Published Every Thursday. Volume i. Business Cards. SONESTOWN FLAGGING Company, Chan. F. Billamboa, AgentS. D. H. Loral!, ® SONESTOWN PA FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUHHORE, I'ENNA. CAPITAL • " $50,000. BUBPLOS - - 810.000. Does a General Banking Business B.W. JINNINQB, M. D. BWARTB. l'resident. (."ashler. LAPORTE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT, LAPORTE, PA. F. W. GALLAGHER, Prop. W»rm meals and lunches at all hours. Oysters and game in season. B cin" PUed W - Uh C G»r^'g^ d ed. LAPORTE LIVERYAND BOARDING STABLES. | Connected with the Commercial Hotel. First-class Horses and j Carriages. Rates reasonable. T.E.KENNEDY Prop. HOTEL MAINE THOS.IW.BEAHEN, Prop. LAPORTE, PA. This new hotel lias been rer entlv ojKMiea. nexvlv furnished throughout and will.be run lor tne suecial accomodation of the traveling public, best stocked bar in the county. Hates are lou. COMMERCIAL HOUSE. THOS. 13. KENNEDY, Prop. LAPOKTE PA. This large and well appointed house is th« most popular hostelry in this section HOTEL PORTER. CantonlStreet, ";SHUNK. PA. w. E. PORTER, Prop'r. CARROLL HOUSE, D. KEEFE, Proprietor. DUSHORE, L'A. One of the largest and best equipped hotels in this section of the state. Table of the best. Rates 1 .00 dollar per day. 1 Large itubles. Professional Cards. J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTOKNBYS-AT-LAW, Legal business attended to in this and adjoining counties LAPORTE, PAL [T J. MULLEN, Attornoy-at-LAW. LAPORTE, PA. Office over T. J. Keeler's store. J~ H. CRONIN, ATTOKKKY'AT -LAW, HOTAHT PUBLIC. ornca on MAIM STKBKT. DIJSHORK, VA P. SHOEMAKER, Attomey-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, ATTORHBT-AT-LAW, orrica M COUNTY BUIMIIKO NKAHCOUKT HOUSE. LAPORTE, PA Ellery P. Ingham. Harvey K. Newitt. |NGHAM & NEWITT, ATTOR»BTS^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, ATTOR!TKT-AT«LAW: OrriCK IS COURT HOURK LAPORTE, PA. BLACKSMITH AND WAGON SHOP ' Just opened at the Laport° Tannery. Custom work solicited. All work guaranteed. 0 \W. BENNETT, Prop. To Curie Constipation Forever. Take C'aHcar«tg CauUv Cathartic, luc or'iTC II C. C. C. full lo cure, druggiiils refund inoiu-v Kducata Tour Bowele With Cascarets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10e,Me. If C.C. O. fall, druggist* refund money. Republican News Item. I ] Cleaning House C For some time, but we are through at last. WeV J are all fixed up in apple pie order for the / 4 Spring Urabe 5 with the largest and best stock of goods we/' ; ? have ever had. * j Somethingfor Everybody, bXe a p , LVXsin u g. ov,ir / : We think we can please file most critical buyer in Sullivan V 1 county. J V Respectfully Yours, £ > RETT EN BURY, > r DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. / goksTTZT* - Bardwarc fENERAL " w PAINTS, OILS, VARN SHES and GLASS. 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, etc. Attention to a line of Cheap air-tight wood heaters from j s:{.oo to S 10.00. Also a line of coal heaters from $2.50 up lo 835.00. 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 finest in the j market, made up of the best, material and designed to be a handsome I Range. Furnaces always the best on the market. In fact we are ready to heat the universe cither in hot water, steam or air. Try us, we guarantee satisfaction. STOY REPAIRS AND REPAIRING. PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING AND SUPPLIES. MILL SUPPLIES. Goles Hardware. DUSHORE, PA. Wall Papering and CARPETING NOW IS IN KEEPING and no where will you be better served. Over 5000 Rolls in Stock I ' to select from, patters of CARPET to select from 1000 Window Shades, 1000 yards of Oil Cloth. Barbed Wire, Wire Nails here by the C:ir Load. : 112. , ' Landeth's Garden Seeds are the most Reliable. Earliest Seed Potatoes* Jeremiah Kelly, j HUGHESVILLE. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY." UFQKIE, IW, THURSDAY. HAY (!, ISM. IK FOR Mil Large Body of Native Troop* Reported Moving Around Left Flank. ALL IS QUIET AT ILOILO One of Mac Arthur's Brigades Advanc ing Toward the Enemy at Anti polo and San Mateo. "•way Cabin That Gunboat Hannlngtor Ran On An Cachm-tad shoal But Siol Seriously Datnitg* i -Sho is tha TMHI Which Stapped at IJuam and Eatab- Uahad L r nlt«d State* Authority. .Manila, May 9.—Experiments demon strate the practicability of utilizing the Rio Sail Fernando :i< u meant* ol conveying supplies from Manila, to Uu front instead of using the damaged railroad for the purpose of making such connection with (Jen. Mae A r thu>''s division. In pursuance of tliif plan army tugs \ ill proceed by tin Rio San Fernando to the front. A large body of Filipinos is report ed to be moving nrouud Wen. Mac Arthur's left, flank toward the railroad Ueconnoiteriug parties have also loca led strong forces of the enemy at Anti polo and San Mateo. lieu. King's bri gade, which is temporarily under com mand of Col. .Whalley of the Ist Wash ingtou Uegiment is moving toward An tipole. Keports received here front lloilo and t'ebu say that all is quiet there, and that commerce is improving, but that Saiunr and Leyte show considerable inllltary activity since the arrival of the Tagalog delegates. on ICHII Aalior*. Washington, May 9.—The despatch was received by the Secretary of the Navy from Admiral Dewey this morn ing: "The Bennington on shoal not on I lie chart on the north side of Pauny. I*. 1 < 'lime off twenty-three hours later. Has been exatniued by divers. Damn«r> is not serious, but it is necessary to dock vessel. I have sent to Hong kong. No blame attached to any one." The Bennington has been in the Phil ippine waters for about two months, having In-en ordered there from Hono lulu. She is commanded by Capt. Taussig, and it was uuder his command that the vessel stopped at Guam on the way from Honolulu to Manila and estab lished the authority of tin- I'nited States In the Island. It is evident from Admiral Dewey's message that 110 serious damage lias been sustained by the vessel and that It will only be necessary to replace the Injured bottom plates. There being 110 dock at Cavlte, in which a vessel of her size can be re paired, it became necessary to send her to Hongkong, where she will go in a Uritlsh drydoc-k. lii S«ar«:lt of a llu*l»anitrj ta Cbllkat. •San Francisco, May 7.—Owing to thi tendency of tlie Indians to male* trouble in Alaska, the government has decided to send additional troops ta the Klondike region. Gen. Shaftei will issue orders for a company of tilt twenty-fourtli infantry to proceed tc Chilkat which is thirty-live miles soutl: of Skagway. That settlement is on Lynn Canal at the beginning of the Dalton trail and is eigiit miles from Haynes, j. temporary post which has been estali lished. The colorjnl soldiers will co operate with the soldiers of the four teenth Infantry in keeping order. AfttlaMdo Anxious to Surrender. Washington. May o.—The surrentlei of Aguinaldo Is believed to be clow ai hand. President Schuriuan of the Aiueri can I'hilippines Commission, eablec to the President the belief that Agni naldo is ready to surrender. He in formed the President of «. new pie:) for peace made by the Tagal repre sentatives. The Tagal otflceis have passed lie tween the Commission and Agttinuldt several times. They have now brought a new proposition for peace. eotipicd •.villi terms which show, by vlielr modi Ileal ion from the original. In what ex tremes the leadcra of the rebellion llnd themselves. Aguinaldo offers to surrender. Imu lie makes through his representatives, a idea for certain assurances. The conditions call for »io sacrifice of prin ciples. They Involve no compromise on the main rptestion or recognition of United Stall's authority. Tlie.v are of minor consequence so i'ar as this Gov erntnelit is concerut d. in them, how ever. Aguinaldo apparently sees par tial relief from the abject humiliation of unconditional surrender. The American Commission is inclin ed to deal fitirl\ wiih the Filipinos, but does not wish to assume responsi bility for the concession* asked. Therefore President Scluiriiuui eabl.-d asking instructions 'I he matter was consiiirrvl by the President today. The answer has beet) sent. If, as the < 'ommission believes the re|ireseutatives of Aguinaldo are in earnest iu their appeals for peace, the instructions foi warded to President Schuriuan are calculated to make the way easy. There will Vm> no surprise at the White TI»•.- ' it'. » ."'ii the Fill pino officers got back to Agitimildo witli the assurances given by cable, the while tlag (roes up to stay. AIHIJII I.utility '»» •* * U||«- I «MII. New York. Mu.v T.—Kid McPartland of New York and -lack ltcnnctt of Pliiludeipliia were llie offering at the ltroadway Athletic (Jlub last night, but they proved a rather poor attrac tion. and, in consequence, one of tlie smallest crowds of the season was in attendance. They were matched to box twenty-tive rounds at l:is pounds. Two minutes and twenty-live seconds aft-T tlie beginning of the lift li round marked the tinish. A wicked left hand punch iu (lie pit of the stomach took all the tight and breath out of (he Philadi.-lphian. After lie had been car ried to his corner and revived lie de clared he had iH'eti hit below the bolt, which certainly was nor the case. The blow was delivered low in the stom ach. Verdict I)rlv*» Men Into .lull. Louisville. Ky.. May 7.—George Din ning, the negro who shot and killed Jodie Conn, leader of llie mob that came to burn his house received a verdict of *50.000 against his surviv ing assailants iu tlie federal Court. The jury, composed ot white men, gave lilm the full kiiiouhi ot' damages he asked for. The defendants are Doe Moore. Ah. Freeman, Joseph Flowers. John Flow ers, John Phelps and r. Tl. Coun, ad ministrator of Jodie Conn. They are farmers of Logan and Simpson Coun ties. I'lider Judge Kvan's instructions ro the Jurv six of the defendants were let out. the evidence being insufficient against them. Lawyers for the de fendants say tiiat I'inning will not re ceive a cent, notwithstanding the verdict. They will remain iu jail for ten days and then take the poor debtors' oaths. ili» ''•'inmiN * ••** I»i l-vaittgloij. l.exinutoii. .May 7 Mr. and Mrs. Perry llelmoiit have arrived in Lex ington. I'licy came on the ('. and O. express. There was nobody at the station to greet iliem except Hal P. Hendley. Several telegrams hud been delivered to the couple just as the train stopped and Mrs. lteluioiii was reading one of them when lleadley came up. He assisted them into his rocka wa> and look them to t.he Phoenix Hotel, where they will stay for the night. The couple will goto Heauuiont farm to-morrow morning to inspect Mr. Belmont's horses, ami if they get through in time they probably will leave Leviugtou to-morrow. I>>x lin:ton society leaders apparently care, nothltlu about etifettaiuing the New Yorker* 1, %• r»'i Klrksville. Mo.. Mny 7. The death of Miss l.illie Ciiuulnchain here brings the number of victims oi me cyclone of April up io thirty-four. Other persons are iu a critical condition. The portion of a woman's sitalp found in a sunny sack in Hear Creek, throe mill's from Kirksville, lias been identified as that ot Mrs. I'analiott, who was killed iu the cyclone. The children's clothing found iu the sack is said to have bcionrr. ,'i to the I'anshott children. The matigled bodies were placed in a sack and prepared for buri al. the relatives snv. but somebody stole the package. T.'ie investigation has tweti dropped. 1.25 P er - Year. Number I HffiTNBK General Otis Again Says No to Request of Filipino Peace Seekers. ABSOLUTE SURRENDER. '4 his is What He Fixes as the Price ot Peace- Still Refuses to Recognize Filipino Government. Tl»e Kn roy* Staled Tiiur ihc Realize Thev \r<- Iteuten Hut Have >.i Authority to I nril Cnnffi wi MMti-Fnll Araaeftfy rrmtiUeil liv OUH in ('tip »r Surrenilr r, Washington. May \i. —'flic follow ing has been received at. the War lie partment from Geneml Oris. "Conference with insurgent repre sentatives ten a Inn ted rtilM forenoon. They request cessutiou of hostilities three weeks to enable ihein to call their I 'ou.L'lvss iw decide whether tt. continue prosecution of war or propose terms of peace. Proposition dccim-d ami lull amnesty promised on snritvi dcr. Believe insurgents tiled of war, hut sock to secure terms of pence through wlmr they denominate representative Congress. 'IITIS." Manila. May 1.-Geti. mis, at the t)ie second conference wirh the twv Filipino envoy* again refused their re <]Uesl for an armistice. The dolegflles retmtied to the insurgent line*. It is regarded practlca4ly eetmlu. nowever. that ttie next oftVr by the Fili|iliios will IH- unconditional aitrren ■ lei. Aguhialdo. iii» reported. has ex pressed liis willingness to siU'tendi'l' everything on condition that the CH teil Slates slant an independent form ol government to the islands ttutler an American protectorate. i lie last conference between <;eneral litis and the Filipino commissioners lasted tliree hour*. it was again wltJ: out results. Admiral Dowc.v and Pro fessor Sctniriimti. of the Philippine ('otnuilviou, were present during me parley. General lama's envoys were the same as previously - tice i»e granted UHtil the Flllphio Crn» gress could mcel and act. They frankly admit ted to General Otis thai the Filipinos w«tv whipped, and knew if Their contention was. however. that Ajrninaldo. lama and other leaders had not the power to sitr render without the sanction of their Congress. General 'His emphatically refused the request for an armistice mi those (Conditions. The Jkmerieuns. he said, did not am] would not reeognifce He so-called Filipino Congress or Govern nienf. After i long parley. the meeting broke up. The t'onimissioner* rc turned to the Filipino lint's on the at ternoon train, after taking luncheon with Mr. Nchuruian. While the two days' have thus far lieeii barren of results the best opnlon ill Manila. UOUI amo/m the Americans and the prominent na tives. is that the incident l* the begin ning ol the end. The Filipino envoys tuaoticartj ad mitted I hat their arnty was ill tJespei ate strails, and thoroughly whipped. It is believed tliat the Flipiuos wilrl now ask for further conferences and that ihej will finally surrender «u the best terms possible to obtain. Onur .Inula iUI-f. l.ondon. May 1.- Meaibers of the Filipino Junta Were made the state inent iliat the peace neyoliations be tween the Fnltcil Slates authorities at Manila and t!en. I.una were onoftieiijl in character. Gen. Luna, the .luuta asserts, does not represent Ateulnaldo's Government It Is further asserted by the Junta thui s«'cret uegotlatjons imtwren l>ean Worcester, of the l'uii«d futes Philip pine Oommission. and a repiwstfatiTc of Aguiualdo have been in prwsre since IK 1 fore the attack «n MaTnlos. The following londikions. ii is al leged, ware proposed after (he capture of Malolos: The Americans to issm' a proclaim tion prantini; the Filipinos self-invent luent and political, eivfl MJHI rights similar to those enjoyed by th ■ people of Canada: the Filipinos to ivm trol international mercantile relation.-: Americans and Pttipinos K> eiijov equal rights in the Islands: Manila to remain in the possession *tf tlte tlniled States until ileuides otlir. wise; the Auierb an Bag (• ty over tie Capitols of the Islands and hi tike tuo»* prominent positions, alxnit 1 with th'* Filipino Hac. except at Manila, vrln-iv only tire American Hug sltnJl Hy; atl vessels toll.v the Awefican Slag v»Ult that of the Filipinos: tbo Human Catb olio clergy to l>e ttuilet the game a»l ministration as in the I'nitotf States: Spaulsh clerical direction and Inter vention to iw a I vol 1 shed: the statu Q»K» of rural property l>elott|fia« t»4be re ligious ordets t« i* maifl<MA, ami that ante belbtia hospitals and schools formerly administered fijf flie «rder v be handed over i* the Government, the orders to retain <4Uiy their pi-esi-nt town property: the «ecnlar clergy to retain their property The .Tttnta .issnris that Au'ttiualdo. in view of these proposals, withdrew from Malolos. but that Gun. Otis' proclamation after tha occupation of Malolos failed to grant self-govern ment on th" proposed lines.