Published Every Thursday. Volume 3. Business Cards. SONESTOWN FLAGGING Company. Chas. P. BilUmboji, AprentS. D. H. liorah, rtgciua. SONESTOWN PA FIKST NATIONAL BANK OF DUSHORF, PENNA. CAPITAL - - $50,000. BUBPIiUB - - SIO,OOO. Does a General Hanking Business. B W. J KNNINGS, M. D. 9WARTS. President. Cashier. LAPORTE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT, LAPOBTE, PA. F. W. GALLAGHER, Prop. Warm meaU and lunches at all hours. Oysters and game in season. Bar supplied with choicest liquors, wine and cijare Good stable room provided. LAPORTE LIVERY AND BOARDING STABLES. Connected with the Commercial Hotel. First-class Horses and Carriages. Rates reasonable. T.E.KENNEDY Prop. HOTEL MAINE THOS.JW. BEAHEN, Prop. LAPORTE, PA. Thia new hotel has been recently opened, newly furnished throughout and will be run for the special accomodation of the traveling public. The best stocked bar in the county. Kates are low. COMMERCIAL HOUSE. THOS. E. KENNEDY, Prop. LAPORTE PA. This large and well appointed house is the most popular hostelry in this seetiou HOTEL PORTER. Canton' Street. 'l SHUNK. PA. W. E. PORTER, Prop'r. CARROLL HOUSE, D. KEEPE, Proprietor. DUSHORE, PA. On* of the largest and best equipped hotels in this section of the state. Table of the best. Rates 1.00 dollar per day. Large itubles. Professional Cards. J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTORRBYB-AT-LA W, » Legal business attended to in this and adjoining counties LAPORTE, PA £ J. MULLEN, Attorn»y«t-Uw. LAPORTE, PA. Oftice over T. J. Kceler's store. J # H. CRONIN, ATTORRKY-AT -LAW, ROTARY PUBLIC. OrriL'B OH MAIM STRICT. DIISHORE, P. SHOEMAKER, Attorney at-Law. Office in County Building. LAPORTE, PA. Collections, conveyancing; the settlement, of estates and other legal business will receive prompt attention. J J. BRADLEY, ATTORRBY-AT-LAW, orriCß IH CODRTY BUM.niNC NBAR COURT BOOSE. LAPORTE, TA Hilary P. Ingham. Harvey K. Newitt. |NGHAM & NEWITT, ATTOBRBYS*AT«I.AW, 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, "ENRY T. DOWNS, ATTORN KY»AT«L AW: -rriCK IN COURT BOUSE PA TH GON SHOP aporte All work Prop. r. ~»r !25c UtiV Republican News Item. jWe have been J 1 Cleaning House C For some time, but we are through at last. We V i J are all fixed up in apple pie order for the / with the largest and best stock of goods we^ £ Somethingfor Everybody, p W'p think wo can please the most critical buyer in Sullivan V Respect I'nl I v Yours. £ > RETT EN BURY, P r DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. / Coles... * " W HARDWARE PAINTS, OILS, VARN SHES and GLASS. SPECIAL inducements given on QTOVES and RANGES **** and all kinds of HEATING STOVES for Wood or Coal, suitable for parlors, halls, churches, school houses, camps, etc. - Attention to a line of Cheap air-tight wood heaters from s.'{.oo to 810.00. Also a line of coal heaters from $2.50 up to £35.00. ! My Special Bargain Sale is open on 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 iinest in the ' market, made up of the best material and designed to be a handsome j Range. Furnaces always the liest on the market. In fact we are i ready to heat the universe either in hot water, steam or air. Try us, i we guarantee satisfaction. STOV REPAIRS AND REPAIRING. PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING AND SUPPLIES. MILL SUPPLIES. Hardware. DUSHORE, PA. Wall Papering and CARPETING NOW IS IN KEEPING and| no where will you be better served. Over 5000 Rolls in Stoc k to select from,2s patters of CARPET to select from! 1000 Window Shades, io<>o yards of Oil Cloth. Barbed Wire, Wire Nails here by the Car Load. Landeth's Garden Seeds are the most Reliable. Earliest Seed Potatoes* Jeremiah Kelly, HUGHESVILLE. 1 "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY." LAPORTE, PENNA.. THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1899. A Great Battleship to Be Named the "Pennsylvania." 1 MOST FORMIDABLE SHIP AFLOAT The President Accedes to the lleavet* j Statesman's l*ro|>,>nlt toil lollavothe Vessel liulit oil tho l>elnware and Constructed of Material Furnished I'roni lHfVereut Sections of the Stnte. (Special Correspondence.) Philadelphia, April 11. —President McKinley has acceeded to there ; quest of Colonel Quay aud announces j that one of the three new battleships of the first class, authorized by the last congress shall be named Penn : sylvania. When he started out to se ! cure this honor for his native state Senator Quay found that for the last j of the unchristened ships of war the name of Ohio had been determined upon. To this, as it was the name of 1 the president's own state, Colonel Quay could not well object. He se cured a promise from President Mc- Klnley that Pennsylvania should be | next favored, and the president has j carried out this pledge by his last of j flciai anno""""" ent. The naval ap | prop ..cm of the last congress prov. .„ for three battleships, three armored cruisers and six unprotected | crulßers. New York, always eager for | full consideration, failed In an effort ! to draw a prize this time. The first of 1 the big battleships the president de ; elded shall be named Pennsylvania, and the others shall be known as the New Jersey and the Georgia. The three armored cruisers shall be christened West Virginia, Nebraska and Cali fornia, and the smaller cruisers will be known as Denver, Des Moines, Chatta nooga, Qalveston. Tacoma and Cleve land. Considerable presure was brought to bear upon tho president and Secre tary Long by the officials of different states and cities, and a number have been disappointed. The president and secretary are endeavoring, however, to equalize the distribution of the names among the several sections of the country. The armored cruisers have been named after states for the reason that they are believed to come within the provision of the law requiring "vessels of the first class" to be named iter states of the Union. QUAY ON THE BATTLESHIP. Commenting upon the action of the president. Senator Quay said yester day:"l am glad President McKini-y has thus honored our state. When we started out to get this battleship it was with the view of making It the ■ most formidable ship of war afioat, and to have it represent in every way the patriotism and the industrial great ness of the Keystone state. The presi dent assured me when the subject was first broached that he was in thorough accord with the project and that Hve would not have to wait long before our hopes would be realized. It is un derstood that the vessel shall be buUt on the Delaware by the Cramps and that her armor plate shall come from the great steel and iron plants in western and central Pennsylvania, and that the great gunmakers at Bethe leheni shall furnish her batteries. As far as possible, the furnishings and equipments shall be obtained from Pennsylvania manufacturing establish ments. The launching ot' this splendid craft should be made a gala occasion in the old Keystone state." The state has been sadly* neglected in the naming of warships. Some years ago. when we were beginning to build j this new navy of ours, a cruiser was named after Philadelphia. She was then considered a fine ship, although of the unprotected class, but with the present day monsters she bears no comparison, and yet this one little cruiser now at Samoa alone has rep- ; resented Pennsylvania. The state of New York is recognized by Sampson's ! and Schley's flagships—the New York i and Brooklyn—aud the cruisers Buf falo and Albany. Massachusetts has a ' magnificent battleship, splendid erui- i sers iu the Boston and ularblehead, ' and gunboats named aft ir Nantucket and Gloucester. There is the battleship Illinois and the cruiser Chicago, while Alabama has a battleship and a cruiser called the Montgomery. And so it j goes. The time has come when Pennsyl vania should be given full recognition. The finest of ships are built here on the Delaware, and the armor plates are made here in Pennsylvania. This state turns out everything that goes to make up a ship of war. including en gines and guns. It Is but fitting, there fore. that mnsylvanio. the great center of :,nip building, should be awarded a battleship, and it is not too much to ask that Pittsburg, the center of the iron and steel industry, shall I have a cruiser named nfter it in ad dition. We have waited a long time for a battleship, but when the Pennsylvania goes into commission we shall have the satisfaction of knowing that thore Is nothing finer afloat and the Keystone state will owe another debt to Senator Quay. MARTIN TURNED DOWN. There has been little of political in terest here during the last week further j than the action of the new mayor. Mr. Ashbridge. in making sweeping changes in the police department. These are mostly demotions of men who were promoted by Mayor Warwick jnst beforo his retirement from office, at the dictation of David Martin. Ashbridge, by his first official acts, has demonstrated that it. is his pur pose to be mayor of Philadelphia, without having to submit his appoint ments to David Martin or any other oolitical bos? He will not oermlt a* | Warwick did, his administration to be ■ made an annex lo the Martin machine. ! He has his own ideas of strengthening : the Republican party and ho proposes , to recognize the various leaders who , are in touch with the party organiza | tlon in their respective localities in ! making appointments. They formerly bad togo to Martin to sot favors from the mayor's office. Now they go di rectly to Ashbridge and he decides what shall be done In every case. The adoption of this policy has seriously Interfered with the Martin leadership. It means the coming to the front of men lilso Durham, who believe in the recognition of all elements of the Re publican party and who acquire popu larity not merely through the distri bution of patronage, but by their straightforward and manly actions in dealing with men who take an interest in the welfare of the Republican or ganization. The Asbridge administra tion will, by the policy adopted in : making appointments, deprive Martin I of the power of electing delegates to the Republican state convention in 1 many districts. Martin's affiliation I with Flinu aud the other bolters at , Harrisburg have weakened him here, i The big bulk of the delegates to the state convention will be in sympathy with the Republican state organiza tion, which wi!l undoubtedly control the convention. LAWTON AFTER FILIPINOS. | Hl* Expedition Into the Country South at Manila, Had* By 112 (eked I'roopi, Ac* compacted By Three Uuuboalt. Manila, April 11.—Major Gen. Law ton has begun an advance upon the Filipino army south of Manila. His expedition consists of 1,000 picked men and three army gunboats, the La guna de Hay, Napimlan and Oeste. The troops with him are selected from the Fourth Cavalry, the Four teenth Infantry (regulars) and the ■ North Dakota, Idaho and Washington volunteers All these men are tried lighters and have been in any number of engagement- :nid an energetic cam paign may In- expected. Two moun tain guns were taken along by the troops. General l.aw ton's tirst objective point is the southeast shore of the La gune Lake. The troop* were loaded on caskoes. wheh were taken in tow by the gunboats. Tiie Journey up tho Pasig ltiver was marked only by cheering by their comrades. The men were in excellent spirit and eager for the fray. Already many important Filipinos, who have hitherto lieen silent as to .belt Intentions have twjrun 1 onsult thi American Commission. Immense numbers of the people are streaming lit from ;he insurgent cut»«l. Madrid, April lit. Premier Silvela has received news from the l'liilip piues staling that the Spanish prison ers there arc being well trcaeil. but difliculties in the way of liberation still exist. Aguinaldo. these atlvices say. wishes tu retain the prisoners un til the war Willi the Americans is tin I shed, in order to obtain larger conces sions for their release. Seiior Silveln considers ii import;)nt lluit Aguinaldo has proclaimed I lie use of the Spanish language throughout, the archipelago. SAXTON HAD WRONGED HER. Uri. (ieurse'i Attorney Jkwlai'efl That She Win Kulneil t!y III* Man Whom She In Ai-oimetl of Miirderiuic. Canton. <>.. April 11. Mr. Welty In stating the case to the jury on behalf i of Mrs. George. on trial for Ihe murder of George I». SaMoii. Dhl not make clear the line of defence which will be pursued, but made such a state ment as leaves the defence in a posi tion to adopt and carry out any policy that may be suggested as the ease pro gresses. Mis slalom 'in was very large ly a recllal of the -apposed relations between Mrs. Georg • and Mr. Saxton. prefaced by a ile.-eriptiou of Mrs. George as an innocent, humble wom an. the wife a humble carpenter Iu the lowu of llanov-.M'tou. whoso tirst trip Irani home of ati.v distance was to Canton and that Ksr than lil'ty miles. Passing brieliy over ihe early resi dence in Canton, lie said Saxton had Invaded the home, ingratiate.! himself with 4 he woman, beginning with small presents and kindly attentions to her until he had finally estranged her from her husband and effected her ruin, having at that time promised to marry her and make her the wife of a wealthy man. lie had said that Sax ton had induced her to apply for a di vorce from her husband .and had sent her to South Dakota i < secure it. fur nished the money to defray the ex peuses. visited her there and practi cally lived with her there as man and wife, and when she came back to Can toil he hnd tired of her and neglected her. She brought suit against him for breach of promise to marry. Tills case did not come to issue, but in 18Sto> he again sought her out. arranged a conference with her al the Hotel Fed eral. in Allegheny, and there their dif ferences were patched up apparently, the promise to marry renewed, and an agreement made that all actions in court so far as they two were eon corned should lw> dropped. Mrs. George kept faith. Mr. Welty said, but Saxton failed to dismiss an injunction restraining her from visit iug her block. Then all was well for a Mine, and again she was neglected. During these jieriods of neglect. Mr. Welty said, the licensed often suffered for mere necessities ol living. She be stowed her love and n flection on Sax ion from ISS!> until the very hour of his death, and was absolutely inno cent of any connection with his death or of any crime. 1.25 Per. Year. Number % Startling" Discovery ot : Smali Blaze Before (he Final Holocaust. j POLICEMAN SENT FOR | Matches Hud Blazed Up and Threat ' By Anonymous Writer Had Alarmed Mrs. Andrews. afenaaiuK Mote* to Mm. Si. .lohit ami .. Number to Other Member* of th> Family the flail* of a Police TJUeoi.v A Mfifi—siiHperr :> Former Servant Who Wuv IMMiiiuixed. New \orfc, April 11. 'l'U< v discovery has been made that then was a small blaze in Wallace C. An drew's hou«* one and a half hours be fore the disastrous tire ami the h>ss y the tlireaieninii anonymous letters, sent Thomas Foley the butler, In the Hast Sixty-sevciitl. street police siullou lor a itollcemuit •to come anil watch the house. Sin was afraid tluu lire might siill be I smouldering somewhere in the house. Mar.l Flanagan. one of the servants I the police were informed. had stoppib oi l :l box of mail-lies in ihe lowe hallway. Policeman lionohne wvnr '»:«« U with Foley. The policeman did not see Mrs. An Ireus. but was tol.l that she earnest l\ I'c.-ired that lie make sure the Jlr- W ;ix out. Die lite must have been trivial, but no clcar story about it lias yet been iblailtcd. The police think some of the ser vants were ilrinkiiijr the night of the lift'. .Mrs. O. C. Si. .lolin. it was learned received a menacing anonymous let tor tin- day before the lire. I'he threats were aimed at her two iltle children, ami it was darkly iml milled that rtcid might be thrown oij tliein. The menacing anonymous letters to the Andrews family were given oni today. I'he threats are more terrible than had been surmised. Thev are fiendish. Thev arc ail on lined note paper, wii 'n a water mark of Hamilton on the up per left hand corner. Due of the loi ters addressed to Mar.v Flanagan wn« mpt-int-able. (Lite of the letters is as follows: "Mrs. Si. John: "I hope you or Mrs. Andrews don't think for one moment that I am recon ciled or piieitled with Mary Flanagan, for lam not. What is more. 1 never will lie unlit 1 get my revenge. "1 111 going to tlx her for life. If yon or Mrs. Andrews do not heed my warning I'll tix you too. lam going to make some one throw something in your nurse's and children's faces thai will disfigure them for life . "This l will do l'or spite, because you did not let Mary go.and it wili burn tlie i!cj.li oil' from the hone. Yon illld ills! :ts well let her go lirsi as last. You will have no girl here when I ge through with her. "The dirty thing may bear a good reputation in some places. She would sutler death rather than let you know where sit" was kick' out bv her bos~ bofore she came here. LYNCHING IN CONNECTICUT Aftlontu Gttt-lno shot In Di».illt By ni. Infill i»te«l Mob. fi.ist lladdam. Or, April 11.—Lyu.-h law was administered here late yester day aflernoon by furious citizens. Tie victim was Antonio Oarino, a barber. Uariiio became crazed suddenly ami seizing; it iv\olver ran from his Rho|. tind itown the main street yelling and bring into business houses, funic en sued. People tied into houses and horses inil away oil the streets. Final ly om of the bullets mortally woundeii lohn I'.. Oalston, a young farmer. The n-auaic had exhausted his ammunition and infuriated citizens gathered nuc (.'hascu him with guns and pistols 10.- several squares, lie was Anally wound ed, and as he fell his body was riddled with bullets, killing him Instantly. Dfiuiiikite in the Safe. ltichmond. Vs.. April 10. —Ilol>her-> stacked the safe of Moseley Brothers, at Moseley Junction. They bored a hole In the safe and insertedexploslve to blow open the door In the iisuui way. The explosion thai follower must have been a great shock lo lit. robbers as well as to the count r.\ around. Moseley Itrothers last night had a half-dozen large dynamite car: ridges in the store, and lo prevent a<- cident locked them in the sale. The outside explosion set iheiu oft', and Un safe was blown almost into bits and the store bauly wrecked. The silver money inside was bent and crumpled and paper money and other papers torn lo pieces. The robbers got noth ing and escaped, leaving their Kit be hind. A«k« f'-r III* >ew Orleaue. Washington. April 10. —A deltgitiou of citizens from \ew Orleans called upon the Secretary of the Nary and asked that the cruiser New Orleans now at lie Brooklyn Navy Yard, lie sent t< that city, so that a silver set vice, the gift of the citizens, could l» presented to The cruiser. They als. sab. that the school children were anxious- to present a silver bell. Tin- New Orleans will not be able to Rail for Kbout five weeks, when ehe will be wlorwi lo New Orleans.