Indiana Evening Gazette (Newspaper) - May 28, 1908, Indiana, Pennsylvania i iif ri i t v INDIANA MAY 28 1908 TWO CENTS Spring Bargain Hunters Are Scanning the Advertising Columns of the Gazette 1 ill l rOUND DEAD IN A BROOK Believe He Suffered a Stroke While Walking in the Woods LEFT TUESDAY Although 70 Years of Age the Deceased Frequently Took Long Walks ISELIN YATES MAY UNITE WITH Revival of the Story the R P Will Be Extended on Towards Pittsburg from South Bend NO EVENING GAZETTE will be issued on Saturday MEMORIAL DAY DENIED BY GRAND TRUNK MAN THE FUNERAL EVENING As noted in yesterdays the dead body of William Gambell Gib son aged 70 of West Water street was fpund Wednesday afternoon in run near the old stone house ifl Whites woods by Fred Clawson Glair After discovering ae body the boys notified Chief of Po loe Kellar Harris who hurried to the and after an examination no Coroner W D Gates They had the body removed to the under taking rooms of John F Sieving where It was prepared for burial From the condition of the body and the surroundings the theory of sui cide was put forward by some persons but the family of Mr Gibson and his near relatives refute this statement Mr Gibson left home Tuesday morn ing May 26 and nothing was seen of him until the dead body was recovered He was quite active for one of his years and frequently took long walks It is supposed that he sat down beside the run and while there became weak either from his heart or a sudden stroke of paralysis and being unable to help himself had fallen into tbe water and was unable to get out William Gibson was the son of the late James Gibson and was born near Elderton In 1838 Mr Gibson con a store in that place for a of years and was In the stock busi ness with Marlin Lowman of In 1861 Mr Gibson was married to Isabel Kelly daughter of Abner Kelly of To this union two child ren were born John and Martha the former died when he was quite young and the latter has been stenographer for Attorney Ernest A Stewart since he went into the law business The Gibson family came to Indiana in 1893 residing in the Rebecca Alii 800 house on Church and Tenth Later they moved to their own fine house on West Water street Mr Gibson was at one time a motorman on one of tbe street cars in After leaving Pittsburg he was em ployed in where he was sup of the transfer office For the past 16 years Mr Gibson bad been located in Altoona being mana ger of the Supply shops of the Penn sylvania Railroad Company but spending his Sundays here however On his 70th birthday last Christ mas Mr Gibson was pensioned and put on tbe retired list by tha P R R Since that be has deen in a melancho ly frame of mind He always was Used to an energetic lite and the forced rest did not agree with him Mr was of a very pleasant disposition always making friends L with those with whom he came in con tact Ae wal a member of the Pres church and was always ready for bis share of the duties connected church work He was a member iQ food standing of the Royal Arcan Bfc Tbe deceased is survived by bis wife and one daughter Martha Be Jl survived by one lister Mrs Johnston of East Oak street services will be beid at bis borne on West Water street this 8 oclock by Dr F S Crawford pastor of the Presbyterian The remains will be takei In Friday morning and io be made in tbe Significance is attached to the visit to Pittsburg of 1 igh of the Grand Trunk Railroad together with officials of the Buffalo Rochester Pittsburg To day they went over the barg Terminal Railroad and the Wheeling Lake Erie Railroad to To ledo BT With their arrival came the an from New York that the financial difficulties of the Pittsburg Wabash Terminal are such that in spite of tbe announced plan of refinancing the latter line it is possible that a receivership will be decided upon The toad baa a semiannual interest payment to meet June 1 and there is said nob to be sufficient funds to care without assistance from outside That the Buffalo Rochester Pitts burg Railroad and ita ally tie Grand Trunk would be able to make ex valuable use of tbe Pitts burg Terminal line if they had it has always been claimed In fact talk of an independent en trance to Pittsburg has been especial ly prevalent for the past two years The Yates line has a terminal now in Indiana county near South Bend sta tion and there remains but a compar short mileage to extend that line to a point near Cl air ton in Alle County where it could reach the Terminal 1 racks President Yates of the Buffalo Rochester Pittsburg and Third Vic President E H the Grand Trunk declared their visit hud no par significance as they were making an inspection of the road and over the mines along the line of the Buffalo Roches ter As the two roads are joint owners of the ferry operating between Char lotte N and Coburg Canada our relationship IB very close WILLIAM RISINGER HAS STROKE OF APOPLEXY A WellKnown Center Township Man Stricken While in Store HIS RECOVERY NOT EXPECTED CARRIE NATION CONING HERE FROM BLAIRSVILLE Kansas Used Only Pungent Phrases as a Weapon There WAS FINED IN PITTSBURG said Mr and we consume a large amount of the coal produced lines of the Buffalo Rochester Pitts we accepted an of President Yates to accompany him over the road to see MAYPOLE DANCE AT PALACE HIM Sixteen Couplet Will Perform Pretty on Friday Evening At the request of many patron Manager Hook of the Palace Rink has decided upon another May Pole Dance This English custom now so along tbe invitation the coal Suddenly stricken during a business trip here today William Risinger of enter township lies critically ill at the New Indiana House Mr Risinger entered the W R Loughry Co store at 11 oclock this morning Because of a sudden stroke of apoplexy that came over him just at that time he staggered noticeably when he had crossed the threshold and Mr hurried to his side Several clerks bad already noticed Mr condition and they carried him to the side door in the hope that tbe fresh air would re vive him Noting the dangerous condition of it was decided to at once remove him to a room in the Indiana House where he could be given all the medical and private attention pos sible Dr Buterbaugh was summoned and upon bis arrival he bled the pa tient and took other steps that tended to make him rest more easy Phy remain at the bedside but bold out little hope for Mr re covery Mr Rilinger and his wife came to town this forenoon in a car from their home at the borough limits of Homer Citr Mrs Risinger spent the fore noon with her Bister Mrs Martha of Wayne avenue while her looked after some business affairs After attending to certain matters Mr Risinger went to where he has been a cus tomer for 40 years Soon after he took sick his wife and two sons J and W P Risinger both of Homer City were sent for They arrived shortly after the noon hour Mr Risinger is aged about 67 years and has enjoyed the beat of health He owns several large farms near Homer City and recently sold a part of his estate to the coal company operating at Lucerne He also con ducts a dairy having a herd of 25 fine Jerseys His family is among the most prominent in Center township Grand Array of the Republic is Losing Members at the Rate of per Year BOYS OF 61 DESERVE HONORS 4 BREWERY CASI SUSPECTS HELD FOR COURT Mrs Carrie Nation is free once more After a half dozen lively experiences in Pittsburg on Tuesday she was freed at the hearing before Magistrate Brady there yesterday morning She was found guilty of disturbing the peace and was fined Refusing to pay that sum members of the Mt Washington W C T U came to her assistance and raised the money in the crowd that had gathered in the court of justice At oclock Wednesday afternoon Mrs Nation was in Union depot Pitts burg A party on duty there who is acquainted with an Indiana man saw him and asked that he look after Mrs Nations This party is a true friend of humanity and he escorted the Kansas cyclone to a seat Eastern express and assisted her at Blairsville Intersec tion Mrs Nation alighted at Blairs ville and lectured there last evening Mrs Nation expects to speak in Blairsville at 3 oclock this afternoon That would bring her to Indiana this evening She is scheduled to speak in the Court House here and will doubtless attract a crowd The lecturer no longer sells hatchets bat carries copies of her paper The Hatchet and disposes of them for any sum that the recipient cares to donate At Blairsville last night Mm Na tion said Sansom had the jawbone of an ass David had his sling and Carrie Nation her hatchet and I guess they all made Another remark that is remembered was Oat in Kan sas even the atones cried oat against the liquor traffic when I threw popular in introduced here last yar an 3 a girls colleges was with great success similar May Day festivity will be give en at the Palace Rink on Friday even ing the eight before Decoration Day Sixteen wellknown couples garbed in their beat are practicing each afternoon for the pretty evolu tions The queen of May will have a costume that will delight everyone Rink Indiana in Todays Pittsburg Dispatch had a group picture of the 22 mm Elderton RETURNS BOHE it MRS NATION HAS AROUSED sur of the organization cf the Unit ed Presbyterian U Old City fifty years igo Among the honored pastors pictured were H Q Graham and John of town Dr J Day Brow like ness is seen in another group At tbe opening session of tbe Wilmington Team Surrendered Franchise in the Union League Owing to the Wilmington team of the Union out of exist ence Scrubby McCreight one of the clubs best twirlers and hardest hit ters returned home this morning Wilmington bad a strong hold on first place in the league but waa not draw ing paying crowds owing to the fast ball being played by tbe Wilmington TriState team The Union League dropped Baltimore and will finish with six clubs Scrubby says tbe league is much faster than the Interstate Church Say She Can Only Speak in Open Air The announcement to tbe effect that Mrs Carrie Nation would lecture in the Central Presbyterian church June 5 created more comment than would have been caused by the report that the yellow fever had broken out among the inhabitants of the 24th floor of tbe Y M C A building Although the booking for the appearance here of the human edition of a Kansas cyclone was made good faith and the famous will ly arrive on schedule time she will not lecture in the Central church not if the trustees can prevent it and they can It looks as though Carrie will speak in the Wednesdays Spirit Away back in 1868 General John A then head of the Grand Army of the Republic ordered the veterans of the Civil war to observe May 30 as a Memorial Day as a trij bute to their dead comrades Grad one Stp after another through out the declared May 30 to be a holiday another Memorial Day will in places the country For several years has been some talk of changing the day to the last Sabbath in May This plan has not met with general The Idea changing to the last Sab bath in May was for the purpose of stopping the desecration of the day There is an oft expressed regret that Memorial Day has lost tbe significance that characterized in it the early ob servance is day is not what it once was yet nearly everybody does something special and different on Decoration Day Flags are unfurled and the spirit of the day is kept alive by patriotic accessories that are put out giving a social dis tinction to its social life Every year the lines of the grand old heroes grow thinner and thinner The ravages of time are working des that began slowly at first but gets more rapid as the year speed by The great Civil war was fought large ly by boys but the youngest of them now are old men The following cial figures on the enlistments deaths and other statistics of the Civil War are of interest at this time The total number of survivors out of volunteers is now about This figure is obtained as The last official enrollment made by the pension authorities at Washington was a month for nine in there were The Old Guard is dying off at the ate of 90 a day but the death losses or each month are often higher In 906 Grand Army survivors died to he number of and in 1907 the oss was for the year that clos es June the death rate will un questionably total perhaps for the old soldiers of the Republic now have reached the aver age of 63 At that rate R 11 have few members after 15 or 20 years Won Kime Committed to Jail Released on rML IN Coral Woman Accused of ing Down Quarantine to be Tried in June SUED FOR STEALING A VIOLIN bly on Wednesday Dr of Ohio wan elected G Canon moderator Howet New Fresh from triumphs In the Nixon Howe will present new pictures at Library Hall Thursday evening One of his is Wild Birds Quarrying in France Hunting the Bear and Animal Kingdom other novel views Secure seats Man Detained came into violent contact with tbe law in Greensburg Wednesday morning when be was sentenced a fine of and 30 days in jail for drunkenness Neeley was arrested Tuesday night by Officer Haines who found him lying upon tbe street below tbe P R R station unable to even give bis name and minus headgear From Wathington Thomas H Brewer a native of Marchand returned several days ago after spending 18 years in Spokane Wash He is president of tbe Fidelity National Bans of Spokane Mr Brewer is accompanied by his wife They will visit tbe Misses Lill and Emma Thompson of North Sixth street before returning West Elderton Academy lost at Vandergift on Wednesday by score of 6 to 3 p Andersons two base bit with tbe fell brought in tbe winning E Miller and for oo and W Anderson foe Vander al Found Rare Plant While on an excursion to the woods afternoon Paul Warner found a White Indian Moccasin Thes flowers are very scarce and seldom seen around this part of tbe country Two lawn and two lawn to elos them out We ire not going to hand them any more H H bunch of Country tie A Million and a Quarter Bank The story which you read in the Re port of Condition of The Saving Trust Company of Indiana nia found on another page of this pa per is one of unusual financial inter est in this community If to the De posits the Trust Funds are added total exceeds one million and forty Hour thousand if to the resources of the banking department he Trust Funds ue added the total exceeds one million and a quarter Tbe money stringency and general unfavorable monetary conditions of the past eight months have demonstrated tbe ability of this Institution to grow even yj the fase of such conditions Tbe Board are now taking the neces sary steps to effect tbe increase of the Capital Stock authorized at tbe last annual meeting of stockholders and payments of the new stock will com mence within the next couple of months and continue in monthly in until the new stock is fully paid Complete Holiday on Saturday Stores will be closed here all day Saturday but will remain open until 10 oclock Friday night The barber shops will remain open until 11 oclock Friday evening and will be closed all day Saturday including the evening This was a buay day in tbe office ot Squire J A Grossman and the place was pretty warm and crowd ed almost to suffocation the jolly 3ua tice got through with the business ia hand with neatness and At 10 oclock the hearing in the of the Commonwealth vs Edward Gas ton Fred Kime William Baker and Harry Palmer charged aad receiving stolen goods knowing hen to have been stolen waa This case is an outcome of tbe burg the Indian brewer late night May 23 or early Sunday ing the defendants being arrested on Sunday and Monday it 36 remembered waa arrested near the brewery while Bleeping off the effects of much drink and Kime waa caught near the stone house in Whites woods shortly afterwards Baker Palmer were arrested later Evidence was given by Chief Ol Po lice Kellar M Harris John manager of the brewery and and the justice felt warranted in ing the defendants for trial at court Bail was fixed in the som each Palmer secured bail was released The others were mitted to jail The next case called was that ot Commonwealth vs Mrs Cora of Coral charged with violating order of the Department of Health From the testimony of John Fox health officer for Center township Dr Norton and Miss Stella the doctor treated a case of whooping cough in the home He noti fied the health officer who quarantined the house placing the required pla card on the door and leaving with Mrs the required instructions The placard disappeared from another on the building which also disappeared Dr Norton swore that Mrs told him she had torn it down Miss Stokea testified that aha bad Mrs taking down the card The defendant had no defense ami waa held for court bail in the sum of being furnished by a fellow countryman A civil suit ia on trial this Tha parties interested are M H singer of Homer City and Bennett of MrT Bennett charges Mr Kissinger with asking too much money for a house recently er fcr the plaintiff He says thai bouse built is not worth as muck as tbe contractor wants for it and he for a reduction Joe and Mary were brought to this morning by an officer aoi lodged in j iil They are charged bf Mike Rindes with having stolen oil violin Mike says he paid for tbt and wouldnt take for U now Joe and Mary have not yet beet a hearing Orator From Attorney D Lloyd toona will deliver the Memorial address at Mr Hood Much Thomas Hood is reported worse to While Mr Hood rested well last eight be is lo mwb not More white felt hats reached ua morning They wugh an ounce cost only Great Wilson Wood Brown club checks in the Wilson Friday showers cooler
