Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-12-28

              HD_ Wht Hnifit i Sty 8 <*> vou xehd hki.pt nn \NT TO BVV, SELL OR  .< YTHING ?—SPIRIT SPECIALS AK» "KNT A WORD BRING RBWTI/CR Mff.; PRICE 1 CENT Huge Boulder Moved Through Nine States FROM MAINE 10IIIIK RAISE roil ASSKMHIiYMKN. Audicnce. PimfiltAL NOTICE. E. E. P1E11SON BACK AUIH PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA- SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1007 hamber of Commerce Hears Good Proposition VOL. II. No. at k WELL KNOWN CITIZEN DIED THIS MORNING Well Known Chnractrr Hcinrns ITu dor I'lrciimstuiicos Hardly Favorable. CANINE SLAVS 113 GROUNDHOGS IN ONE SEASON OIKI» OF STARVATION. Dying Request Of Well Known Doctor Is Fulfilled By Son. Children of Christmas. Woman Neglects Herself To Feed II«-r John C. Crissmafi Manager of Atlantic Refining Company Passes Away. tburg Firm Looking For Manufacturing Site For Patent Post. McCalmont Township Dog Also Disposed Of Twenty Three Coons. IMG UK 1 END INC w Demonstrates Practicability of His Own Invention. IIIII HEALTH FOI MONTHS NOT A HUNTING DOC Massive Stone Now Bests Over the Grave of Eminent Physician. RECALLS BOYHOOD DAYS. CONSIDERATION. When writing his name on the register Chief Palmer, who believed the man's name to be Booze Clark, put it down In that way. A friend Informed him of the mistake, but "Steve" replied that the name on the register seemed to tit the case better than the real one, so he let it remain. Bruce Is charged with being a common drunk. A well known character In this vicinity has returned after a long absence. Hruce Clarke, the Indian medicine man, llddler, banjo player and acrobatic dancer, came In upon our peaceful city sometime yesterday afternoon, but under such unfavorable circumstances that he soon found himself In the clutches of the "Big Chief." They were brought before her carrying the tops given them by a society and when she was assured that they would be cared for the died happily. | NEW YORK. X. Y., Dec. 28.—Too I proud Ho beg from her neighbors, Mrs. I'hyllss Prlsco today paid for the sacrifice she made tha her three fatherlass children might have a bite to eat on Christmas, when she died at the Eastern District Hospital of starvation. For days she fed the children crusts. Neglecting herself she became weakened. Neighbors hearing the children weeping Investigated anil found that all were starving. The mother was hurried to the hospital, where she asked for the children. ' By I'nited Press. \ntlonal Assembly Vote For Increase of \Vh(Jcn for Philippine mm GREATEST DRAMA IS BOOKED FOR DECEMBER 31. "The Heart Of Maryland," Will Be The Attraction Here On That Date (Continued on page two.) MANILA, P. I., Dec. 28. — The National Assembly has voted an increase in assemblymen's salaries to thirty pesos daily and is threatening to cut the American commissioners' pay to ten thousand pesos a year. The old Spanish pesos represents in silver a trifle less than fifty cents in American money. By United Press. PLEASED LARGE AUDIENCE FIRST CUSS PRODUCTION Rev. Charles H. Fltzuilllain IHIvcrs Leeturo in DuBoia to Urgo 1UTTLER, Pa.—The annual exhibit of the Prospect Poultry and Pet Slock Association opened with 450 entries. Exhibitions are present from Butler. Evans «'ity, Pittsburgh New entitle and Ell wood City. Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Frank Stear wlU be held on Sunday afternoon at 1:15 o'clock at the home. Buried will bo made li the Rig Hun cemetery. Rev. C. W I Miner, of this city, and Rev. Groves of Valler, will officiate. mm u mniMD ad one of their natural sized posts hlch had been in use two years and |tiich they borrowed from the presit owner for this especiali occasion. The |>o»t may be manufactured in x sizes and is Intended for all kinds ' fencing purposes. Dt is especially lapted for use along railroads, as the itire fence, post and all, is made steel' and la therefore proof against i* many fires Incident to railroad fht o fways. The post is also es'cially adapted <o vineyard purposes, It will last about four times as nff as the wooden post and is not tacted by froat. For ornamental Aoinff It-cannot well' have a superior, the possibilities for setting, maln- Ining and durability are practically ley propose to manufacture by exibttlng a miniature fence. They also f Commerce for several weeks. Last light the proprietors of the patent ame prepared to demonstrate what fence post, had been under consider- Itlon by the officials of )the Chamber | and Bernston, was II. L. Stitt, Superintendent of the Pittsburg division That the Chamber of Commerce furnish a site and form a company to take $50,000 wtock, which should be gradually Increased to, say,$150,000. $20,000 for building: and machinery, control* the output and expansion, ; and share in a proportion not stated, with thp promoters. Objection to the plan was made because the owners of the patent do not agree to take any of the »tock themselves. Mr. maintaining that the patents are bound to be of great value, thought 'the propos-itlon ) was a fair one. Several other propotutawney Chamber of, sitions were advanced by members, last night held a meeting j among them the donation of fifty acres parlors of the National Hotel of land by Irwin Simpson and these le purpose of receiving a propo- win receive further consideration. from a Pkttsburg firm that is Mr. McGlaskey believes that in tilng for a location to manufac- two years he could have a plant runsteel fence posts. nine, full time, and employing from ibout a score of the leading mem- 500 to 600 desirable men at good of the organisation were present wages. I about two hours' time was con- That such a plant will be located led in discussing the matter. here is extremely doubtful, but that The proposition, which was made one will be located somewhere, soon. r Thomas Bernston, Inventor, and there is little doubt. \ J. McQlarky, owner rf a patent Accompanying Messrs McGlaskey After the history of the Invention, Its Buccei*fu:> conflict with other patent posts and Its experimental history hail been detailed, Mr. Mr- Olaskey stated his proposition a« follows:Miss Carrie Campbell Whs TfostcK* ill Flrnt .\sM«*i»if>!nK,<> of The Sea«o ii. ] "Last evenin0- the auspices of the P. O. 8. of A. Rev Charles H. Fltzwilliam, pastor of the First Baptist Church, .of Springville, N. Y. lectured to a large audience in the Baptist Church on "America's Call to Duty." The address was one of unusual strength and the speaker car rled his audience with him through the discourse. He took up the history of this country from the time of the first visit of Columbus to the Western Hemisphere and carried it, in a very interesting manner, up to the present time. He spoge veryhighly of the fine character of President Roosevelt and the manner in which he has taken up the fight against graft and caried It to such a succesful conckislon. All in all it was one of the best lectures heard here In a number of years and those who were in attendance not only spent a pleasant evening but they were given something to think about for several evenings to come. The following from this morning's DuBois Courier would indicate that Rev. C. H. Fltzwilliam, formerly pastor of the Baptist Church of this city, is a lecturer of some force: The post consists of a three flanged iel stake of any desired length and driven into the ground about three j*. About five inches below the rface it passes through the center a steel shield nine inches square, d automatically locks Itself. The st and flanges are made by machinr, a set of which costs about 000, and is capable of turning ouit t)Ut 3,600 shields a ad posts per day. •out ten men, whose wages will lge from $2.60 to 16.00 per day, s required for each machine. The proprietors of the patent im that the post can be manufaced for about half the cost of oden posts, and since they will t from three to four times as long the wooden post, and are absolutely proof, their economic desirability ms seems unassailable. "Whose dog killed the most groundlings nnd coons?" Aside from this, however, and along W'tth the query, "Who killed the lust panther in Jefferson, Indiana or Clearfield counties?" is hereby submitted another equally important Interrogatory : Here then is the solution of the problem that has been vexing the officials of the Punxsutawney and Pittsburg Groundhog Club. One hundred and thirteen groundhogs run to earth by one dog in one season is sufficient to cause a dearth in any community, and if 'the other dogs in that locality have records anything like the North canine, it behooves the C!'ub to hold the annual hunt elsewhere. that number of groundhogs and coons he has kept up his regular duties as a watch dog, and T can give yo#u the positive assurance 'that I have missed nothing from the farm." "Then, Mr. Editor, you should note the fact that in addhion to his services in running down and capturing "1 have a dog that has Abo Jenkinson's novice beaten a mile, when I it cornea to catching grondhogs and coons. My dog has a record of 113' groundhogs and 23 coons for one season, and it was not a good season for varmints at that. He is not rated as a hunting clog, being an ordinary Scotch coolie and Shepherd farm dog. The other day there was printed In The Spirit an article taken from the Patton Courier, in which the writer c tilmed to have the champion groundhog dog In all the country. The number of woodchucks said to have been caught during the four years the Cambria County canine was in the business was so formidable looking that we had begun to despair of locating any other dog to dispute the title. Our misgivings were not well founded, for yesterday's mail brought a communication from the owner of a dog whose master, Walter North, of McCalmont Township, accepts the challenge of the Pattonlte in language as follows: Recent discoveries have been made, however, which leaves no doubt as to what caused that dearth of groundhogs In the vicinity of Highland Park, and It will not now be necessary to bring the subject officially before the meeting. it was then intended that the matter was to have been brought up at the coming meeting of the clans which Is scheduled 'to take pliace In Punxsutawney on February* 2. The 250 or more deciples of Bre'r Groundhog who last fall attended the annual hunt which took place on Groundhog Knob In McCalmont Township, marveled at the scarcity of eligible woodehucks In that vicinity. Old hunters were puzzled as well, and That Is all. but It tells a utory that Is muro eloquent than could be expressed In a column of ileserlptlvo prose. -As he lay on his couch realizing that his days wore numbered, hla mind strayed back to the scenes of I his childhood; back to the farm In far away Maine where he wa.s born and where he spent his youth. He recalled particularly the boulder I which stood near the old homestead I and which was the center of his play I stone around which such pleasant I compelled their rellnqulAhement. I With voice shaken with emotion treated by the thoughts of tin* hay ! py. care tree day* of long ago, asked his son to place that boulder upon his grave. 11.• declared that ho could secure no monument so satisfying as that rough pile of stone around which such pleasunt memories were associated. The aor solemnly promised to comply with the dying request of the veteran practlcloner and when the aged man died, the son hastened to Maine in search of the stone. He found it just where his father had said it lay, and it was shipped west. Carved upi on its flinty sides is the word "Blais- I dell." then replied In the affirmative. The remarkable request and the filial compliance attracted wide attention. The older Rlalsdell amassed a competency and ranked high In medical circles. He was taken Itl i 1 "Yw weeks ago and his son was sum 1 not,, i from his home In Pennsyli When It was seen that the ,1 was near the »on asked the, father if there was not some last • > that he wished gratified. The Parent thought a few moments and In compliance with the dying request of his father. Dr. Walter S. Hlaisdell, Jr., of Punxsutawney. Pa. journeyed nil the way frRm Central Illinois to Augusta Maine after a huge boulder which lay on the old farm where the parent had spent the happy days of his boyhood. The great mass of red granite, relic of some glacial formation, was loaded on a flat car and shipped 1500 miles to McDonald county, ill., and placed upon the grave of the younger physician's father, l)r. W. S. Hlaisdell, Sr.. one of the best known practlcioners of Central Illinois for forty years. HI., to attend the funeral of his father, Dr. W. S. Hlaisdell, Sr. Hefore his death the father made a dying request of his son. the fulfillment of which Inspired the editor of the Ulooinington, 111 , Pantagrnph, to write a letter.to the Spirit which reads as follows; Dr. \\ . s. Hlaisdell, of this place, was recently called to Bloomlngton, TUSfRCULAR MEAT Butler Authorities Say 75 Per Cent. Of lleef in This Country Is Affected. WASHINGTON, Pa. — Claiming: damages* of $110,000 H. F. Valtonburg has commenced suit against Clinton Township for personal injuri ies alleged to have been sustained by being thrown from his wagon while driving along a dangerous stretch of I road. In the cast are such favorite players at Robert T. Haines. Thomas Burrough. Horner Barton, Melville Alexander. Wilton Taylor Carl H. Hemmen, R. E. Magnue, Robert Mclntyre, Francis Learned, E. R. Clifford. Roy LaRue, Albert Wood. Cecil Phelps. C. Carstalre, lvate Griffiths, Bertha Maxwell, Virginia Randolph, Alice Leal Pollock and others. "The Heart of Maryland" will be presented with new, picturesque scenic accompaniments, and the cast includes a notable company of players.All who have witnessed the performances of "The Heart of Maryland" have been fascinated with the beauty and romanticism of its lovee episodes, in which, as the central figure, Maryland Calvert, the heroine, is a luminous and typical example of American womanhood, ennobled by the purity of her love and her heroic daring to shield the man to | whom she had pledged her faith I from all danger at the risk of her won life. It is a terrible dangerous leap, that of Maryland Col vert, when she, In her desperation swings from the belfry in the old colonial church that she may clasp the clapper tnd prevent the ringing of the bell which Is to insure the capture and execution of her lover as a spy. No truer illustration or one more memorable has ever been given upon the dramatic stage of woman's dauntless courage when her lover has become the dominant passion of her soul. David Belasco's great drama, "The Heart of Maryland,' will be seen for the first time in this city at The Jefferson Theater, on Tuesday night. Dec. 31. The envarloment of "The Heart of Maryland* are those of war, and the motive Is woman's love and self-sacritlclng heroism for the preservation of the honor and life of her heart's idol. A stronger scheme In the combination of the passion of human nature could not have been made to give absorbing interest, romanticism of effect and beauty of coloring to a play, or to more effectually win and hold popular sympathy It combines within itself all the greater requisites which form the mosaic of details in language, story, characters and picturesque realism in scenic display • ">ike complete and insure absolute nnri lasting suecess to a drama of the present time. FIFTEEN YEARS A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE-CAUGHT The funeral services will take place from the late home of the deceased on Torrence Street Monday at two o'clock p. m. Rev. C. W. Miner will officiate and interment will be made in the family lot in the Grube Cemetery.He is also survived by his mother. Mrs. Mary Crissman, of this place, and two brothers and one sister, namely, William Crissman, of Punxsutawney.i Prof. Charles Crissmain, of Summerville and Mrs. William Lose of Reynoldsville. Mr. Crissman had exercised the same care with regard to his own resources as those of his employers he was able to lay by a comfortabel competence for those who depended upon him.. He was also a member In good standing in the Modern Woodman and the Central Union, in which he held $2,000 and $1,00 Insurance, respectively. The deceased is survived by a widow and four children, Paul aged IK. David aged 14, John aged 9 anil Mary aged 4 years. His deeds shall constitute a legacy of which his family may ever feel proud, even more enduring than any material monument. Mr. Crlssman had not been In rugged health for a number of years and last spring he was confined to a sick room for several weeks. He finally rallied, however, and In the course of the summer his health returned so that he felt stronger than for many years, and his friends believed that he had laid the foundation for a long lease on life. As the winter approach ed the malady recurred with Increased intensity and several weeks ago the end was foreshadowed. John C. Crlssman, one of the most highly respected citizens of Punxsutawney, passed away at about seven o'clock a. m. today, after a long Illness of tuberculosis of the Intestines, aged forty-two years, life his opportunties for an education were limited to his schooling at the Moser school house about a mile distant from the Crlssman home. John Crlssnfan was born near Grange, perry Township, about 4 2 years ago. He obtained his education in the public schools, but having lost his father at an early time in When Mr. Crlssman succeeded the late William Doming as manager of the Atlantic Refining Company's interests here the property consisted of a small shanty and an oili tank located on the B. R. & P. right of way near TVont Street. Being gifted by nature with a strong inclination for mathematics and the power to systematic and direct, lie made use of every opportunity that presented itself so that when eleven years ago he came to take charge of the Atlantic Refining Company's buslness in this place, he was fully equipped for the position. Scrupulously honest., thoroughly conscientlons, patient, methodical and progressive, M" r'—umnn won and held firmly not only the confidence and good will of his employers, but esteem and respect of all with whom he came in contact. Today the plant in this place is one of the best equipped in this section of the state and the volume of business has increased many, many times. Specials to Christmas Shoppers— An extra pair of pants given awfty with each boy's suit, 4 to 16. A suit from $2 to $3. a 50c pants; a suit from IS to $4, 76c pants; a suits trom $4.50 upwards, all.00 pants. M. H. Morris, clothier.—83t3 Italian Charaed With Murder Arrested At Fuller By Brookville Police. At 11:30 o'clock a most delightful luncheon was served. Thin is the firs meeting of the club this year but plans are being* laid for many other similar evenings and the winter promises to be an interesting one for the members of the club. Those present last night were: Mr. and Mrs. Hayward Hair, Mr. and Mrs. Kills ltodkey, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Brown, Mr. and Mrs. lrvln Pantall, Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, Mr. and Mrs. j Edward Nicklas, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shomo, Mr. and Mrs. Howard North, Mr. and Mrs. H. Hicks, Mrs. Anna Brady, Mrs. Paul Kendall; Misses Leila Jenks Nancy Wilson, Jesse and Mae Shaffer, Mary and Margaret Rlnn, Mary Campbell, Nina Van Ransalaer, Blanche Parsons, Celia Sutter, Mary Beyer, Edna Evans, Jane Lowry Ollie and Lucele Koblnson. Myrtle Ilob- I Inson, Florence Wehrle; Messrs Ralph Mehring, John O'Connor, Walter Parsons, ('has. Hall, William Long, Dr. Charles Collins, Dr. J. L. Robinson Frank Torrence, Altman Young. Charle.s St. Clair. Frances Veil, Samuel Smith, Samuel McIIenry, Samuel Wila. The Girls Club was last night ontertalned by Miss Carrie Ctmpbell at the home of Mrs. \V. M. Olllt'spie, of West End. The tlfty six guests present from nine until eleven-thirty J o'clock put their best endeavors Into ] j euchre. Mrs. Ellis liodkey excelled | and was presented with a beautiful cut glass dish. Dr. Charles Collins proved himself the more efficient of the gentlemen present and was rewarded with a handsome leather collar box. GREEN8BURO, Pft.—The body of an unknown man, probably murdered, was found near the railroad tracks I near Jamison No. 4 mine, near here. I Death was due to wounds on the head. / Blank had purchased the hogs and intended to dress and sell them. He did not know that the meat was infected and did not learn that anything was wrong with the pork until the health officer appeared on the scene. Blank made no objection to having the meat destroyed. Health Inspector Robert B. Fowser yeesterday afternoon discovered that Sam Blank, of Lyndora, had butchered hogs that were suffering from tuberculosis and no time was lost in condemning the meat and consigning It to the furnace. It <ls the opinion of the health authorities, says the Butler Eagle, that fully seventy-fWe per cent of the beef butchered in Butler County is affected with tuberculosis to a greater or less degree and a close j watch Is being kept of all animals killed for food purposes. , Sumner I. Kimball CUMBERLAND. Md. — * . |n Brown. Who own* a line a/ld thin city and who »u ,ue*ed. I ,e.J old. a domestic. I WAYNESBORO, Ra. — Clarence Hucman, 75 years o'd, who was accidentally shot while loadin# a gun, died from his wounds. I Weatherworks: Much colder tonight and Sunday fair. \XOK tutllcc of tlie WATNESBUBO. p« —a ,ar*e I"1'" I A vrain houna owned by John I Pethe'v of Brlstorla. was burned, together with Ita content*, entailing a lorn of aeveral thousand dollars. The 'fire was evtdentally Incendiary and there waa but a small Insurance. FINDLEY, Ohio.—While tn> hi. horse in hi. b»rny«rd * hobb Jg"* :r. Samuel I. Kimball, the general arlntendent of the United States i Saving Service since 1871, wan » made Chief OfHeer of the Bu- I In 1878. He was born in Lebn, Mee., on September 2, 1834. graduated from Bowdoin College ItSC and later atudled law, be•dmitted to- the practice of his profession In 1858. He was a member of the state legislature In 1859. Mr. Kimball married Miss Ellen Frothlngham Fenno at Augusta. Me., In 1858. He is a scholarly man and has written a book on the branch of the national service with which he Is Identified. He has made the U. S. Life Saving Service the finest In the world. Oabrlello Collosao, i»n Italian, was; taken into custody at Fuller Thursday morning by the Brookville police upon a warrant charging him with murder. The crime churged against Collosso, or Coloslmo, was committed near .St. Auglstine, Fla., on the 23d day of April 1892 and the police of the southern slates have been searching for (he murderer ever since. Some live weeks ago tbe local authorities were tipped off to the fact' that a supposed murderer was at Fuller, and from the meager information then received the The sheriff of St. /ohns Co., Is now on his way to Identify the prisoner, and is armed with requisition papers for his return, which will be fought by the prisoner. I The party answering the description was spotted, and after a week's effort to capture Chief of Police Barr and Policeman O'Donnell were successful in bagging their man on Thursday morning. The man is accused of having murdered Joe Llamblas, the killing being brought about as the result of a political feud. Llamblas j was a contracter. and had a family | of seven children, all of whom are now grown to manhood and womanhood. The trial of the murder had led through several states, and the southern authorities had practically given up hope of locating their man. thread of investigation was then taken up. This lead to the sheriff's office of St Johns county, Florida, and here the commission of the crime was fixed upon one Gabriella Coloslmo. t pep • • s • \ mm