Indiana Weekly Messenger (Newspaper) - November 16, 1904, Indiana, Pennsylvania 49 INTO 50 INDIANA WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16 1904 WHOLE NUMBER 24136 Mot in oii u t K II The weather was most for a good turn out of directors last Thursday but at the roll call fortyfour persons responded Minutes of hist meeting were read and approved after which the first topic The Personality of the Teacher was opened by D W Davis and proving ono of interest was discussed by S K Rank J T Bell and others One point brought out was that the teachers should got as much pay as they could get in any other business J H Pierce be a teacher should have good moral character and fair ability President Travis defined Personality as the teacher herself the one to whom iu after years the pupils will look back and say that such a teacher was the best teacher I ever had The teacher who teaches mind spirit body all combined Dr Riker president of Mount Union College Alliance Ohio was introduced his remarks he eulogized greatest world power because of its in and high morals Toilet Room and Sanitary Conditions of the Schoolroom was opened by Dr of Cherry tree Believed chil dren should have a place to clean but certainly should not use the same towel toilet rooms be kept clean An act of assembly makes the school board a board of health also duty of practicing physician to notify the secretary of the school board within twentyfour hours of every case of con or infectious disease Directors are humane agents Superintendent Stewart believed the health of the chil dren more important Mian the education advocated clean room a pure air good fires outhouses should be made com and kept clean Dr Riker be the greatest was impurity and licentiousness and care must be taken that outhouses should not be places suggestive of any thing evil Thursday the court house was well filled to hear Dr Riker on What Shall We Do With the Friday morning Messrs J T Bell S Rank and E M Lockard gave the report from the State convention held Harrisburg last February The re in full is published in the March Pennsylvania School Journal a maga zine in the hands of the teachers and directors Praise and criticism of branches in pur public schools was opened by William Walters of Burrell He said too many branches were taught could not give proper attention to all fewer subjects and more thorough work A Washington township be there should be fewer rather than more branches iu school Algebra could be dropped James Simpson of White township also believed in fewer could lo without the primary history and al gebra was not needed Prof Rank is a teacher as well as a director thought it not necessary to study every branch ever day should have them for general use Primary work muse be done with the use of text books in hands of pupils D W Davis believed it a good thing to know a little of every thing as many children never get be yond the common school What are Townships Doing to En force Compulsory School Law was the first question answered Friday after noon D W Davis of Armstrong ad mitted the difficulties law hard to en force one parent refusing to obey the court In case of quarantine J H Mil ler of Blacklick thought the board had to provide for cost had a case in which the rendered was for Center wanted light on who was to Jay expenses in such cases they had case of scarlet fever not yet settled Young township has made the board of officers a board of health Committee on resolutions reported as found elsewhere Election of officers resulted in the choice of Prof S K Rank of Hillsdale for president vice presidents J K Miller of Blacklick and S G George of West Lebanon secretary E M Lock ard Indiana treasurer A W Mabon Indiana executive committee J F Pounds Center R A Harbison Young Harry Carson White Superintendent Gesna of Bedford spoke at length on The Township High favored cen thought the country boys and girls should have opportunities given them for that higher culture that possibly never would come to them only through a high school furnished them that could be reached from their homes Spoke of the benefit of local dents as employed by some townships A vote of thanks was tendered the re tiring president T R Travis of Blairs ville and the convention adjourned In all there were fiftytwo directors en rolled Following resolutions were adopted RESOLUTIONS We the directors of Indiana county in convention met do adopt the follow resolutions irst That we favor the amendment the act of 1893 providing for the an county meeting of school directors so that meeting may be called during the annual county teachers institute or at other times at the discretion of the county superintendent that our repre at Harrisburg be and are requested to use their best efforts to secure such amendment Second That we urge upon our fol low directors greater attention to the sanitary condition of tho school rooms and in particular that greater attention be given to the condition of the out houses or water closets that they be neatly and comfortably built and pro vision bo made that they be scrupulous ly clean and to that end that they bo in spected daily by the toucher and at least once a month by some member of the of directors Third That in the directors annual county convention wo recognize a most potent means for the promotion of the welfare of our public schools and hereby pledge ourselves as members of thin con vention to use our influence to a still larger attendance at future Fourth That wo favor thn enactment of a law providing that no school dis shall receive a greater appropria tion of moneys from the than said district raises by direct taxation and that a copy of this resolution be handed to our members of legislature and they requested to nso their influence to secure the enactment of such a law Fifth That we hereby express our hearty appreciation of the lecture of Dr Riker beforo this convention on Whut Khali We Do With Oar Boys and strongly endorse the sentiments therein expressed as to the necessity of tho edu cation of our boys as to tho duties of future citizenship and the preservation of tho purity and sanctity of tho ballot Sixth That we deplore the mistaken policy of the State directors convention in shutting off from general discussion the subjects thereat considered and de cline to take any part therein so long as the present policy of is pursued J T Bell S K Rank J M B W Van horn E J Blakley Com In Squire Grossman has a busy time these November days hearing cases of illegal hunting The last case was heard Saturday on information of G H Craig and J E McCauley against A W Gittin Arthur Gittin James King and August Lewis three of the party being Pittsburg policemen The charge was hunting with ferret The men had three rabbits and were hunting on farm of Frank Mentch of Cherryhill town ship They were fined and costs in nil amounting to One half goes to the informant and other half to tho state Joseph was arrested at bou by game warden McCauley and brought before the squire Charge hunting on Sunday He was fined and costs which he paid If Indiana people want an enjoyable evening to shake down the ing turkey and to go to bed with an easy conscience they will go to Library hall Thanksgiving night laugh at the min strel show listen to the music under the direction of our own Harry Mar shall and go home with the conscious ness of having helped the fire laddies pay their debts honorably contrasted These are the men who respond and rush to the rescue no mutter at what hour nor how muddy the streets nor how dark the night when the fire whistle shrieks Help them Be at Library hall Thanksgiving night Social Mr and Mrs W J Mitchell enter company of friends Friday evening at their home on West Phila delphia street Mrs C U Gessler and daughter Fannie had an at home Saturday afternoon at which nearly 100 people were present The teachers and ladies iu the Boys dormitory at Normal gave a reception in the Y M C A to the boys rooming at dormitory Of course these children taller grown were delighted with the spread and they report a royal good time The Loyal Temperance Legion will have a social in the W C T U hall on Church street Friday night November 25 In addition to the refreshments there will be songs and recitations and these children hope to have a pleasant evening i Critically III Mr G B Fink of Latrobe who gave up his newspaper work at Latrobe on account of his health and has been at Indiana superintending a number of workmen who are constructing the sewerage at Indiana became seriously ill Saturday night with heart trouble His condition was so critical Sunday morning that an early telegram was sent to his wife who was in Delaware and his soninlaw E H who went to Princeton Friday to be present at the football game Saturday between Yale and Princeton The telegrams reached the parties in time to catch a train that arrived here on Monday A Grand Trip Prof A M Hammers and Prof M C Gordon of Normal expect to head an excursion party of twenty people to make a tour of Europe summer The party will leave America about July 1 1905 and will visit all the important cities and towns in at least eight coun tries in Europe and will be absent about two months Both gentlemen have been over the route before and can fur nish all necessary information The cost of the trip will be about in all necessary expenses De tailed itinerary will bo published Inter Were at It Ha A great number of young men went to Saltsburg Saturday to witness tho football game between Shadyside and and to whoop her up for Kiski Paul Mack Audley Mabon Frank Moorhead Lynn Lloyd Lowry Ross Daugh Ernest Pennington Tor ronce Ed Moorhead and Frank The hiding were also at Salisbury Saturday Margaret Wilson Clara mul Charlotte by Marion aro pleased with ie v by which mail is to bo Mnt to Marion by the trains over the 11 11 iW P This has earnestly by ever the trains have been regularly scheduled This will give the people two mails each day from Indiana and two from Charles F Bonn ford of and Lillin 1C of Wrst When I field township weru married October M by Rev F A John A of and Miss May of Indi ana wore married Thursday November 10 1001 at tho Methodist pur by Rev S Holmes i Robert of Flora and of Marion were married last Wednesday evening On November JOth Moses M Johns ton of Rural Valley and Mary 10 Thomas of wero married at 1 the office of M B Kline Indiana by Rev K P of i Center They left Thursday morning for a trip to the worlds fair Carl B Woods and Rena Louisa llil eldest daughter of Mr uid Mrs J of Udall Cowley county Kansas were married Novem ber 904 Mr nud Mrs were formerly of this county Mrs Mil debrand being Miss Margaret sister of Jennie and D M Smith of Church street The bride visited here two years ago After November 15 the young couple will be at homo to their friends at Indian territory John J Bolender of East Pittsburg and Margaret Zehuer of were married November 7 1904 at Wilkinsburg by Rev F W Waro M C Miller of Delhi Martha Foster of were married November 10 1904 by Dr Charles P Cheesman at his home ou Highland avenue E Pittsburg The bride is a cousin of Mrs Af ter a trip to Canada will locate at J Nelson Lewis and Misp Bessie Cath erine Rowland daughter of the Rov Elias Rowland both of were married November 2 The brides father performed the ceremony Tho couple went to their now homo iu Cam bria Pa Alden L Smith of Mahoning town ship and Miss Clara E were married November 9 1904 at the parsonage by Rev E Hall Harry G Brown of Ridge and Anna B White of Banks town ship were married November 7 1904 by Samuel Griffith Esq Samuel H Elrick and Miss Mary E Silvis both of Blairsville were married November 9 1904 by Rev F S Craw ford of this place Harry Lockard of Ash tabula Ohio and Miss Ellie of North Ninth street will be at 1 oclock today by Dr F S Crawford Penitentiary for N H Buterbaugh and Curt Sowers sf this county who were on trial at court were sentenced last week Buterbaugh was directed to pay and 11 years and 6 mouths in the penitentiary Sowers accomplice seven and onehalf years in the pen and a fine of and Murphy who turned states evidence goes free Buterbaugh it will be remembered formerly conducted a store at the cor ner of street and ave nue in the Seventeenth ward of Johns town There was 35000 fire insurance on the place and according to the evi dence brought out at the trial he con the idea that it would be more profitable to burn down the store than to continue the business Accordingly he made a proposition to Curt Sowers a resident of Indiana county where Buterbaugh formerly lived offer ing Sowers to do the job Sowers agreed to this but his nerve failing him at the critical moment he in turn of Isaac Murphy a tramp negro from to carry out the scheme Murphy lived up to the letter of his contract all right setting fire to the place only a few days after making the agreement with Sowers The thing was rather poorly arranged however The flames were extinguished by the firemen before the store was more than half consumed and the insurance ad justers later discovered distinct evi dence of incendiarism Homo From the West Mr and Mrs George Simpson of Wayne avenue who were at the Worlds Fair and to visit cousins in Kansas and other places arrived home Saturday They found many friends in the Mound City one a Dr King who a score of years ago visited at the Simpson home Mr Simpson tells some fabulous stories about the size of fruit and vegetables on exhibition For instance of a water melon vine bearing five water melons one weighing Ibs the others 76 each Some native born westerner said tho way these melons were induced to grow so large was a hole was made near the root and milk poured in upon which the vine fed Of course Mr Simpson being an elder in the U P church would not vouch for the truth of the story ill a lad on his way past the Central hotel Friday last was stabbed in tho back with a pen knife and badly cut by his chum Matt hew Stanley Quay Barrett son of Sam Barrett proprietor of the hotel McGuim is a prepossessing and bright lad but having a nervous affection that hinders him from attending school re Thursday evening he had i early and this to havo KO Barrett Unit ho a the first timo they mot Samuel Barrett Hi i hoy wont to his took hhu tu Dr ir found knilo hud rai d ilic and cait a collarbone Tho wounds i and ho home and pin to Hi yoars i Mho is UK mother John and Calvin and at liu home of i her son John ou North street Her death is hourly expected Wilson visited friends in last week Cunningham was a Pitts burg last week Wilson and Her spout several day in Philadelphia last week Is ii IIM of near Savan on tho was a pleasant caller last Emit of Blacklick a law student at Philadelphia was at Indiana Friday find MrM of Johns town of relatives here last of the G Hastings mining engine er at went to Tuesday to vote Win Byers of Punxsutawney a former Indiana county was an Indi ana visitor Friday Minnie and her niece Margaret Kessler left last Thursday to visit friends in Kansas John P Elkin daughter and son visited Mr James Prothero of last week Frank Hildebrand of lie Geological survey located at arrived home Saturday Harry Condron principal of Blairsville public school attended the Directors convention Friday Joseph J Thompson of Pitts burg visited Mr Thompsons mother Mrs Belle Thompson last week W T arrived home Saturday a two mouths visit with friends in Missouri and Arkansas md Mrs Robert Fulton Miller of spent with Mr and Mrs James of Clymer avenue Evans of Railroad avenue arrived home Saturday night after a lengthy visit with friend at Decatur Iowa Roberta Bell of burg and Margaret Drake of Kansas City were guests of Mrs James Blair last week Marlin and daughter Edna went to St Louis last week where they will visit Ben Marlin and see the great Exposition H H Scott of Homer City organis er of tho Woodman of the World was at last week in the interest of the order Mary J Miller of Marion Center passed through town last of the week to viait her son Dr J T Miller of Pittsburg W P Altman and daughter Marie of are visiting friends in town make their future home in DuBois McCartney 88 years old and on the sunny side of life has erect ed a ueat veranda on the sunny side of his residence on Eighth street B Hamilton and wife of Mason Ohio who spent two weeks with Mrs Hamiltons parents Mr and Mrs Jos eph Bath returned home Monday White who had been here visiting his parents Judge and Mrs White returned to his home in Wheeling West last Thursday evening and Mrs Alex and son of near Jacksonville spent Sunday at the old home with his father Rev W D of Elkin South township M Sutton Charles Cunning ham Harry and Dr Will Simpson went to Princeton Friday to witness the annual game played Saturday Sutton Hon Joliu S Fisher and J Wood Clark were at Harrisburg Friday attending the annual meeting of the trustees of the Normal schools of the state C Bee of the medical college at Philadelphia and Earl H Park from tho dental college at Pittsburg both homo to vote passed through town eu routo to their respective schools C O McLain who is here visiting his Adams went to St Louis last week where he is the guest of Major who has charge of the Philippine exhibit at the Worlds fair S Doring representing tho Butterick Pattern company of Chicago was the guest of Mr John F Sieving Thursday last Mr father and Mr Darings grandfather wero chums in Germany tho dear old father land A Stumpf of Parkwood was an early caller Friday Ho has with his partner Calvin Walker just com a room at Chambers ville for Mr Buchanan and is now working on a house for Mr Taylor of Park wood Shaffer of the firm of ShaOer Kellar Harvey Euglo tho lumber Samuel Miller and George Clark of Advance loft Friday morning for Snoo county thi expect to a winters supply OL and left Friday via the K P for the They U that the could ee I iie I iv through they o lie In i y way 1 i i a OIK i Urle oi located ut iii MLi oil was a i Ill il i ice fit t he pit r 1 city bui glad his oil is at he can see his onco in four Vi Harry Shaffer of North township lost his dwelling house with I lie greater amount of his household goods about noon last Friday Tho lire orig in t kilchen but just how the family cannot determine It had gained such way before it was discovered thai wili the limited facilities found at a dwelling the could not lie stayed Mr Shaffer M loss is estimated nt on which lie carried an insur ance of in the M M Thompson agency at this place The motto of t his is Belter have it and not it as need it and not have Tho barn on the farm of A A Crabbs of was also totally destroyed by tiro on Friday How the fire is not known but the flames wore beyond control when first seen Tho livo stock was saved but two calves wore badly burned Tho hay farm implements and har wore all burned The tenant houso on the farm of Wm Bush of near with nearly all its contents was burned Thursday night Tho was occupied by Georgo Brink who owned tho household furniture No insurance on cither building or contents An unused stable was burned Friday and in it George meyer aged thirtyfive years Mr had been out hunting and was seen going toward his laws home in an intoxicated condition The fire called out tho tiro company and amid the blazing hay they saw a human form fall from the mow to tne floor Men rushed in and dragged tho body out but in doing so tho head It is supposed the man was too drunk to get further and that he was using a lantern as he was soon carrying one Four men wore burned in a barn near Altoona Friday The men were tramps who had gone into tho barn to sleep and when tho fire broke out they were unable to escape Six horses wero also cremated Loss on structure Tho barn on the Silas Fleming farm near Willed was burned Saturday morn ing with all its contents and grain The loss is estimated at on which there is an insurance of insurance in tho Pino Mutual Fire Insurance com pany of Armstrong county The fire occurred beforo and as yet is one of the mysteries Show The members of tho Indiana Fire mens Association in debt for uni forms amounting to have decided to give a homo talent minstrel show Thanksgiving night to entertain the people and place money in the treasury The association held a meeting Friday night and nominated officers for the en suing year to bo voted on at tho next regular monthly meeting The nominations were as follows President Christy vice president John secretaries G W Earl and D M Caldwell trustees J M John Daugherty Ed Lichte berger and Harry honor ary trustees John F Clements and G W Graff Relief Association President J W Hill vico president Ed secretary Harry Christy No 1 Captain H O Christy assistants Edson Beck and Harry G board of control J M No 2 Captain Frank Plotter assistants L H Moorhead and Loon K Smith control L K Smith West End No J Captain John Daugherty assistants Philip M Sutton and D W Simpson control Hugh Bell Hook and Ladder Captain Ed assistants G A berg and P M McHenry control Joseph A Dickey A Sin Frank foreman in the office while looking among some boxes to find tho right sixe of en he wanted disturbed tho hiber nation of a beautiful green snake Knowing it was no unusual thing to HOC snakes tho day after the election wo were loath to behove tho report but as seeing is tho entire news paper force wero compelled to believe His was in tho rear room of the MESSENGER building on the second story and how or why it canio no one can tell Scott Foreman secured a large stick and with a blow from his good right hand knocked tho life out of the and Flurry ut Judge White dictator who is going to continue tho fight for pure politics had a preliminary Thursday when the county officials mot to count tho returns Ho assumed ho had tho prerogative to appoint two clerks to as sist and see that tho returns wore accu rately counted and notwithstanding tho opposition installed William Banks and J T Ruffner Harry Feo attorney for tho county commissioners and a Democrat hold tho right of a Democratic represen on tho board which could not bo under Judge Whites ruling D If Tomb also protested Tho Judge won tho day and hence tho count is accurate Prof W A Kelly superin tendent of public schools in J county now of govern ment at A is his Mrs A a1 K ini u other friends Y Ki iy svill i by ir i part of i he al tended I i i l I il I U t hl j eil i OU I he cause ut c u ioi lie hi en ill A Im i Jamesi Fea h a former of Sat r li nt I M v no Mr Feat It had a paralytic year ago from which lie never Fri day his daughter of street ot a iv fho father was v in come at if she wanted lo si e alivo Air was born in P when ho grow to manhood a contractor and while at INM r con I Wutton and Ioom I in was a of t he M Odd Follows Ancient of In nin inl Miss Russell who survives with tho following children of School street Mrs Homer man of and If 0 of Tho body was ht to Indiana and inter made in Oakland cemetery MKS i IM Mis Delia Gibson Oak stroot died Sunday November J aged iS For throe months Mrs Brights Born nen i in 1NS7 moved to Vi where they resided until ago The family then ii liana Mr Umburn is survived by her Hiram Gibson and the folio broth ers and sisters Stephen i i i and Jennie Gibson and Mrs S IT of Indiana Dixon villo Mrs n villo service i morning by her v S Holmes and tlie body to hill township for Isaac aged 77 years died from tho effects of a paralytic strol bor nt tho of sister Mis Mary A Stephens it Mr Ski IPS was born at Wai Virr and that neighborhood until the of the Civil war when he Oom pany K il Ho was takon prisoner by put in prison and to Islo where 1 two months before being IHD u After lie was out ho i i Alo county and lived iu until sixteen years n h to Dilltown to make his home his sister Mrs Sarah Kelly neo of died November at the home of her sister Mrs in Pittsburg Mrs was wife of the hito Hugh Kelly of and is survived by one lor a year she had been ill with par and was taken to the home of her sister only a few weeks prior to her death Interment was made in Edge wood cemetery iu MRS Mrs Delia Wagner aged M years died November 11 at her homo ou East Philadelphia Mrs Wagner had boon ill with lung trouble and this with heart affection used her death She is survived by her husband and two children Tho body was taken to her home at for Beatrice Rose agod 17 years and 7 months died November 10 1U04 at tho home of her parents Mr and Mrs James Neeson of Saltsburg She wan an only daughter Funeral Mon day football team loft their homes Saturday on a special train over tho West to come to Saltsburg and win a glorious victory over tho Kiski boys Tho glorious victory was won by Kiski in presence of an estimated crowd of Kiski celebrated Monday night by a huge ou tho campus singing and dancing around tho fire and reciting their heroic deeds speeches from Professors Fair Wilson McColl and This game closes tho season for Kiski and it was but fitting that they should Us Charlos H owner of tho Amer ican houso and William L Allen lessee are conferring about enlarging tho hotel either by adding a story to its height or by building an addition in tho roar on Eighth street opposite tho depot Either plan will require an outlay Of about Architect Orner of will likely get the contract Ho was hero hint week looking over the nation and making an estimate of tho probable cost Tho opening of coal means larger travel and honou the for tho improvement Tho Bear club of Indiana composed of a number of our hunters ior their annual outing Monday evening on the 4 ld train While all tho did the following wont to camp I Is Stewart D A M John n M 1 U Tho chili is in in ilii i be in camp two A r o I i lh i i A i c y j lawyer and has d a law in roum Nu Ji second of tin Farmers bank building whore ho is ready to do faithfully and well all busine iu hL cure at li iii rei I Hi HO by a 1 iv land t ho now pastor la ei p Jiy ji ment has 1 IIP IM circuit making four u Tho aio 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