously #0UndfBdy Nearly all those who wore In the death car were returning from a fair at Sherbrooke, Que.-. 160 miles north. The conductor of the freight train Was given to understand that he had plenty of time to reach a siding by the night operator at Canaan Station, receiving; according to the superintendent of the division, a copy >f a telegraph order from the train dispatcher at Concord, which confused the train Nos. 30 and 34. Interstate Commerce Comission Bcgins Hearings In Chicago Today—.Many of ln»|>ortniicc. The interest proved to be mutual and the old stoi , was retold resulting in an engagement before the adjournment of the session. Mr. an.] Mrs. Nori'.i having been the happy intermediaries to the beginning .»f tho courtship, wen selected for the honorary attendants at the wed .ling, which took place at the beautiful Hhattuck home last Wednesday. Mingling with the gay cr »wd was jiI.su Harry i acUus. a frien i of Mr. No,rib, who edits a newspaper In Smethport. I'a.. when he in not at home, but who las winter was tho secretary of one of the House committees. Mr. Backus became deeply interested in the young lady from the Northwestern part of the state on sight and on the foiiowlg day sought and obtained ;»n introduction. Willi Mi. and Mrs. N >rth at the rerej tion wbi- i followed the Inaugura'i »n <«t |
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