Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-01-16

              : -- • VOL. XXXIV. m NO. 39. m * T .. WEBER'S Clearance Sale AT Biggest Values EverOffered $0.00 7.r>o Overcoats $1S Tourist Overcoat, now. 15 Tourist Overcoat, now Naif Price. HALF PRICE A lot of Tourist <1.00 12 Tourist Overcoat, now 10 Tourist Overcoat, now .... 5 00 All Boys' Overcoats j/4 Off 4 price. Doduct25 per cent off the original prices ami hand ns the balance. All sizes from ."> to 10 years. A lot of odd suits, one and two of a kind at ALL OUR FORM! FSTTifNG OVERCOATS AT 1/4 OFF These are high grade Overcoats, season's make, the most popular style. All of this .. .so 00 . 7-50 . . . . (i.OO 1 00 1.00 ;;.oo $18 Suits; Sale Price-15 Suits; Sale Price. 12 Suits; Sale Price 10 Sui's; Sale PWce <S Suits; Sale Price G Suits; Sale Price A lot of Clued and Monarch Shirts,, stiff bosom, regular $1.00 and $1.50 values for 50c. We have only a small quantity and they will not last long at this price. us Wedncsda y ar:d^ Store Closes at 6 p. m. except Saturday evenings. !f it Snows \\ 1; !, STAIIT SOON HIXl-NT PI- VISIONS. SALE CLEANING-UP We Begin OUR Of all our men's up-to-date Suits, Overcoats, Rain Coats and ladies Coats that we have left from this fall season, and which we have sold at $8.00, $10.00, $12.00, $15.00, $18.00 and $20,00. $6.98 These goods are in the hands of IjOW Prices Tor All |T| Torrence H H j 1 I | I Punxsutawney Block KLUoI 1 Alterations Charged for at cost. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3rd, 1907 Ask for iw) suspenders during sale. SWEEP SALE CLEAN Now hi Progress A MONEY SAVING OPPORTUNITY Men's and Boys' Furnisher Bank Building Farmers' Through the dices of the firemen and the police the bodies were taken out :iu11 • arried .<> the rooms of Undertaker Mnoiv, where they will bo taken can of further by direction of their people. The? house* was owned by Joe Plax- the fruit dealer, and it was occupied by his brother-in-law and family, consisting of wife and two sons, aged .«l»• >uf. nine and five years, and the old lady,-Mrs. Piazza. The parents were so distressed last night that they could not give a clear account of the affair, but Joe 1*1- a;:za, who liv< <1 next dour, said ho and his wife were awakened by some unusual noise and, looking out, saw the lower part o ftho Fratio house ahlay.e. It appears that th ehouse look lire below and the live people were ah - ping on the second tloor ,the husband and wife and older boy in front and the grandmother and little :miy in a rear room. V"ratio and lis wi.'e and older sen, it was stated, barely managed to escape over the roof of the front porch. They told those who were gathered at that iirne, Including advance m#n .»r the firemen, «»f tin- two others, bat wore much excited and were uncertain whether they had made their »■«- ape from the building. The whole interior was ablaze by the time the liiMnen understood t situation and • t Yer.il attempts v. re Mnade to enter (he room by windows with the use of ladder:*, but smoke and Maine burst out through the windows and two or three men had tie ir hair and  burned quite severely In their efforts ■ make their way through the belching windows. There was still some hope that the .•randmother and h -r little pet grandson had escaped. Most careful iniUiiy, however, fail-d to locate them ,11 tie increasing crowd or anywhere ill the neighborhood, and their relatives Ik i aine frantic as lin y .saw the house rapidly reduced to ruins, the ieiitrs, windows, doors and parts of the walls and roof falling in. The relatives dually retired to Joe Piazza's him ' . except the members of the 1'ratlo family, who wero taken In out >l' the cold in another house, and the '■ rein en, a s soon* : the rear ruins \v i-re dr< nched suflleiently to make i>Vr v sKgatlon possible. examined i he ruins and found tin* bodies in the debris. Tin body of the old lady \.:is (|Uite badly burned, and both were blackened and unnatural. The bedding with which they wen- wrape l became saturated With water and i i »f ee t.e d them to some extent fn-m the flames, and it Is probable that both were suffocated before the tlames touched their bodies. DUBOIS, Jan. 10.—Two lives were lost in the burnig of a dwelling on Franklin Street, a few minutes after midnight Thursday morning. It was the dwelling of Frank Uratio, an employe <»f the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg road, and the two burned to death w. re Mrs. L"ratio's mother, aged about sixty-five, and Air. and Mrs. Uratio's little son, about live years old. This is the first loss of life in a burning building in Du!'o8 since tho death of Mrs. Isaac Lines, which occurred about seven years ago. A brother of the unfortunate mnn, who ban been hunting: for his brother since his escape from the hospital, arrived shortly after his brother's endeavor to take his own life. In speaking of his brother he said "Wesley was hurt about a year and had five ribs torn loose from tinbuck bone. He seemed to recover perfectly from the accident and It was not until about two weeks ago that he showed any signs of losing his mind. We consulted doctors who said that nothing could be done for him. Last week 1 employed Dr. Smith to bring him to the hospital here hoping that an operation would cure him." It is i-• his brother's intention to inform the Indiana County ('ommi: .- loners of his brother's condition and asked them to take care of him in th.- County Home. Andrew Ferry, the keeper of the building, left for about ten minutes to draw his pay. Before going he looked in at Buchanan, who was sitting in a chair, apparently asleep. on coming into the Jail about ten mlnut.es later Ferry noticed that, the healr In which the demented man had been sitting was vacant. Wondering where he could be, he walked Into tile corridor and in a small alcove at the e irrk'or's end found Buchanan in a sitting posture with his bead In the loop of roller towel, apparently dead. Quickly releasing his head from the low 'I. Ferry threw water in his face and after working with him for some time, managed to bring him to consciousin ss. Upon inquiry later It was dlx- | covcr.-'il that he was the young mail who t.scaped from Dr. Ci rube's hospital last. Tuesday, where he had been placed by his relatives for treatment. He was under no guard of any knld In , \u-.e he bad shown no Inclination to leave and was In no way violent, on the contrary his malady seemed to bo a brooding, and unless spoken to he would not speak. Left alom but a few minutes, he att< mpted to end his life this morning by trying to hang hims< If with a roller towel that hangs iu the jail. It was while the nurses were at dinner on Tuesday that Buchanan left and s< mingly sunk Into the ground, for until he was found at the Bond home he had not been heard from. Demented, but perfectly harmless, he was allowed the freedom of the corridor, there being nothing tln-re that one would have Imagined that anyone could have harmed himself with. Wedne sday morning w'.ien 1- ; ving j was mentioned to him, he at once started to cry and so it was ail day. With apparently but little life in him he rat around the kitchen the entire day. Last night it was decided that the Stale Police should be notified so that, they could notify the county commissioners. When the police arrived he went peacefully along as though it was the natural order of things. When F»arched in the local lockup papers which led to his Identity were found upon him. also a check for  teen dollars and a deposit book for j ninety dollars. Demented, unable to tell his own j name, with a large sum of money on his person Wesley Hue nanan, of Home, Pa., was brought to Punxsu- j tawney last Monday night by Privates ! Mullen and mlth, of th<- Slate Police,; from the house of William Bond, about three miles from Punxsutaw- ■ nev. on the Rossiter road. On Tuesday night the unfortunate young man was found by one «»f the family sleeping In the barn ami was taken into the house, when- they questioned hi mas to his name and home but he could tell them noth- Ing. | and sleigh bells. A good stock We have sledsand sleighs, robes We want it to snow, but to choose from. If It Rains Railroad Reocu'ly Clin r If ml Has In- tensive Plnr. I or Mntfring ( i! I'U-hl. Annoiineem. : is made by the Conemaugh iVr Plat lick Railroad Com,i;in\ that, work is to be rushed on iho new line from a point on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad at Josephine, to a point on the Wept Penn division < the Pennsylvania, in -ir t 'oi mouth of Tom's Uun in Indiana. County. \ charter was taken out by this company about three months ago. ;r.i<! it was intended to build a line at mice, but later the officials decided to postpone all work ui til early spring. Walter F. Arms, of Punxsutawm y, is president, and the directors of ilte new company include P .J. M Govern. Josephine; Thomas P.. Milliard, of Punxsutawncy. and Henry H. Alderfer, of Plumville.The ci'iniiany was organized with a capital of $f,0,000. All plans have been completed and approved by the , xr« Utlve officials of the Pennsylvania. While the new line will be comparative short, it will give a good connection fojr the roads extending into new coal fields in that district. SENT IN RIOT CALL The sooner you come the better chance you have to choose from. For Your Choice Remember Totally Costand value Disregarded The representative of the Twentyseventh Congressional District has been notified of the granting of the following pensions: P. M. Thompson. Warsaw, Pa., increase to $40 per month, from January 1.". 1003; Matilda Harkey, Arcadia, Pa., original at $S per month from Jan. 4, 1900; David Moore, Oakland, Pa., Increase t<> $17 per month from Dec. !"», 1906; John Sharp. New Mayvillc. Pa., Increase to $12 per month from Dec. f>, 1906; George Heffeltinger, Top. Pa., increase to $i 2 per month from Nov. 17, 1906; James Zell, Apollo, Pa., Increase 11» $10 per month from Dec. ."i. 1900; William McQuown, Knoxdale, Pa., increase t«» $ 12 per month from Dec. 5, 1906; Eunice A. Moore. Howe, Pa., original and accrued at $1-' per month, from November 29. 1906. and $2 per week additional for minor child; Jesse J. Williams, Smh knburg. Pa., increase to per month from November 20, 1900; Sarah J. Wolfgang. Ohl, Pa., orfglnal and accrued at $12 per month from December 29, 1905; James 11. Evans, Indiana. Pa., Increase to $H per month from December 13, 1906; Harry S. Gray. I.anc-y Hun, Pa.. Increase to $S per month from Nov. S, 1906. iti:i*i niii< an si (;i;i:s- TIC l\ .Mt:KTI N'<; We have Rubber Blankets, line of rainy weather Shoulder Capes, Horse Covers, Wagon Umbrellas, and a full goods. or Snow or Sunshine and we So come and see us either Rain will have what you want. HARDWARE CO. PUINXSUTAWINEY Republican suggestion meeting will be held In the First, Second and Fourth Wards Monduy night at S eight o'clock for the purpose of suggesting names for (ho various borough offices to bo tilled at the Sprint? election. The First Ward meeting will bo held In Mlinicipul Hall; second ward in Outetus' Carriage Shop: tlic fourth In the John Crick's building.Sergeant Logon and Others Find Nothing But Peace and Quiet in East End. Unduly excited over a few extra loud words Indulge d in by a couple ■if drunkt n men, Ward Baldwin, ol File Run, telephoned to the barracks Wednesday and asked thai a squad be sent to the Fast End bridge as soon as possible, that a riot, was in progress which might result in the death of several citizens. The squad arrived at the bridge on the double quick and found nothing but the cold steel of the bridge and the placid wal rs of the Mahoning flowing gently on to join the turbulent ocean. The State Police wish it understood that such action will not be tolerated and that further false alarms will be investigated and the offender prosecuted. chasing down from the barracks at tweve o'clock at night to have a look at the creek is not regarded by the members of Troop I) as a huge joke. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., JANUARY 16, 19071 18.\D FI11K \l DUBOIS. Two oeo Tlielr Lives In Mkl»i#lit Rlu/e. tiers Away Prom Hospital. Voting Man of l.rnlmlauee<l MIimI \Vai»- WKNT TO\V \KI>S KOSN1TIK Semi-Annual Home of Reliable Hardware. THE ONE PRICE CLOTHIER It will pay you to look up your wants and buy here now. Fine white skirts at one-fourth ofT price. Muriay and Jordan. * Don't forget when you you are In Punx'y that all trimmed hats at half price at Lillle A. Risnel's, next door to Murray and Jordan.—1 ■■mi m m