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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
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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. £
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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 c<mn
trv .lakltiu ret'ugi behind the Ameri
can lines. All of the refugees are try
ing to reach Manila, where they hope
tn be safe under the American ilag.
S|»»iftl«li Well Tt*>ut»«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 <v
twelve live*.
.Mrs. Andrew's alarmed by this, and
also. u.. doubr. I>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.