Republican News Item.
Published Every Thursday.
Volume 3.,
Business Cards.
JONESTOWN FLAGGING
<*^_Company,
Chas. P. Billamboz, AaentS.
D. H. Lorah, e>
SONESTOWN I>A -
First national bank
OF DDBHORE. I'F.NNA.
CAPITAL - " ;
SURPLUS - - SIO,OOO. |
Does a General Bunking Busine.se.
B.W. JENNINGS. M. SWARTS.
President. ('ashler.
GALLAGHER'S HOTEL j
AND RESTAUR AN 1 •
LAPORTE, PA.
F. W. GALLAGHER, I'rop.
Warm meals and lunches at all hours.
Ovstere and game in season.
B^aT uea
LAPORTE LIVERY AND
BOARDING STABLES.
Connected with the Commercial
Hotel. First-class Horses and
Carriages.
Rates reasonable.
CHAS. COLEMAN. Prop.
HOTEL MAINE
THOS. W. BEAHEN, Prop.
LAPORTE, PA.
This new hotel has been "mitlvopeii«l.. newly
icrnished throughout aijd will he run fork
couiit>Rat"s |
COMMERCIAL HOUSE.
THOS. E. KENNEDY, Prop.
LAPORTE PA.
TUb largo and well appointed house_ is
the must popular hostelry in this section ,
HOTEL PORTER.
Canton Street,
%SHUNK. PA.
W. E. Pouter, Prop'r.
CARROLL HOUSE,
D. KEEPE, Proprietor.
DUSfIOKE, PA.
One of the largest and best equipped
hotels in this section of the state.
Table of the host. Rules 1 .0(1 dollar per .lay.
Largo St. hies.
Professional Cards.
J. J. & F. H. INGHAM,
ATTORNEYS-AT" 14*.
Legal business attended to
in this and adjoining cocnties
LAPORTE, l ' A
£ J. MULLEN,
Attorney-at-Law.
LAPORTE. PA.
Office in Court House Building.
J H. CRONIN,
attob*et»at -law,
kotakt public.
orrica oh maw sthbkt.
D I) SHORE, l ' A
WM P. SHOEMAKER,
Attorney-at-Law.
Office in Countv Building.
LAPORTE, l'A.
Collections, conveyancing; the settlement of
estate* and other legal business will receiM
prompt attention.
| J. BRADLEY,
ATTORSBY AT-LAW,
OFFICB IH COtJHTY BDILDINO
NEAR COURT BOUSE.
LAPORTE, I>A
Monday ot each week at Forksville.
Ellery P. Ingham. Harvey K. Newitt.
JNGHAM& NEWITT,
ATTORNBYS«AT'LAW,
OFFICES 714-17 FRANKLIN BUILDING.
133 So. 12th Street Philadelphia,
Having retired from the office of United States
Attorney and Assistant United States Attorney,
will continue the general practice of law in the
United States courts, and all the courts of the
City and County of Philadelphia,
HENRY T. DOWNS,
ATTORN KT«AT»LAW:
office in public building
COURT BOUSE SQPABK.
LAPORTE, PA
BLACKSMITH
AND WAGON SHOP
Just opened at the Laport"
Tannery.
Custom work solicited. All work
guaranteed.
O. W. BENNETT, Prop.
To C ure ion I or«-v« r.
Take Cusairets Cantl.v Cathartic. 10c oriJiSc
If (.'. C. C. fall to cur<\ druggists refund money
Rducate Your llowels With CascaretH.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c, 25c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money.
% House
C Yes, we have been cleaninghouse, and find that
112 we are overstocked with C :
> LACE PINS, SHIRT WAIST I I
D EAR RINGS, SETS, /
J CUFF BUTTONS, ETC., ETC. \
> »W|: HAVE tilled one show case with them and will close them out \
J W ~t one-hall" or lews than tlie prices for cftßh. II vou arc
)i„ need ot the ansorimoit if will pay you 'to look them over. .
\ We also have a lot of second hand wtueheul thai we will sell cheap J j
£ for cash. |
Respect fully. etc., j
i RETT EN BURY, S
DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWLLLR. /
P4M F GENER A L
hardware-- nvvWF
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES and GLASS.
j
SPECIAL inducements given on
CTOVES and RANGES
and all kinds of HEATING STOVES
for Wood or Coal, suitable for parlors, halls, churches, school houses,
camps, vie. Ytteution to a line of Cheap air-tight wood heaters from
§3.00 to SIO.OO. Also a line of coal heaters from 82.50 up to 835.00. j
My Special Bargain Sale is open 011 a line of heaters slightly
damaged by water. Good as new. but they must be sold CHEAP
If in need of a cheap heater, call early.
My "Dockash" Ranges are without a question the liuest in the
market, made up of the best material and designed to be a handsome j
Range. Furnaces always the best on the market. In fact we are j
ready to heat the universe either in hot water, steam or air. Try us, !
we guarantee satisfaction.
STOV REPAIRS AND REPAIRING.
PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING AND SI'PPLIES.
MILL SUPPLIES.
s£oic«s Hardware,
DUSHORE, PA.
H.A.Rogers & son.,
FORKSVILLE, PA.
Generously Reduced
We grant you it is rather early in the season to talk
of reductions, but there is to be a great showing of
Holiday goods here —a showing that will surpass
any previous season. When this store advertises it
endeavors to recite the actual facts. When it's a
strong story there's strong reason for it.
We've got
a fine line of Dress Goods
No use of going into detail about them—could ouly be done
indifferently to the neglect of many features, but we want you
to understand that we are offering a large variety of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
at. remarkably low prices contrasted with goods of such sound,
solid value.
All Kinds of Fine Flannels
A stock of such extent and variety that you are sure to find just
the desired kind at a price to your advantage.
i Highest Price Paid for Butter and Eggs.
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY.'
LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, »
An Attempt to Throw the Speakership of the
House to the Democracy in a Last Des
perate Effort to Capture the United States
Senatorship—The Party Wreckers Re
sponsible For the Defeat of Republican
Congressmen and Candidates For the
Legislature.
(Special Correspondence.)
Harrisburg. Nov. 22. —Plans are al
ready under way for the Inauguration
of Colonel William A. Stone as gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, and for the or
ganization of the legislature, which will
In January next undoubtedly re-elect
Colonel Matthew Stanley Quay to the
United States senate. Colonel Stone,
who since the election has been taking
a well earned rest, is expected here
shortly, when the local Republicans
hope to have an opportunity to confei
wlth him regarding the proposed plans
for his inauguration. So great was the
interest aroused among Republicans of
Pennsylvania in the late gubernatorial
election, which was largely due to the
fear of the election of the Democratic
candidate, Mr. Jenks, that it is ex
pected that the installation of Colonel
Stone in the governor's chair will be
the occasion of the gathering of one
of the largest crowds that has ever
been assembled here to witness an
event of this character. The feeling
of resentment at the guerrilla campaign
waged by John Wanamaker and his
associates against Colonel Stone was
fittingly expressed by the Republicans
of the Keystone state in the magnifi
cent plurality, over 120,000, given their
candidate at the polls. This feeling
will be accentuated at the Inauguration
of Colonel Stone by a popular demon
stration which will put the seal of con
demnation on the whole Wanamaker-
Blenkenburg-Van Valkenberg outfit.
From the outset the Wanamaker
game has been a game of bluff, pure
and simple, and in every case it has
resulted in complete failure. Hut with
a supply of nerve apparently as un
limited and inexhaustible as their
money barrels, these political adven
turers continue their tactics of disor
ganization and now announce their in
tention to prevent, if possible, the hold
ing of the time honored Republican
caucus, both for the selection of a Re
publican speaker of the house of rep
resentatives and the naming of a Re
publican candidate for the United
States senate. They are putting out
the most absurd and ridiculous claims
in the hope of debarring Republicans
from entering their party's caucus.
THE SAME OLD DEMOCRATS.
Commenting on the latest jriove of
these selfish manipulators a member
of congress, who has just been re
elected, while stopping off here on his
way to Washington, had this to say:
"In its latest pronunclamento, ex
plaining 'how it was done," the Blank
enburg - Van ValkenberT Business
League had a good deal to say about
the large number of anti-Quay men it
had elected to the legislature. For in
stance, in the proclamation referred to
It was stated that 'in 12 out of 15 coun
ties visited by John Wanamaker and
other speakers under the auspices of
this league during the last three weeks
of the campaign all elected anti-Quay
members of the legislature.'
"Upon the same principle that a
Bpade should be called a spade, a Dem
ocrat should be called a Democrat
wherever he is found. The truth is, in
the 12 counties referred to Democrats
were elected—out-and-out, died-ln-the
wool, yard-wide Democrats, disciples of
William J. Bryan and advocates of free
silver. That is the kind of 'anti-Quay'
members elected to the legislature
through the aid of John Wanamaker
and the Blankenburg-Van Valkenberg
Business League. And that was pre
cisely what this coterie of ambitious
statesmen planned and strove hard to
accomplish for six months prior to
Nov. 8, to wit, the election of Demo
crats to the legislature.
"What are the facts? Last spring
the Blankenburg-Van Valkenberg Busi
ness League made a fight at the Re
publican primaries In a score or more
of counties In behalf of certain candi
dates for the legislature, but were
overwhelmingly defeated. In only one
county of the state, where there was
a contest, were the friends of Senator
Quay unsuccessful, and the result
there was due solely to a fight for tho
congressional nomination. When, there
fore, the primaries were over and all
the nominations had been made the
Blankenburg-Van Valkenberg Business
League discovered that of the 229 Re
publican nominees for the senate and
house not more than ten of them were
under their control or in sympathy with
their reactionary program.
"Their next step lay in the direction
of attempted combinations with the
Democrats, with a view to putting
coalition legislative tickets In the field,
i Owing, however, to the disposition upon
the part of the Democrats to have all
or nothing the Wanamaker coterie suc
ceeded in effecting combinations in only
four counties of the state—Chester.
Blair, Huntingdon and Delaware —and
In these only five former Republicans
j were named, the remaining nominees
I in the four counties mentioned 'being
I Democrats. The Blankenburg-Van
i Valkenberg Business League supported,
j therefore, in the entire state only the
original ten Republicans nominated by
j them at the primaries, together with
the five so-called Republicans who were
j running independently and In the Dem
ocratic column. The ten regular nomi
nees were elected, being supported by
; the friends of Mr. Quay, though known
i to be opposed to him, and in addition
' three of the five former Republicans—
: two In Chester and one in Blair— wer ■>
■ elected. This was the absolute limit
i of the influence of Mr. Wanamaker and
j the Blankenburg-Van Valkenbergßusi
j ness League, so far as the election of
Republican legislators was concerned.
Suicide at HillsKrovr
Special Corresjiomleiiop.
Edward Molyneau.x and DeLoss
Jlciagland of this place, while hunt
ing pheasant- in the woods near Dry
Run, found the lifeless body of A.
Judson Hoyles, a resident of this j
place, who had been missing since }
November lit. The cause of death j
was apparent as a revolver was found
at tli«' dead man's feet.
L. 15. Speaker Esq. \\;;s notified
and an inquest held. Two bullets of
the same elHibre of the revolver
were found upon bis person, one i
entering the left band at the thumb
joint and lodging in the wrist, and ;
the other in the heart. The under
shirt was badly burned, showing
that the weapon had been held close
to the body. The jury returned a
verdict of suicide.
Mr. Hoyles was twenty-three years
of age, born and raised in this town, |
possessed a fair education, was a
member of the.M. H church and |
Ilillsgrove lodge No. :Joo, I. <M>. F.
Until about one year ago he wa- a:
highly respected young man but the!
willey ways of wine and women
claimed him a victim causing bis,
ruin and tragic death.
La-i March he left town in com- j
panv with a Mrs. Rnttin, nee Wil
liai,. who had recently left her i
husba:: 1 !. i'liey- started lor Texas
but w '1" West \ irginia where it
wa purtt d that t!;••>" were nia/rietl.
They ret una • • la-i spring and lived
together at hi- lather - home. In
October Mrs. Ilattin ati> tide, the
Forksville Fair in company villi a
young man from town, and since
that time Mr. Hoyles had been act
ing strangely. He drank heavily >
and was reported having delirious !
tremors Thursday night, Novem
ber 10. He left home Friday, Nov.
11, secretly taking his father's revol
ver.
Ili parents were much worried
but it was reported that he had been
seen at Rarbas Mills en-route to
Potter county.
Mrs. Ilattin when examined by
the jury swore that Hoyles had
threatened her lileou three occasions.
The body lay in a lonely spot
about two miles from town near tliei
farm of 11. I>.Chapman about twenty
live yards from the public road,
i The unfortunate young man before!
committing the horrible deed, re-:
moved hi- coat and hung it on a 1
bush where it could be seen from the
i road, but until the finding of the
I corps it had not been noticed. The!
deed was supposed to have been
i committed on Friday, November 11,
at about .p. m. a- a woodsman'
working near the spot heard two,
shots fired, hut slight attention was
i paid to them.
The funeral was held at the Chris- ,
tian church on Sunday, .November i
20, Rev. Spooncr officiating. Inter!
ment in Ilillsgrove cemetery.
.Local Institute Program.
Program for tho local institute to
i be held at Forksville, November 2t>,
| 189-S:
Securing and holding attention—
I M. R. Black.
' . The true function of the text book-
I Carrie S. (ireathead.
! Supplementary work in gcogra
j phy—R. T. Heels.
llinls on teaching penmanship
| I. l>. Haverly.
Literature in the one-room school -
| Louise Watts.
I Seat work for primary pupils—
j Mary Clarke.
Rest methods in denominate mini
j bet's -Leona Hahl,
Thoroughne-s in teaching Bertha
j M. <;range.
! Value of written work llobt. .1.
! Molyncux.
The teacher's -pecial preparation
i for the lesson—Cora VanVeghten.
Subjects for general discussion:
i How to secure a school library. How
to get better results from the reading
! classes. Public sentiment and the
I school.
The sessions of the institute will
j begin promptly at 10 a. m.and
j-p. in. A large attendance of teacli
! ers, directors and citizens is desired.
F. W. Mkvlkht, Co. Sllpt.
1.25 P er - Year.
Number 29.
Bernice Echoes.
Frank Moyer opened his new store
sit Mildred Monday. He lias a large
stock of dress goods, clothing, hoots
and shoes, groceries and country
produce. Call and see them.
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt shatter and
children of Muncy Valley visited
relatives here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Manney Chilson of
Ganoga Lake, were the guests of
Mr. and .Mrs. Thos. Schell last week.
The Young Ladies Helena Mission
<'luh was held at (lie home of Miss
Blanch Brown Friday evening of
last week. A very interesting pro
gram was rendered.
.lames Ladden visited friends at
Pottsville and Gleuearbon last week.
Rev. l)r. 1 {rooks of Wilkesberry,
administered the Lord's -upper at
the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning, and preached a very inter
esting sermon in the evening.
Mrs. William Barlow visited with
friends at Hlmira las; week.
Mrs. B. Kline and Mis- Jcmtie
Mcllenry of Dushore. visited friends
here Sunday.
The following gentlemen of Hills
grove I'. (). S. of A. were visitor- of
Camp No. of this place Friday
evening: District Pres. .John A.
(iihbs, .1. A. Speaker, Nate Motil
throp. Henry Darby, and of Kstella
('amp, I larri- ('ollins.
Mr. and Mr.-. M. Cuddy of Towan
da, were the guests of Mr. anil Mrs
.1. S. Taylor Monday of last week.
Some of our smart young Alexs
who are in the habit of ringing door
bells will get caught yet, and IN
made a little trouble. Its all right
boys to have a little fun, but pick
some house where there N no sick
lies.-.
Mr. and Mrs. li. \Y. Taylor visit
ed the hitter's parents at Dushore
Monday and Tuesday.
Captain Baley of lthica, wa- the
guest of C. F. .lackson last week.
Mrs. John McDonald has been
t|tiile -ick, but is better at this writ
ing.
Mrs. A. L. Wilmot and Mrs. I L.J.
Keller, were shopping in Dushore
Monday.
Forksville
Dr. W. F. Bandall of Dushore wa
in town Tuesday.
Mrs. Josephine Stevens who has
! been visiting friend- in llanmanton,
1N..1., for the past four weeks, re
turned home Friday.
If. T. June of Philadelphia and
Ellis Swank of Laporte were in town
Wednesday.
The Ladies Aid Society gave a
Height Social at Hev. \Y. Mosher's
last Wednesday evening. A large
number were present and all report
I a good time.
F. M. Sehanbacher left Monday
for Pittsburg.
Born, to i'rof. M. li. Black and
wife, last Sunday, a daughter.
Dr. A. J. Bird of Overton, was in
town Monday.
Mrs. O. J. Little is on the sick
list.
Minutes of liocnl Institute.
Morning Session—lnstitute called
to order by Supt. Meylcrt, otHcers
; were elected as follows: President,
| C. L. Lewis; Vice Pres., It. C. Starr;
Secretary, J. Lyman Snyder.
By suggestion of Supt. Meylcrt
the question box was first taken up
which proved very interesting and
beneficial from the many good
thoughts and suggestions brought
out of the following subject.-: Pub
lic opinion and school work. Should
vocal music be taught in the public
school, and to what extent V 1 iistorv
reviews and how often to be given.
How to get most practical results in
language work.
Afternoon session—lnstitute call
, ed to order at 1:30 by president,after
which the program was very ably
rendered as follows: Ise and abuse
of text books, J. Lyman Snyder;
! Current Events, T. 11. Gallagher;
Schoof and citissenship, Prof. C. L.
Lewis; Methods of multiples and
! divisors, Prof. M.D. Sweeney. Then
the following questions were open
for general discussion by which
many valuable thoughts were
brought forth: Value of journals.
| The school library. School legisla
tion. Should civil government be
introduced in common schools.
It was decided to hold next insti
tute at Muncy Valley. The follow
ing were appointed program com
mittee, Mrs. Dora Cook, M. D.Swee
j ney, .1. L. Snyder.
J. LYMAN SNYOKU, Sec'y.