ReynoldsviHe ReynoldsviHe Ha modern schools and churches, paved streets, water, gas and electric accommoda tions, convenient trolley service, high and healthful location, varied employment for labor and many other reildcntlal advantages. OITors exceptional advantages for itbe loca tion of new Industries) Free factory sites, cheap and abundant fuel, direct shipping facilities and low freight rataa and plentiful supply of laborers. VOLUME 17. REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 2. 1908. NUMBER 17. FIERCE CONFLAGRATION SWEPT OVER EAST END Seven Business Blocks and Dwellings and Four Stables Leveled to the Ground, Entailing a Property Loss of Over Thirty Thousand Dollars. FIREMEN FOUGHT BRAVELY FOR THREE HOURS . ' MONDAY afternoon about 5.30 o'clock fire broke out in a ba-n owned by King & Coleman in the east end of town and raged in uncontrollable fury for ;wo hours after, leveling to the ground during that time seven business places and dwelling and four barns, besides dam aging to some extent a dozen other buildings in the vicinity, The property loss alone will exceed thirty thousand dollars and the damage to household goods lastily moved from the burned buildings and those in danger of mi ti t a I. V xaeunioui me uro in not known. Milo Coleman had placed a horse In the - barn in rear of King & Coleman's lot shortly after Sve o'clock and left the barn Immediately. Ten or fifteen min utes later smoke was noticed issuing from the building and an alarm sent to the fire company. Hope Fire Company's wagon was galloping to the scene with in two minutes after the bell rung and the East End Company also responded promptly. They attached hose linos and were at the barn before the fire had gained any great headway and there seemed little danger of a large confla gration. For some reason there was not force enough behind the water to throw it ten feet above the nozzle and the firemen suddonly found themselves utterly powerless in the faca of the rapidly spreading flames. Bucket brig ades were quickly formed to protect adjoining roofs and through their cease less work several nearby buildings were saved. Four barns owned by King & Coleman, James H. Spry and John Ross, the latter used by N. A. Headley, were very close together and the in tense heat of burning hay rendered mere bucket fire fighting useless. In a very few minutes all the barns were blazing ljfee a great furnace and the firemen with their tiny stream of water could do little more than stand by and watch it burn. The rear ends of James H. Spry's building, occupied by bis gro- ery store and dwelling, and King & Coleman's frame block, occupied by Coleman's drug Btore, with Italian ten ants on the second floor, soon caught fire from the intense heat. By this time the pressure in the water line had grown much stronger and the firemen fought valiantly at every point possible to oheck the spreading fire but still had only force enough to keep the exterior of the burning buildings and those ad joining wet. At this foint, witn four barns and two large frame structures wrapped in flames, with a ralnof sparks pouring down and setting fire to almost every roof in the radius of a square, and the water Utterly Inadequate to success- . fully combat it, it was thought that the greater portion of the east end of Main street would be burned and a call for aid was telephoned to DjBoIs. The Frindship and Union hose companies, with the City engine of that city promptly responded; their erifine and equipment was loaded quickly on a B., R. & P. R'y car and a wild ride to ReynoldsviHe followed. In the meantime the fire had started on an irresistible sweep up the street. In Coleman's and Spry's buildings the firemen had to abandon their fight and devote their efforts to dwellings above and below. On the west side a - group of firemen on the roof of George Harding's house made a remarkably brave and successful fight. The heat was so intense that their rubber coats shriveled up and burned and buckets of water had to be thrown over the fire men continually to prevent their cloth ing from burning. Despite this they held their position for over an hour -and though, with but a feeble force of water, Baved the house, accomplishing thereby a feat not one in the thousands ci spectators mougni possiDie woen tne "7 seething flames shot highest. On the east side the firemen were just as valiantly struggling, but with less success. The fire crept on, engulf dng in one great mass of flame a vacant store building adjoining Spry's, a dwell ing formerly occupied and owned by Mrs. Mary Lucas, then vacant, and finally a dwelling owned by Thomas J. Davis, all of which were leveled to the .ground In a short time. Above the Davis property was the dwelling of A. -G. Drauoker, whloh had a slate roof and this probably saved It and the balance burning can hardly be computed of the square east from destruction. The firemen, driven back stop by step, took their last stand there and by play ing a continuous stream of water with what force they had, succeeded lu hold ing the fire at bay and by 7.15 bad fair control of the situation, it was then that the flromen from DuBols camo rattling In, eager to assist but a few minutes too late to witness the hottest of the fight. It was not necessary (or them to unload their engine. While the heat was most intense houses owned or occupied by S. B. J. Saxton, Mrs. J. L. Test, N. A. Hoadloy, Oscar Tapper, Frank Foley, John Ross and others caught fire on the roof, but In each caso prompt work with buckets prevented much damage. At Saxton's it required extreme vigilance to save the house. It was so warm that green trees opposite Spry's commonced to burn and an ornamental bush at one corner of Mrs. Test's home, covered with a quantity of brown fuzzy blossoms, ignited from the heat with the quick ness of powder, striking terror to the crowd who thought for' a moment the hou-ie was doomed. Nearly a score of families living near by, whoso homes were endangered, moved their household goods wholly, or in part, out of the houses and at nightfall the hill above Main street was covered with such articles and what merchandise could be moved from the stores of J. H. Spry, King & Coleman and Oscar Tapper. Though under control at 7.15 o'clock, the firemen found It necessary to re main and keep the water directed on the flames until two o'clock Tuesday morning. Throughout the long fight the members of Hope Fire Co., the East End Fire Company and many citizens ReynoldsviHe Bojr Now Cruising On tfe Pacific Following is part -of a letter from Duncan Dunsmore, an electrician on the battleship, Colorado, written to his father, D. M. Dunsmore, in this place: Bremerton, Wash., Sunday, Aug. 16, 1008, U. S. A. C. Colorado. "The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft aglee " The Colorado left Bremerton at 6 K. a. m. yesterday, Saturaay, morning on our cruise to Samoa by way of San Francisco and Honolulu, and In three hours and forty-five minutes we were piled up on the rocks-off Point Lip Lip. The fog was extremely thick and speed had been reduced and we were poking aloQg blowing the whistles at intervale, when, without warning we struck. The ship keeled violently to port, then to starboard, and then righted on an even keel: the rocks could be felt very plain ly grating under the keel. An anchor was Immediately dropped to prevent further headway and both engines went full speed astern. All of the crew not on duty went as far aft a possible to lower the stern and raise the bow and thus get off by backing, but we were on too bard for that, bo all we could do was wait for high tide. In the mean time wireless messages were sent to the Navy Yard at Bremerton lot help, and the big tug "Navajo," was soon on her way to our assistance. We got out a 3,000 pound kedge anchor to drop astern and pass a line from it to our stern so that the stern would not swing around and go on the rocks too. To do this the anchor was placed In a boat and towed out. When they got ready to Pi cut the line that held it to the boat, wit assisted, did noble work in the faeo of Verwhelmlng odds. Handlcappri fom he start by the lack of water, they did eVrythlng that could be done, risk ing Uf and limb unhesitatingly In sav ing wht was possible. The eact loss can hardly be estimat ed. ThiKing & Coleman building was elected 0er thirty years ago and was one of thi best known business stands In ReynoUvile, having been for many years Oe'ocation of King & Coleman's drug aid'flpneral merchandise stores. At thotimo of the fire Mr. Coleman oc cupied me of the rooms with a phar macy. ,It Is lively that the total loss to the firo will! approximate $10,000. There las no Insurance. JamoiH. Spry,, the grocer, wm ono of the bavlost Individual losers. Ho owned te building In which he lived and conucted his store, one of the old est estallshed in the east end, and lost the greter part of his household goods and stot In store. He carried a small Insurans but stands to lose from 18,000 to 110,0). N. AHeadley, who used John Ross' bara, 14 about $50. Oscar Tapper, whose aire goods and furniture was hustled tt, lost considerable by dam age to prorty. Thebasebold goods of Mrs. Viola King wet stored in the King & Cole man bullug and burned. Loss prob ably 1500, T. J. Ivls and Mrs. Mary Lucas, who own) the dwelling houses de stroyed, h several hundred dollars each. V - George Erdingand many others had their propty damaged. There was also a largwss to residents in the dis trict whos household goods were mpved wltbWe expedition than care. alwfa the boatswalwho had the knife, In his efforts to keiothers out of dangor got In it himself.Wnen he cut the small line a coil of hawser from the anchor to the ship wiaround him and caught around his list when the anchor dropped. Fo) brief moment he stood holding thathavy anchor, then he, anchor and ser, went overboard. Men jumped nr bin and got him out of the coll ancboard i.he boat' and he was brought sard the ship injured Internally. fig in the sick bay and I believe is imprlng. In the after at 4.45 the tide came up. All Ids went aft to Ugh ten the bow, the 4ines started and we backed off easilbicked up the kedge anchor and boalnd under orders from Washington, bfcrireless, returned to Bremerton. Wanchored last night up the sound anot under way this a. m. and just got lnd tied up to a pier. We go in dry dofeoon to have the bot tom Inspected, l right we proceed, if not, we lose oA-uise to Samoa. IjuBtsawSpri, 0f Emerickville; be Is still on thgharleston and was over to hand out bring lines. I was very muojrleved to hear of Mr. BIng's death! seems as though he was a relative jme, i tnew hlm M Well. THE bTAaoke well of Mm. hut no more than deserved. I will never forget him, old Sunday school teacher. I remenl thaJast words ha spoke to me on myt furlough, "Al ways remember Jd Christ, Duncan, and try to do whati right." He was all right. I don't Ik either of you knew him as well staid. He taught my class for a long U. Duncan. Macadamized Part Of State Road Open Brick Paving Laid Through Rathmel and Curbing to the Junction. The macadamized portion of the new state road, caching from the Rathmel school house to the Clearfield county line, has been completed and Is now in use. On the brick paved portion, com mencing at the Rathmel'school house, concrete curbing has been put in to the junction above Presoottvllle and brick laid to Benjamin Haugh's farm One or two bridges along the route are now In course of construction. The road between Presoottvllle and the macad amized Becllon is practically level and on the upper macadamized section there are only gentle, gradual grades hardly noticeable while riding over it. At many places cuts of six or eight feet had to be made, rendering construction costly, but the road now completed Is one of the Dnest examples of such high way building In the slato. The grade through Rathmel, unfortunately, had to bo made rather high for houses on the lower side, but notwithstanding that it has Improved immeasurably the appearance of that village. It 1b prob ablo that by Ootober 1st flatten & Co. will have completed tholr work to the borough line and the road be open to traffic shortly after. Low Walter Pressure . To Be Investigated Town Council Instructs Fire Committee to Probe the Matter. The regular monthly meeting of town council was held at Sccrotary Cloment W. Flynn's office last night with all members present except J. V. Young. Hose Company No. 2 requested coun- oll to purchase the company two lan terns and several nozzles. Request was granted. The claim of W, T. Cox for damaee for change of grade on Main streot, was refused. Clerk was Instructed to Bend a letter of thanks to the DuBols fire department for aid extended August 31st. List of bills for month of August read, accepted and orders for the amounts to be drawn. Fire preventative committee was In structed to confer with the water com pany and ascertain the reason for the low pressure of water at fires in east end of town and make full report at the next meeting. Monument Dedication. On the 11th of November a monu ment erected by the state of Pennsyl vania in commemoration of the charge made on Marye's Heights, Fredericks burg, Md., by her heroic sons on the 13th day of December, 18G2, will be un veiled. Honorably discharged mem bers of the eight regiments constituting Humphrey's Division In this sanguinary struggle, in whatever state they may live, are entitled to free transportation to Fredericksburg and return, upon ap plication to the secretary of the Bat tlefield Memorial Commission, James M. Clark, New Castle, Pa, The Di vision, all Pennsylvania regiments, con- slsten of the 123d, 126th, 129th, 131st, 133d, 134th, 91st, and 155th regimet;,. Application should be made at once for transportation. Prepare Yourself. ' The demand for well trained men and women was never greater than it is to-day. . For those . who are well equipped, positions are waiting. The Clarion Normal offers unusual advan tages at a very low cost. Write to the principal, J. George Beoht, Clarion, Pa., for catalog and Information. Eetray Notice. Strayed on the premises of the under signed at Rathmel Junction, August 2, 1908, a brown colored yearling heifer, both hind feet white. Owner must come and claim heifer and pay costs or she will be sold uccordlng to law. M. E. Henry. Card of Thanks. We adopt this method of expressing our heartfelt thanks to our friends In Clearfield and ReynoldsviHe for their kindness and sympathy after the death of our beloved son. Mb. and Mks. Fd. Bihd. Dr. R. M. Boyles Died Wednesday Afternoon Identified With the Early His tory of ReynoldsviHe and Vicinity. WAS BURIED AT RIMERSBUR.G Was One of the Oldest Odd . Fellows in Western Penn sylvania and Also Served in Union Army During War, Dr. R. M. Boyles, who was identified with the early history of ReynoldsviHe, having embarked In business at thiB plaoe thirty-seven years ago, died at the home of bis brother-in-law, J. Van Reed, in ReynoldBVllle at 3.40 p. m. Wednesday, August 26, 1908, after an lllncsB of over four months. Last April Dr. Boyles stepped on a rusty tack in the bath room at his home In DuBols and taxn'tnla set in and was cause of bis death. On the 20th of May Doctor was brought to home of Mr, Reed in this place. He lost his appetite and did not eat enough In the last three months to make one square meal for a hungry man, and during the laBt seven weeks of his life Doctor did not take any nourish ment t all. A little water and Borne medicine was all he took during the seven weeks. Considering the fact that he was in a very weak condition when he quit taking nourishment, his was certainly a remarkable caso. For al most three weeks tho family expected him to die any hour. Dr. Robert Morse Boyles was born near Leatherwood, Clarion county,. Pa , April 20, 1840, and was in his 09th year at time of death. He was a bright and apt boy and at the sge of sixteen years he taught a public school. He grad uated from the' Glade Run academy at Dayton, Armstrong Co., in 1859. He oommenced reading medicine under Dr. J. N. Beck at Rockdale Mills In the fall of 1859. He spent one term at Ann Harbor, Mich., and graduated in the Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio. During the civil war he was a member of the 120th Pa. militia, but most of his army ex periences were confined to the hospital steward service, to which he was de tached shortly after bis enlistment. July 4, 1864, Dr. Boyles was married to Miss Margaret Ann Bollman. Unto them five children were born, four of whom survive the father. Mrs. Boyles died in Roynoldsvllle In 1870. In 1871, when the Low Grade rail road was being built and ReynoldsviHe was in tbo midst of the first boom that struck the town, Dr. Boyles moved to this place and he and J. Van Reed opened a store of general merchandise and drugs in a small wooden building at corner -of Main and Fifth streets, where the Arnold block now stands. In 1873, after the building they first ocoupied was destroyed by fire, they erected the building now owned and occupied by E. L. Evans at corner of Main and Third streets, and opened an exclusive drug store. In 1880 Dr. Boyles was elected burgess of this borough for one year. He wa& a charter member of the I. O. O. F. lodge in ReynoldsviHe, and was one of the oldest members of that order in this section, having joined the order at Rlmersburg In 1865. In 1884 Dr. Boyles opened a drug store in DuBols and at the time of the big conflagration In that town in 1888 he owned two drug stores there and both were destroyed by fire. He started a new store there as soon as possible after the fire.' In 1894 he opened a drug store at Falls Creek and ten years later he sold his Falls Creek Btore. During his residence at Falls Creek the town was Incorporated and he was the first burgess of the new borough. In the spring of 1905 he bought H. Alex Stake's drug store and brick block in ReynoldsviHe and once more became a citizen of our town. In the fall af 1905 he sold his drug store to the Stoke & Felcht Drug Co. and retired from business. Last year he moved back to DuBois. When fourteen years old the deceased united with the Presbyterian church at Leatherwood, brought bis letter to the Presbyterian church In this place la 1871, and was re-unlted with the ReynoldsviHe Presbyterian church July 18, 1908. He departed this life without fear of entering the Eternal Land. He was ready for the transition. Dr. Boylos is survived by two sons and two daughters, Mrs. Inez L. Kelm, of Wateontown, Miss Merta A., at home, C. J. Boyles druggUt of DuBols, and Lieut. C. H. Boyles, manager of the Falls Creek Drug Co. store and vice-president-of the First National bank In Sykesvllle. Short funeral servlco was .held at the Rued residence at 7.30 Thursday evening and Friday morning the body taken on the .08 a. m. train on P. R. R. to Rlmersburg where inter ment was made beside his wife and child. , " . Six members of the Reynoldbvllle I. O. O. F. lodgo, L. J. McEntlre, Philip Koehler, C. G. Strouse, H. W. Herpel, Dr. B. E. Hoover and E. E. Snyder acted as pall bearers and went to Rlmersburg with tho funeral party. Detective Jailed A Trio Saturday Charge Against Them Was Throwing Missiles at a Passenger Train, Last Friday night Railroad Detective Lowery, assisted by a couple of rail road employesuarrested Edward Wolfe, G. W. and J. G. Troutman, who reside near Knoxdale, for throwing missiles at a P. R. R. passonger train. The trio wore put off a freight train in the ReynoldsviHe yards Friday afternoon and then they loitered around the rail road crossing near tho engine house looking for trouble Arthur O'Donnell, Jr., was roturnlng from work at the brick plant and they attacked him on tho public highway and a train crew that was working nearby, gave him assistance. When the 6 08 p. m. east bound passenger train - rushed out of the big cut west of town rodn were burled at 'the engine cab and. one of them struck the cab with sufficient force to make a big dint In the cab. Had the rock been a little higher Engineer Mike Montgomery would have been badly injured, if not killed. The trio were picked up by the detec tive near O'Donnell and brought to the ReynoldsviHe lockup. Saturday morn ing they were given a hearing before 'Squire Harry Martin on charge' of throwing missiles at passenger trains. They were bound -over to court in sum of $.500 00 bail apiece and being unable to furnish bail they were taken to jail Saturday afternoon by Constable W. W. Hlgglns. Aged Henry Ernest Disappeared Tuesday Walked Away from a Funeral In Paradise and Has Not Been Seen Since. Henry Ernest, of Punxsutawney, aged about 75 years, who has been under the watchful care of his family for a year on account of mental trouble, was at the funeral of his niece, Margaret Reynolds, ia Paradise yesterday after noon and during the funeral service ha walked away and up until the time we go to press this morning they have not been able to find him. . .. . Paradise. Ed. Little and John Cathers were in Big Run Sunday. Mildred Sheesley, of DuBois, visited her mother in this place last week. J. H. Lott lost three fat hogs. Too fat was cause of death . Miss Maude Hollenbaugh took the first degree in Paradise Grange Friday evening. The corn roast at J. H. Lott's saw mill Saturday night was well attended. Mrs. Mead Syphrit roasted the corn. Ed. Little attended the Indiana fair this week. Noah Syphrit and Fred Sheesley have been busy the past week hauling bark for. J. H. Lott. Earl Deemer attended the darkle campmeetlng at Big Run Sunday. . F. M. Keys has our thanks for soma choice eating apples left at The Stah office yesterday. Tan is the popular color for fall la womens' shoes, wo have the correct shades. Prices 12.50 to $4.00. Adam's. Another shipment of those etched, and tin capped jelly -glasses juat receiv ed and selUdg for 35 cents the dozen at -Blng-S'.okoCo.'s.
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