Published Every Thursday. Volume li. ]^WortlTth^ ePticeTX^ P YOUR SAVINGS ARE WELf. S. WHEN YOU EUY RELIABLE JEWELERY.Xj r It wears and gives pleasure for years and always worth the price paid for it, Our many 112 years of business at the same stand with the same J C principles of keeping nothing but reliable jewelery/ £ is a testimonial of what our goods stand for. ? We intend that this store shall be first in'your<T j S thoughts when that buying reliable jewelery ques \ tion come up. Our prices have reached C'■ \ scale, they can nowhere be made lower for the J j S same grade of goods. \ , 112 Always Ready for Rcpairwork. P } Nothing but the best in repair work leaves our J 1 \ hands. To get values come here after them. 112 Very respectfully, c i > RETTEMBURY, x d "J DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. C, CO 1 Special Low Prices Now Prevail Wire fencing for farm, garden, lawn and poultry netting. Lawn mowers, wheel barrows, tin ware, woodenware, garden and farm tools, dairy supplies washing machines, wringers etc, of the latest in ventions. Paints, oils and varnishes. Mill sup plies and tools of all descriptions. 1 y s, £4- I No Lon £ er a I SWfMwA Luxury, But a NECESSITY. (tfHftyjfßjfe It is imparative that you have BZ3 the best. This wheel is as near ! right as a wheel can be. Bicycle Tires, Lamps, Brakes and Sundries. Sporting goods, fishing tackle, guns, revolvers and equipments. Roofing, spouting, plumbing, piping and fittings. Bicycle repairing and general job work. Sjhiiicl The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAM SPORT, PA. New Spring Our silk department is now fully equipped with all the latest styles newest weaves. In beauty and exclusi veness our showing this season surpasses all for mer efforts, the choicest and hest productions can be seen on our silk counters. When in the city come and see the tine assortment of Foulards and Satin Liberties for street or home dress. New styles in unique designs, excellent qualities lor f>o 75c, X7c, $1 CO, $1 75. New Waist Silks. We have a very complete line of new fancy silks suitable for street or evening ■wear in stripes, figures, printed warps, sace stripes, persian effects, the new linen colors in plain and stripes. Spring Dress Goods* Never have we had Such a variety, never have we shown so many deautiful materials as we are this season. l or those who want the tailor made gown we have new fabrics for that kind of wear. I'iain thin material will be in great demand this season- Among the light sheer goods we are showing in new shades are Alba tross, Crepe de Chine, Kolienne, I'ateste, Voile, Etamine, Veiling, etc. When you are looking for a spring or summer dress come and see our collection. The Shopbell Dry Good Co. Williamsport, Pa. Republican News Item. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY." LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY, APRIL, 10, 1902. FIRST NATIONAL HANK OF DUSHORE, PENNA. CAPITAL - - $60,000. SURPLUS - - SIO,OOO. Does'a'General Banking Business, s B.W. JENNINGS, M. D. SWABTS. President. Cnariic J J & F. H. INGHAM, ATTOItWSVS-AT-LAW, Legal business attended to in iliis anil adjoining counties _APORTE, PA £ J. MULLEN, Atto rn ey-at-La w. LAPORTE, PA. orrioa » COUNTT BUILDING IVRAft COBKT BOMB. J J. BRADLEY, ATTORHBT-AT-LAW, Office Building, Cor.Main and Muncy Sts. LAPORTE, PA J H. CRONIN, ATTORNET»AT -LAW, ROTARY PUBLIC. ornca OR MAIN BTRBBT. DUSHORE, PA COMMERCIAL HOUSE A.VID TEMPLE, Prop. LAPORTE - A. This large and we>i appointed house if the miißt popular hostelry in this aeotion LAPORTE HOTEL. F. W, OALLAOHEE, Prop. Newly erected. Opposite Court House square. Steam heat, bath rooms, hot and cold water, reading and pool room,and barber shop; also.good stabling and livery, T J. KEELER. I • Justice-of-the Peace. Office in room over store, LAPORTE, PA. Special attention given to collections. All matters left to the care of this office will be proniptly^attended to. "HOTEL GUY. MILDRED, PA. H. Y, - Proprietor. New throughout, special attention giv®.n to the wants of' the travel ing public. Bar stocked with first class wines, liquors and cegars. The best beer on the market alwavson tap. Jlates Reasonable. LIME At the OLD OPP KILNS Located near Hughesville. This is the purest lime on the ridge. We will compete with any dealer on car load lots delivered on the W. &N. B. R. R. with our own cars, giving purchaser ample time to unload. All correspondency will receive prompt attention. Address, A. T. ARMSTRONG, SONESTOWN, PA. M ? ? ? r I• • { IT'S WORTH WHILE to step in and absorb a little General Knowledge that is to be found in a really down to date General Store. Price Reduction on Closing out Goods now on lexhibition! a***************** ?????? ? ? ? STEP IN AND ASK ABOUT THEM. All answered at Vernon Hull's Large Store. Haußrpv* «g». TWELVEHOTELSBURNED | Atlantio City's Ooean Front Swept by Fierce Fire. THE L.OBS WILL EXCEED $730,000 Flames SWapt Along Boardwalk, Eat ing Up Hotela, Business Places and Several Blocks of the Esplanade. No Lives Were Lost. Atlantic City. N. J., April 4. —Twelve hotels and more than a score of small buildings adjoining the boardwalk, which is built along the ocean edge, were destroyed yesterday by a fire which swept the beach front for two long blocks, from Illinois avenue to New York avenue. The loss, it is be lieved, will exceed $750,000. In this respect the conflagration is the most disastrous that has ever visited this city. The loss will be only partly cov ered by insurance, as the rate of 5 per cent, charged by insurance com panies on property is regarded as al most prohibitive. Fortunately no lives were sacrificed, though probably a dozen persons were slightly injured and burned during the progress of the fire. The origin of the fire is un known. but is said to have started in either Brady's baths or the Tarlton hotel, which adjoins the baths at Illi nois avenue and the boardwalk. The city last night was guarded by a com pany of militia, who were requested by the municipal authorities to aid the police in the prevention of looting. ' The hotels destroyed are: The Luray and annex, the New Holland, Stratford. Berkley, Bryn Mawr, Stick ney, Evard. Rio Grande. Mervine, Academy Hotel and Academy of Mu sic, Windsor (partly destroyed) and Tarlton. Charles Keeler, who con ducted a drug store on the boardwalk at Kentucky avenue, estimates his loss at soo.ooo.and Victor Freislnger, proprietor of an art store. $50,000. In addition to the foregoing there were numerous other smaller booths and several cottages on minor thor oughfares in the rear of the board walk which were either' partially or entirely destroyed. City Threatened With Destruction. The tire was discovered shortly af ter 9 o'clock yesterday morning, and for nearly Ave hours the flames raged with such violence as to threaten the city with destruction. All of the burned buildings were frame struc tures and the flames, fanned by a strong southwest wind, swept along the beach front with amazing rapidity. The Tarlton hotel was soon a pile of smouldering debris, and the flames fed on the small stores and booths be tween Illinois and Kentucky avenues until they reached the Stratford hotel, which was soon enveloped. The fiery tongues leaped to the Berkley, ad joining, and in a few minutes the New Holland, the Bryn Mawr, the Evard and the Stickney, all located on Ken tucky avenue, near the beach, were doomed. The local fire department worked well and willingly, but was unable to cope with the flames, and it was found necessary to send to Philadelphia and Camden for aid. The former city sent three engines and two came down from Camden. It was not until au hour after their arrival that the fire could be said to be thor oughly under control. Just as the special train bearing the Philadelphia firemen arrived a burn ing brand set fire to the centre of Young's Pier. near Tennessee avenue. Meantime the flames had communicat ed with the Rio Grande, the Mervine and the Academy hotels and the Acad emy of Music, at the corner of New York avenue and the beach. For a few minutes Young's Pier burned fiercely, but the firemen succeeded in confining the flames to Marine Hall, which is situated in the centre of the pier. This structure was entirely destroyed, bisecting the pier. During the progress of the fire the wildest excitement prevailed among the guests of the hotels whicn later becac ■- a prey to the flames. With the exception of the Tarlton and the Bryn Mawr, all of the hostelries were open for the season, and most of them were fairly well filled. In most cases the guests had sufficient time to pack their trunks and grips, and those who did not do this carried their personal effects to places of safety in the best manner possible under the circum stances. The beach appeared to be the most suitable depository, and many nondescript heaps of clothing, bedding and furniture appeared on the sand. This rendered extra vigi lance necessary on the part of the police. The members of the volunteer fire department acted as special po licemen, and Company L, National Guard of New Jersey, was called into requisition to preserve order. Strenuous efforts were made by the firemen to prevent the destruction of the Windsor Hotel, which was the last to take fire. The wind had been fa vorable to the firemen, but the wing of the Windsor nearest the blazing structures began to burn, and in the course of a half hour had been con sumed. The flames, however, were confined to tbi» section of the build ing. though iliu main portion of tho , hotel is badly damaged by smoke and water. Nothing is left of the boardwalk j from Illinois avenue to a point within I a few feet, of Young's Pier but the '< iron supports. This is the portion of the walk that is mostly used by prome naders. The Dunlop hotel and the lilenk House, massive brick structures at Tennessee avenue and the beach, were in grave danger when the con flagration was at its height. The em ployes of both houses played streams of water upon the buildings from ail sides, and in this way doubtless pre vented the further spread of the flames. MURDERER LANE FOUND GUILTY Slayer of Miss Jarden and Daughters Sentenced to Hang. Philadelphia, April 5. —Exactly nine hours after his third victim had diad. William H. Lane, the self-confessed murderer of Mrs. Jarden and her two daughters, was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death by hanging. After hearing all the evi dence in the case and a full confession made by Lane before the court, Judge Biddle, at 2.30 o'clock yesterday after noon fixed the grade of crime at mur der in the first degree. Sentence wan Immediately pronounced. The convic tion of Lane whose death sentence was pronounced but little more than three days after his crime was committed, is one of the quickest instances of the kind on record. Eloise, tho 7-year-old daughter of Ella Jarden, who was also known as Mrs. Furbusli and Mrs. Fisher, passed quietly away yesterday morning at the Hiihueniann Hospital, where for nearly three days she had been making a brave struggle for life. The physicians at the hospital say that the fatal bullet entered the child's body below the last rib and penetrated the abdomen, lodg ing in the back wall. Public opinion, already bitter against the colored man, is aroused anew by the death of his third victim, and his trial was as brief as the law would al low. Although custom usually allows a murderer four months to live after his sentence is pronounced, he is le gally entitled to hut 21 days. OXFORD SCHOLARSHIPS Cecil Rhodes' Will Provides For Edu cation of Americans. London, April 5. —The will of Cecil Rhodes provides for the establishment of colonial scholarships, as previously announced, and two American scholar ships to each of the present states and territories of the United States. The will of Mr. Rhodes also provides for five scholarships for students of German birth, at Oxford, to be nomi nated by Emperor William, and com menting on the bequest, Mr. Rhodes, in a codicil telegraphed from South Africa, said: "For a good understand ing between England, Germany and the United States will secure the peace of the world and educational relations form the strongest tie." All the Rhodes scholarships, Ameri can, colonial and German, are at Ox ford University. The will provides that the executors may, at their discretion, delay estab lishing any territorial scholarships un til such time as they may think fit, but it provides also that the territorial scholarships once established shall not lapse upon the admission of the terri tory to statehood. Another provision is that no student shall be qualified or disqualified for election to a scholar ship on account of race or religious opinion. Mr. Rhodes' estate Is valued at $25,- 000,000. TRli-LETS FOLLO-W TWINS Ntw Jersey Married Two Years Breaks the Record. Woodl "ry, N. ,i„ April 7. — Half the pooj.le around the village of Barnes boro. just below here, visited the resi dence of Daniel Newsliafer, a young farmer, whose place is about four miles from the village. There v.as an event in the home of Mr. New sliafer on Saturday morning that was quite unique in that vicinity. Mrs. Newshal'er became the proud mother of three charming little girl babies very tiny, but very lusty of lung, and she is reported as doing very nicely under the circumstances. Newshafer himself is said to have had a turn for the worse during the day. but the physician hopes to pull him through. The triplets might have attracted attention enough of their own account, but that they have probably broken some records adds to their renown. The Newshafers have been married just two years. One year after the tying of the knot Newshafer was made very proud over the possession of twin boys, both of whom have grown well and flourished like weeds. Now that his family is suddenly increased to five, and ail In two years, he is wondering what is likely to happen next. | Lee Not Seeking Cuban Post. Charlottesllle, Ga.. April 7. —General Fitzhugh Lee authorizes the state, i ment that he is not a candidate for 1 the position of minister or consul gen ' eral to Cuba. He seeks no diplomatic Number 47 BOER LOSSESARE HEAVY Forced to Retreat After Fierce Fight With British. 137 WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED Britons Entrenched Themselves, and, Getting Guns Into Action, Repelled the Boers' Determined Attacks. Bravery of Canadians. Klerksdorp. Transvaal Colony, April 7. —Details received of the battle at Doornbalt farm, March 3t. tn which the British had three officers and 21 men killed and 16 officers and 131 men wounded, while the Boers had 137 men killed or wounded, show that quite 2,000 Boers opened a strong at tack from different points, with three guns and a pompom. This attack was made at a moment when the British had left their luggage in a laager in* charge of the Canadian contingent and were galloping across the open plain, with the intention of capturing a Boer convoy which had been discov ered five miles ahead. The British retired steadily, and, having dismount ed, opened a return fusillade on the Boers. While the luggage in charge of the Canadians was sent for, the British formed a camp and started digging trenches. The shelling of the Boers stampeded the mules and caused con fusion, but otherwise it was not very effective, as many shells failed to explode. The Canadians' front was attacked In strong numbers, but they gallantly repelled every attempt made by the Boers to break through. One party of the Canadians fought until all were killed or wounded, and the last man of this party, although mortally wounded, emptied two bandoliers of cartridges at the enemy and then broke his rifle. The fighting was severe and gen eral for fully three hours, but after the British had entrenched and the guns got into action the forces re pelled numerous and determined at tacks uiade under the personal ex hortations of the Boer leaders. Towards night the fire gradually ceased and the Boers retired. The British then telegraphed for aid. anil further entrenched their camp for the night, to await the arrival oi General Kitchener, but the Boers made no at tempt to renew the attack. BRITISH CAMP IN LOUISIANA America Has Contributed 42,000 Men to Fight the Boers. Washington, April 4. —General Sam uel Pearson, formerly of the Boer army, has returned to Washington from New Orleans, where he went to gather proof to substantiate his charge that the British authorities in Louisi ana had, in violation of the laws of neutrality, set up a regular military establishment, from which their army in South Africa was being furnished with men, horses, mules and supplies. General Pearson last night declared that America had contributed at least 42,000 men to aid the British in their fight against the Boers and had fur nished the British government with 201.107 horses and mules. He said there are one British general, two colonels and sixty captains and lieu tenants in this country with head quarters at New Orleans. Secretary Hay has received from Governor Heard, of Louisiana, a state ment alleging the existence of the camp at Chalmetto. on the Mississippi river. After a discussion of the matter at a cabinet meeting the president or dered an investigation. Return of Barnum's Circus. New York, April 7. —Announcement Is made that, by a recently completed agreement, Barnum and Bailey's cir cus will be brought back from Europe next year and that "Buffalo Bill's" Wild West Show will succeed it there. The Wild West Show after its spring engagementin this city will go direct ly across the continent, taking in Arizona and the other western states which gave birth to the life it pictures. With the close of the season the show will be taken abroad for a stay of possibly two years. Barnum and Bailey's circus will then close its long stay abroad and return to America. Carrie Nation On Warpath. Nebraska City, Neb., April 7.—Mrs. Carrie Nntion was arrested here on Saturday and taken to Jail, but was released on her promise to leave by the next train. She had been making the rounds of the saloons, and at one threatened to demolish a huge picture and smash the bar. The bartender warned her, but she persisted, and he struck her twice in the face and put her out of the saloon. She soon re turned with a party of adherents, but a policeman arrested her. Before leav ing she exacted a promise that the bartender should be prosecuted. Many Vessels Missing. \okohoma, April 7. —Forty vessels have been reported missing since the utorm of April 3. and there have un vioubtedly been many fatalities at sea.
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