Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-01-10

              6ity Edition % ••*' ■ FIRE STARTED IN KITCHEN Father, Mother and Son Escape From Building Over Burning Porch Roof. Entrance Into This Morning.>nna H. Shaw r.y Publishers' Press, A. It. INSTALLATION. three: special- hills 1,1 VK STOCK IlltKr.DF.KS $1N.0(M).(]|I<) J!OM> ISSIK CHESS MASTERS' TOl'HSAMEST ARE THEY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FLORENCF RIOT V0L I. No. 98. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA.. THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1907 PRICE 2 CENTS TWO BURNED TO DEATH IN DUBOIS LAST NIGHT MINISTER FOUND DEAD IN HOE FOREMOST ADVOCATE OF FEMALE SUFFRAGE Three Firemen Badly Burned in Heroic Attempt to Save Inmates The Point to Be Settled in the Courts By Local Attorneys CLAIM THEY ARE INNOCENT Attorney General Says Police May Destroy Property to Secure Prisoner. Rev. Van Horn Went to Bed Prepared for Rash Deed WIFE AND FAMILY SURVIVE "Attorney Fisher and myself had hoped that the matter could be adjusted without pj'oceding in the courts, hut on the suggestion of the Attorney General will proceed at an early date to secure legislative permission to sue the State and determine the question in the courts." tion can bo properly passed upon only by the courts: first, as to whether any liability exists at all, and, second, If so, what amount of damage was done and to whom did the property destroyed belong? Inasmuch as the Stale cannot be sued without legislative permission. It is quite clear that, before any case can be presented to the consideration of any court, the matter should be expressly sanctioned by Act of the Legislature, None such being in existence, I cannot entertain any proposition upon your part t<> settle the matter.' EARTHQUAKE SHOCK . ALARMS INHABITANTS Caused Powder Mill to Blow Up Eighty Miles Away From Williamsport'. Rev. Vun Horn came? to tho hotel last night at about 9:30 o'clock. Ho appeared to be in a normal frame of mind and while arranging for accomodations nothing ocurred to lead the proprietor to believe that he was not capable of transacting busi- ... i.-'huo of The Spirit was found dead in bed in the Evergreen Hot«-l at Falls Creek, at about 10:30 oVloek this forenoon. Lnt of whose mtinwjuuhrinRs was liber revolver in allot hole in his M. Var Horn, of Proprietor Forced Rom/it 10:3f \YitXw a n<>vv 32-i Ills Tynd ami a b lorchpad, I it-v. .! Sus/r Hill, an accm tal J(lidicultlea aiul Kiv/n in yesterday's i She entered Abi«»n College, Michigan, in 1ST-. She was made a loeal preacher by the Michigan Metho-dlst District Conference in 1873. She came Kast in 1 S7and entered the t hcoliieical department. .of the University of Boston. She entered the Methodist Protestant Church in 1 880. She took her degree of doctor of medicine in tho University of Boston. She is now president of the National Woman's Suffrage Association. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, clergyman, physician and th«■ foremost advocate today of female suffrage, was born in Knglaml in 1850. She was brought to the United States in 185 5 and taken to Michigan. She had few early educational advantages, and was largely self-taught until she attended college. "The question involved In this ease is not the right of the State Poliee to destroy property in order to ar- "The eorresondence with Attorney General Carson in relation to the claim of Maria Guercio, et al.t for damages for property destroyed by the State Constabulary during the quelling of a disturbance at Florence, ' Pa., September, 1906, was not for the purpose of determining whether or not the state or municipal police, under the police powers and under the stress of great and overwhelming necessity, may break into a house for the purpose of making an arrest, and, /further, even blow up and destroy the building occupied by persons resisting the officers, but, on the contrary, to have the attorney general suggest, after the facts were submitted to him, a line of procedure best calculated to bring the claim to a speedy and equitable adjustment. When seen by a representative of The Spirit, Attorney Mitchell said: In relation to the ciaif of Maria Guereio, whose property was destroyed by the State Police in their endeavor to procure the prisoner who had killed two members of their troop last September, Attorney General Carson, in a communication to Attorneys Mitchell and Fisher, of this place, advised them to procure the permission of the Legislature to sue the State, and that In his mind It was not a question of whether the State Police had a right to destroy the property in order that they might secure the prisoner, but as to whether the State was liable for the loss of the property after Its destruction by the State Police. BURGESS BROWN ~ ON THE SICK LIST 44 'However, this may be, it is not for me to pass officially upon the question of liability, or either to recognize or reject the basis- of such a claim. It is clear that such a ques- "In justice to Attorney General Carson, I wish to say that it was not his Intention in his letter to Attorney Fisher and myself to decide any of the questions raised in the caw. In concluding his letter the Attorney General says: Our lawn would be very Inadequate were it possible for criminals to take forcible refuge in the homes of innocent private citizens, resist arrest until It becomes necessary to destroy the property, in order to enforce peace, and the State or municipal authorities not then be liable for the damage. "In view of the facts we claim that the state is liable for the property destroyed. Tabone, the real offender, who was taken from the building dead, and who, no doubt, was responsible for the death of two of the Constabulary and seriously wounding of a third, was not an occupant of the home of the Guerclos, as has been supposed, but lived in another house in Florence. When the Constabulary placed another offender under arrest on the street near the house of the Guerclos, Tabone, of his own volition, went into the house, and from there resisted the officers against the will of tin- clients represented by us, who have never been accused of any wrong nor arrested for any connection Whatever with the disturbance. rest and take into custody criminals but whether or not the State Is liable for the damages to property so destroyed, in case it Is owned by private eltisens, who are not resisting arrest, nor in any way responsible for the unlawful acts of those who are resisting arrest or their presence on their property. "The most reliable information concerning the disturbance at Florence, which resulted in the destruction of several thousand dollars worth of real and' personal property, is, that Maria Guereio, et al., were not In any way connected with the unlawful acts of the parties resisting the officers, but that they are law-abiding citizens, and residents of the immediate neighborhood for more than fifteen years. j The citizens of the town have not I yet become settled and seem to be [momentarily expecting a repetition of this morning's disturbances. Reports coming from Canoe Creek about eighty miles from this city state that a small powder mill located near that town blew up about live o'clock this morning, which is believed to have been caused by the concussion of the earthquake, no other cause being assigned. The shocks ranged over a period of an hour from f>: 1"> until 5:45 o'clock this morning. Low rumblings accompanied each shock, causing the people to imagine that a repetition of the Galveston earthquake was about to take place. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.. Jan. 10.— The greatest excitement prevailed in this city this morning when the residents were awakened by the shaking of their houses caused, undoubtedly by an earthquake. Three distinct shocks were felt which broke windows and caused pictures hanging upon the wall to fall and break. Hy Publishers' Press. TWO LIVES LOST III [Ml GAS PRESSURE BECOMES HEAVY ASSASSINATIONS CONTINUE DAILY SEVEN KILLED i IN EXPLOSION Too Much Salt Hos Damaged the Top of His Head Several Others Thought to Be Buried Under Mass of Debris Destruction. Mine 011 Fire and Adjoining Property is Threatened With Two Mav Die as Result of Inhalinsr Deadly Fumes. Caused bv Increase in Pressure Upon receiving this report Itev. Trying instructed the proprietor of the hotel that if Rev. Van Horn did not get up in the course of an hour or so i<» force the door and see If lie was ill. 'Accordingly after having waited until about 10:30 o'clock. Mr. Chesnutt. finding that his guest had not arisen, broke in the door when he Uess. After making inquiries concerning the breakfast hour and the departure of morning trains for Broekwayville and conversing on other subjects in reference to local matters, he retired. Nothing further developed until about eight o'clock this morning, when Howard Chesnutt, proprietor of tho hotel, knowing that I lev.  Horn's friends would be anxious t<> hear of him, telephoned to Mrs. Van Horn at Sugar lliil and Rev. It. \*. Irving, of this place. Rev. Irving asked concerning the condition of their guest and was told that he had not yet arisen, although he had expressed a* desire to leave on an early train for Brockwayvllle. At Rev. Irving'* suggestion Mr. Chesnutt went to Rev. Van Horn's room and, peering in through the transom, discovered his guest, as he then thought, resting in sleep. his escape into the crowd LODZ, Poland, Jan. 10.—'The greatest excitement pervailed lu re tills morning when the Chief of Oenderarmes, Colonel Andrejlff was shot and instantly killed by an assassin who after firing three shots into the prostrate body of the dying man, made shin Poland. No Let lip ill Killing Business hi Kus- Continued on Sixth Page. YOUNG nil IS FOOID SLEEPING III BARN NEAR BED ROAD Mr. and Mrs. Harry itlckel and .Tames Mason, who were sleeping in rooms with gas burning which was blown out by the Increase of pressure, inhaled ho much of the gas that their recovery is regarded as impossible. HKLLA1HK, <».. Jan. 10.—The entire population of this town was endangered this morning by a sudden increase of pressure in the gas mains, eight people being overcome by gas fumes escaping from open jets. The fire is now spreading to nearby shafts and causing great damage. Largo forces of men are at work trying to stop its progress but at the present time the fire is rapidly gaining headway. By Publishers' Press. <'ONNIOL.LSV1L.LE, Pa., Jan. 10. —As a result of a fire caused by the explosion of gas in the Pinter mine, here, last night two men are in a dying condition, having been overcome by blaek damp which -was driven into the Niie mine by the fire from the Painter mine, which is situuted near it. HAS NOT RETURNED YET NOTED LECTURER COMING Escaped From Hospital Tuesday Noon and Could Not Be Located Through the offices of the firemen and the police the bodies were taken out and carried to the rooms of Undertaker Moore, where they will be taken care of further by direction of their people. DUBOIS, Jan. 10.—Two Uvea wero lost in t)i«• burnig of a/dwelling: on Franklin Street, a fewXninutes after midnight this morning It was th«- dwelling of Frank Uratio, an employe oy the Buffalo, Rochester and road, and the two burned to dyhth were Mrs. Uratio's mother, agefl about sixty-five, and Mr. and Mrs. Ufatio'a little son, about live years old. This is the first loss of 1 if** In a burning building in Du-13 os since the death of Mrs. Isaac Lines, which occurred about seven years ago. There was still some hope that the grandmother and her little pet grandson had escaped. Most careful ln« qulry, however, failed to locate them in tiie increasing crowd or anywhere in the neighborhood, and their relative;: became frantic as they saw the house rapidly reduced to ruins, the Hours, windows, doors and parts of the walls and roof falling In. The relatives finally retired to Joe Piazza's house, except the members of the Uratlo family, who were taken in out of the cold In another house, and the fin men, as soon as the rear ruins were drenched sufficiently to make in,? vestlgatlon possible, examined the ruins and found the bodies in the debris. The body of the old lady was quite badly burned, and both were blackened and unnatural. The bedding with which they were wrapped became saturated with water and protected them to some extent from the flames, and it 1h probable that both were suffocated before the flames touched their bodies. They told those who were gathered iit. that time, Including advance n%n ol' the firemen, of the two others, but were much excited and were uncertain whether they had made their escape from the building. The whole interior was ablaze by the time the firemen understood the situation and several attempts were made to enter the room by windows with the use of ladders, but smoke and flame burst out through the windows and two or three men had their hair and faces burned quite severely In their efforts to make their way through the belching windows. The parents were so distressed last night that they could not give a clear account of the affair, but Joe Piazza, who lived next door, said he and his wife were awakened by some unusual noise and, looking out, saw the lower part o fthe Uratlo house ablaze. It appears that th chouse took fire below and the five people were sleeping on the second lloor ,the husband and wife and older boy in front and the grandmother and little boy in a rear room. Uratlo and his wife and older son, it was stated, barely managed to escape over the roof of the front porch. The house was owned by .Toe Piazza, the fruit dealer, and it was occupied by his brother-in-law and family, consisting of wife and two sons, aged about nine and live years, and the old lady, Mrs. Piazza. Frank R. Roberson Will be at the Baptist Church Monday Night. Promised to Come Back in Half Hour, But Forgot to Keep His Promise. DOES NOT NAME Privates Smith a Man to Punxsul He is Id J Mullen Bring Where itifled. It is believed that at least three of the injured who are at the hospitals, will die during the day. At the plant, this morning none except workmen were permitted to enter. The entire surroundings is a mass of debris. One of the workmen coming out, stated that the debris, which consists of metal, limestone, coke and possibly bodies of several men, was eight feet deep, extending thirty feet from the furnace, and is yet seething. Four of the dead bodies have been definitely identified, one partly and two, it is feared are beyond recognition.Forty men are said to have been in tho immediate vicinity of the exploded stack at the moment. Of these twenty-three are accounted for and the list of dead may be largely added to. By Publishers' Press. PITTSBUUG, Jan. 10.—There are seven bodies at the County Morgue this morning, victims of last night's terrible explosion at Eiza Furnace, of the Jones and Loughlin Steel Company.Mr. Brown is having engraved resolutions that hereafter when he finds It necessary to put his head in pickle he will take the precaution of adopting the correct formula. Today the pain began to subside and Mr. Brown is hopeful that the crisis is passed and that by tonigflft he will be able to enjoy a much needed rest. The saline solution, however, had set up such an irritation that Mr. Browns head became not only too large for his hat but exceedingly painful so that last night the Burgess was unable to enjoy a moment's sleep. Last week Mr. Brown, observing that the hair on his dome was becoming depelted, determined to apply his usual remedy, consisting of a salt solution, but evidently forgot the combination and put in too much salt. The result was that his scalp became very much inflamed. Saturday, not yet having realized the cause of vthe trouble he gave his head another application which made matters still worse. He then determined to look up the prescription, when he found that the mixture contained just four times too much salt. Dr. Walters was then consulted and remedies were applied to relieve the patient- W. J. Brown, Burgess of Punxsu tawney and the popular manager of the local baseball club, is confined to his home on account of a most peculiar atllictlon. BENT IN RIOT CALL Commander, Cyrus W. Wilson; Sr. Vice Ciimmandi'r, Joseph Zolner; Jr. Vice Commander, James Sweeney; chaplain, George It. Hall; Surgeon, John H. Pan tall; quartermaster. Hraden SSelgler; Officer of the Day, W. A. Johnson; Officer of the Guard, Jax. H. Karrelle; Adjutant, John Slauffcr; Sergeant Major. W. C. Torronco; quartermaster Sergeant. T. M. Williams. At the regular meeting of Captain R. H. Little Post. 237, last night, the following officers were installed by Past Commander J. B. Jordan: The hoard will be open at Beyer's drug store on• Saturday. His plctures are described as beautiful and fascinating. Now don't miss this opportunity. It may he the last. Disappointment can sometimes be '•veri'onie, and those who felt the sore disappointment of not hearing the Uoberson Illustrated Lecture, given in the M. 10. hurch last winter, will have the opportunity of making up for that omission by attending the third of the popular lectures to be given by Frank It. Kohcrs'in, the most widely-traveled lecturer In the world on Monday evening. next, at tin- First Baptist ('hurch. Sergeant Logan and Others Find Nothing But Peace and Quiet ' in East End. The old soldiers thus favored are Patrick Turney, of Leechburg, Armstrong County; Robert John, Saltsburg, Indiana County, and Jacob Hennlnger, Reynoldsville. In eluding Milton Strattan, of Strattanville, Clarion County, this makes four special acts already secured by Representative Smith during the present session. vUlc Soldiers Gel Private Pensions. Salisbury. Lcccliburg and Reynolds- Congressman YV. O. Smith, of this district secure favorable action by the Committee on Invalid Pensions for three of his soldier constituents yesterday by which each will receive an increase from $12 to $24 per month. MOROCCO MANUFACTURERS MEET By evening: he was sobered up and was released again in order that he mif?lit procure the remainder of what he owed on his former fine and all of what had been lixed for his second offense. It may be that Jame's watch stopped about the time he it-ft the cooler and he doesn't realize that his half hour is up. James was brought to the Ferry house on Tuesday night by a couple of his friends, and Proprietor Ferry consented to keep him over night. Yesterday morning Burgess Brown decided that his lodging was worth about four dollars and twenty-five cents to the borough. White was a little shy of money and only paid part of the fine. He was released to get the remainder and in the afternoon he was re-arrested by Andrew Ferry at the Washington Hotel barn, where he was lying .in such a state of Intoxication that his chances for freezing to death were strong. On a promise t<» return In half an hour and pay the tine that had been imposed upon him by Burgess Brown for being a common drunk, James White, of Elenora, was released last night from the lockup and has failed to return as yet. INDIANAPOLIS, lnd., Jan. 10.— There was a large attendance today at the opening today of the third annual meeting of the Indiana Live Stock Breeders' Association. George M. Rommel, of the Bureau of Animal Industry at Washington, told the association what the bureau is doing for the. stockmen, and J. J. Ferguson, of Chicago, spoke on the subject of the production of hogs for the market. "Some phases of Beef Production* was the subject of an interesting paper presented by I... H. Herrick, of Bloomington, 111. PORTSMOUTH, Va„ Jan. 10.— Holders <>f the stock and voting-trust certificates of the Seaboard Air Line Hallway met today to approve the plan of the directors to issue $is,- 500,000 of five per cent h.onds. it is proposed In use the bonds in paying off the three-year f»s due next March and taking up the notes of the company, as well as to provide for future development of the property. The holders of stock and voting-trust certificates are to have tin- right of subscribing to the new issue at 90 and Interest to the extent of 12 pur cent of their holdings. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10.—The Morocco Manufacturers' National Association held its forty-third annurfl meeting at the Bellevue-Stratford today for the discussion of various questions relating to the Industry. Leading representatives of the trade were pres; ent from many cities. Always on Time, Always abreast of the times and occasionally a little ahead, The Spirit was a week too soon in announcing the time set for tjhe holding of license court. Instead of taking place the 14th of this month, as stated in yesterday's Spjrit, it will be held on January 21. j VIENNA, Jan. 10.—The most notable master's tournament held since that at Nuremberg, opened today under the auspices of the Vienna Chess Club. The competitor* include Marcozy, Schlechter, Marco, Dr. Perils, Wolf. Berger, Vldmar, Dura#, Tartakower, Loewy, Mleses and Splwmann."Bank Defaulter" at Dreamland Thursday, Friday and Saturday.—8t2 Mrs. Dorothy, wife of Harry Humble, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Tate, of Torrence Street, yesterday evening, aged twenty years She will be buried in the Steffy Cemetery, Saturday forenoon Tuesday Mrs. Humble gave birth to a still born child and her death is said to have resulted from the illness which followed. Besides her husband and parents she is survived by a large family of brothers and sisters. Mrs Humble. 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 llava a look at the creek is not regarded by the members of Troop D M a huge joke. The squad arrived at the bridge on the double quick and found nothing but the cold steel of the bridge and the placid waters of the Mahoning flowing' gently on to Join the turbulent ocean. Unduly excited over a few extra loud words indulged in by a couple of drunken men, Ward Baldwin, of Elk Run, telephoned to the barracks last night and asked that a squad be sent to the East End bridge as so6n as possible, that a riot was in progress which might result in the deat!) of several citizens. Will lilve In East find. Misses Elisabeth and Ella Torrence last Monday purchased the A. H. Tucker property in East End for a consideration of 98,200. It. is is his brother's intention to inform the Indiana County Commissioners of his brother's condition and asked them to take care of him in the County Home. In speaking of his brother he said: "Wesley was hurt about a year ago and had five ribs torn loose from the back 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 I employed Dr. Smith to bring him to the hospital here hoping that an operation would, cure him." A brother of the unfortunate man, who has been hunting for his brother since his escape from the hospital, arrived shortly after his brother's endeavor to take his own life. On coming Into the Jail about ten minutes later Ferry noticed that the hcair in which the demented man had been sitting was vacant. Wondering where he could be, he walked into the corridor and in a small alcove at the corridor's end found Buchanan in a sitting posture with his head in the loop of a roller towel, apparently dead. Quickly releasing his head from the towel. Ferry threw water in his face and after working with him for some time, managed to bring him to consciousness.Andrew Ferry, the keeper of the building, left for about ten minutes t.o draw his pay. Before going he looked in at Buchanan, who was sitting in a chair, apparently asleep. Demented, but perfectly harmless, he was allowed (lie freedom of the corridor, there being nothing there that one would,have imagined that anyone could have harmed himself with. Left alone bu! a few minutes, he attempted t«» end his life this morning by trying to hang himself with a roller towel -that hangs in the Jail. It was while the nurses were at dinner on Tuesday that Buchanan left and seemingly sunk into the ground, for until he was fonud at the Bond home he had not been heard from. on the contrary his malady seemed to be a brooding, and unless spokeri to he would not speak. Upon inquiry this morning it was found that it was the young man who escaped from Dr. Grube's hospital last Tuesday, where he had been placed by his relatives for treatment. He was under no guard of any knld because he had shown no inclination to leave and was In no way violent. Yesterday morning when leaving was mentioned to him, he at once started to cry and so it was all day. With apparently but little life In him he sat around the kitchen the entire day. Last night it was decided that the State 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. I When searched in the local lockup i papers which led to his identity were | found upon hlfn, also a check for sUj teen dollars and a deposit book for ninety dollars. On Tuesday night the unfortunate young man was found by one of the family sleeping in the barn and was taken into the house, where they questioned hi mas to his name and home but he could tell them nothing.> to tell his own sum of money on Buchanan, of i from Punxsutaw»r road. rought to Punxsufcy Privates Mullen lap D, State Police, 'of William Bond, about three mllei ney. on the Rossit< Home, Pa., Was l tawney last night and Smith, of Trc from the house Demented, unabl name, with a large his person Weslej ***- - IfiBnHI v I fflht WmMMMmm * v-» V W> *BJ iv«w»www«icMim«Mti