Published Every Thursday.
Volume 4.
Business Cards.
SONESTOWN FLAGGING
Company,
Chu. P. Blllamboz, A (rents.
D. H. Liorfth, n b c " lJ '
SONESTOWN PA -
First national hank
OF PUSHOKE, I'KNMA.
CAPITAL - " $50,000.
SURPLUS - - SIO,OOO.
Does a General Hanking Business.
B.W JKNNJNGS, M. D.SWARTS.
President. Cashier.
LAPORTE HOTEL
and RESTAURANT,
LAPORTE, PA.
F. W. GALLAGHER, Prop.
Warm meal* and lunche9 at all hours,
Oysters and game In season.
Bar lupplled with choicest liquors, wine and
cigtn Good stable room provided.
LAPORTE LJVERY AND
BOARDING STABLES.
Connected with the Commercial
Hotel. First-class Horses and
Carriages.
Rateß reasonable.
T.E.KENNEDY Prop.
HOTEL MAINE
THOS.|W. BEAHEN, Prop.
LAPORTE, PA.
ThU new hotel has been recently opened, .newly
furnished throughout and will.be run lo' tin.
kpeciul accomodation of the traveling public.
The best stocked bar in the county. Kates aie lou.
COMMERCIAL HOUSE.
THOS. E. KENNEDY, Prop.
LAPORTE PA.
This large and well appointed house is
the most popular hostelry in this Bection
HOTEL PORTER.
CantonJStrect,
•"* SHUNK, IJA.1 J A.
W. E. Porter, Prop'r.
CARROLL HOUSE,
D. KEEPE, Proprietor.
DUSHOKE, PA.
One of the largest and best equipped
hotels in this section of the Ftute.
Table of the best. Rktes 1.00 dollar per day.
Large stables.
Professional Cards.
J # J. & F. H. INGHAM,
attornrvs-AT-LAW,
Legal business attended to
in this and adjoining counties
LAPORTE, PA
[T J. MULLEN,
Attorney-at-Law.
LAPORTE, PA.
Oflice over T. J. Kecler's store.
J H. CRONIN,
ATTORN -IAW,
JfOTART PUBMC.
orricc on main strbkt.
DUSHORE, I>A
Y/M 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,
jT J. BRADLEY,
ATTORNBY-AT-LA W,
OrriCß IN COUHTT BUILDING
KEAR-COURT HOUSR.
LAPORTE, TA
Ellery P. Ingham. Harvey K. Newitt.
|NGHAM & NEWITT.
ATTeBNaTI«A»>I.AW,
OFFICES 714-17 FRANKLIN BUILDING.
133 So. l'2th Street Philadelphia,
Having retired from the oflice 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,
ATTOIWET*AT*LAW:
orricc IN COURT HOUSK
LAPORTE, PA.
BLACKSMITH
AND WAGON SHOP
Just opened at the Laport"
Tannery.
Custom work solicited. All work
guaranteed.
o. W. BENNETT, Prop.
To Care Const I put ton Forever.
Take Caacarets Candy Cuthurtic. 10c or 25c.
' It C. C. C. fall to cure, drugiciKta refund money
■educate Tour Bowels With CtucareU.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c, ISc. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money.
Republican News Item.
|
jWe have been s
1 O ear " n g House £
C For some time, but we are through at last.
V are all fixed up in apple pie order for the 112
> Spring S
J r
with the largest and best stock of goods wer
} have ever had.
s Somethingfor Everybody, iXr<?piX^l twl ' r /
Wo think we can please Uh? most critical buyer in Sullivan
% county. J
v Respectfully Yours, £
> RETT EN BURY, >
r DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. S
COICS . . .FOR .
Rardwarc SE ° NERAL
HI————^HARDWARE
PAINTS. OILS, VARN SHES and GLASS.
SPECIAL inducements given on
QTOVES and RANGES
and all kinds of HEATING STOVES
l'or A\ iio<l or Coal, suitable for parlors, halls, churches, school houses,
camps, etc. Attention to a line of Cheap air-tight wood heaters from
83.00 to SIO.OO. Also a line of coal heaters from $2.50 up to $.15.00.
My Special Bargain Sale is open on a line of heaters slightly
damaged by water. Good as new. hut 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
market, made up of the best material and designed to be a handsome
Range. Furnaces always the best? on the market. In fact we are
ready to heat the universe either in hot water, steam or air. Try us,
we guarantee satisfaction.
STOY REPAIRS AND REPAIRING.
PLUMPING, STEAM FITTING AND SUPPLIES.
MILL SUPPLIES.
Qoles Hardware.
DUSHORE, PA.
Wall Papering
and CARPETING
NOW IS IN KEEPING and
no where will you be better
served.
Over 5000 Rolls in Stock
to select from, 25 patters of to select from
1000 Window Shades, 1000 yards of Oil Cloth.
Barbed Wire, Wire Nails hereby the Car Load.
Landeth's Garden Seeds are the most
Reliable.
Earliest £>eed potatoes.
Jeremiah Kelly,
HUGHESVILLE.
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY."
LAPORTE, ME, TIM, MAY 18, 1119.
iwimi
Fully Twenty-Five People
Killed in Collision on Read
in£ Railroad at Exeter.
SIGNALS DID NOT WORK
In Addition to the Killed There Were
About Forty Injured by the Crash
of Express and Special.
l-oc.ytln Running: ut Forty .Mile* ua
W»r Through liar Coach and
Drove Farl»r Car Through Another
('•acli—One of the Mont Appalling Disas
ters in the History of Pennsylvania.
Twenty-five human liven were sacri
ficed in the war-end collision on the
Philadelphia auil Heading Hailroad at
Exeter, six miles from Reading, I'a.
Sixteen corpses have been meniitied
ami many more have I men recovered
from the wreck.
The exact cause of the disaster Is tin
known, but It is retorted that a wrong
signal sent the colliding special train
into the rear of the regular express.
Which was waiting at Exeter for or
| tier*.
Details of l>isa%t«r
Heading, Pa., May 13.—At lca.it
twenty-five persons were killed and
forty injured In the collision between
' two trains on the Philadelphia .V Head
ing Uullroad at Exeter Million. slv
miles below lleuditg.
Among the dead are:
Audls, George 11.. Norrlstown.
Heatt.v, Samuel, ■•'orristown.
Huuchbluirer, Harris. Norrlstown.
•lohiiMon. John, serious; Montclalr.
Leaf. John E.. Montgomery t'ounly. '
Lcnls. Milton. Norrlstown.
M'CJraw, .Miss Annie. Ashland.
Shaw, George, Norrlstown.
Shelly. Hiram. Hrttboro.
Showers, Prank, NorrlHtoirn.
Sllvls. Benton. Blading.
Slater, William. ■ Norrlstown.
SllnghulT. John, Norrlstown.
Sowers, George. Norrlstown.
Street, Capt., Philadelphia.
Thompson, Harry, Norrlstown.
Wents, Henry, Nerristown.
i The list of Injured so far as obtained ]
> is as follows:
.Smith. Eddie. Norrl»'u>.. .
White, Charles, Norrlstown.
< VNeii, Nathan. Norrlstown.
t'later. Lather, serious. Pottstown.
Johnson, John, serious; .Ml. I'luir.
Kerr, Patrick, Norrlstown.
Walters, Pascal. Swedeland.
Leister, Marry P.. serious; Phoeuix ,
| villc.
Vanderslice, L. li., Plioenlxville.
\ddle. Tliaddeus. Norrlstown.
l-'riedboro. William, NwiTl'siown.
| Muddls, Charles. Coushoshockeu.
Fireman on Special, hurt b.v jump- I
ing.
Kuiita, Harry, Norrlstown.
Special Hailroad Officer Klrkpatriok,
Philad&tohia.
Maddening, Miss Annie, Ashland. j
Jacobs. Capt. Henry, Norrlstown.
Vshenfeller, A. J.. Philadelphia,
Kncker, George, Philadelphia.
Steinbeck, Francis T.. Camden.
Beaver, C. A.. Philadelphia.
Barney. 8.. Philadelphia.
I'arney, David, Norrlstown.
! i 'rrell, blurry. Philadelphia; engineer i
of the second train.
Everett, W. L., Philadelphia, li reman j
of the second train.
The express train for Philadelphia
was about !in It" un hour late In leaviug.
.Meantime many passengers on the
train from Harrisburg weni aboard
ibe I'hlladelphiu Express train while
ii stood in the station ai Heading, bul
the number of liarrisburg passengers
Ileitis too great to be accommodated on <
the express train, il was decided to j
i send att extra rain to Philadelphia t<> \
run as a seeond sectiou to the express. I
The extraordinary travel from liar !
: risbiirg was due to the number of peo
ple who weut to tlie Stole eapital ti.
: witness the exercises vounected with j
! the unveiling of the llartranfi Moun- i
i men I. The second seeiiou left here |
aboul twenty minutes after the ex i
press train had departed.
\i Exeter station Hie first train j
stopped for orders, ami while standing
! still was crashed into by ilic second
j section with terrific force the latter
' train at. the time running at great
j speed. The locomotive ploughed clear
through ih" two rear ears, reducing
them to splinters, anil then mounted
the end of the third car from the rear.
! The first car of the second train was
, also wrecked.
The havoc wrought to the occupants
l of these ears was appalling. Many
1 were crushed to death instantly, while
iiitiers were mangled ami maimed in a
j horrible manner. Norrlstown was the
' home of the hue Gov. Harfrauft. and
many of that town had gone to Harris
burg to do honor to his memory by
i parilcipating In the unveiling of the
< monument.
j rhe first train consisted of two ex
press ears, a mail and baggage ear. a
combination car. two da.\ coaches, a
parlor ear and a day coach In the order
meniloi-ed. The second train consist
ed of the Sixih Hegimeut. National
iiuaids, whose headquarters are at
Norrisiown. and another car contained
members of the Montgomery llose
t'ompany. of Norrlstown.
Tlic'other four cars had regular pas
!--.eiigers. Including about twenty survi
•ors of the Fifly-lir'st Pennsylvania
! ,'oliiiiteers, Hartfrandt's old command.
I ' i .oil iccoveriiig from the eU'iH-ts of
the shock those who escaped injury, or
who had been injured but slightly, sel
io vtirk to rescue their more unfortn-
I nate fellow na«senirers
Telegrams were hastily wni to Head
ing for assistance and two relief iraiua
with surgeons nuii nurses were de
spatched to the scene. Medical nid
was promptly rendered to the injured
upon the arrival of these trains at the
scene, and those who could lie re
moved were placed on trains and
brought to the hospitals here. The
bodies of twenty ileail were also
; brought here.
The signal man should have dis
played the red and green signal for tho
special, but it is said lie failed to do
so: whether on account of the signal
falling to work or not. is not known.
While the express was standing on
the tracks (lie crowded special caiue
thncdoring along. On account of :i
curve the engineer of the special could
not s#e the train standing on the
traaks ahead of him until too lato. The
tUMCIaI tore iota express with a
Ojash, and shrieks of ajfOny tilled the
The railroad at tfce scene of the ac
cident nans over a hollow, and the em
bankraeht on which are the tracks is
about fifty feet high.
Several passengers were hurled to
the bottom of the embankment, but
I the cars all remained on the roadbed,
i Gen. K. fiurd Orubb, of New Jersey,
former United States Minister to
Greece, and United States Senator
Bois Penrose, of Philadelphia, were
among the passengers on the I'ulliuan
enr, on the tirst rain. Both were bad
ly shaken np. but neither sustained
any injury. Senator Penrose, when
! questioned by a reporter regarding the
j accident, said:
"When the crash came 1 thuoght we
t would have been all killed. It was a
i terrific crash: people were thrown in
I all directions, and those who were not
j injured by (Token wood were more or
1 less injured b_\ living bumped again*!
th" sides of the cars. The scene was
, a most distressing one. and I shall ne\
er forget it."
Philadelphia, May H.—The Pottsville
j express, which was run into at Exeter
I arrived hereafter midnight with a l'ew
i of the injured They were:
Harney. 8.. Philadelphia. arm and
| lilp badly crushed.
Beaver, ( Philadelphia, arm bruised
i and head cut.
Kucker. Oeorsre \\ . Common Coun
eilniau of the Twentieth Ward, this
j city, injured about the legs.
Steinbeck, l'ratu i- T. Camdeu.
i cut about the head and bruised about
■ the t>od.v.
Three curs of the ill-fated second see
; lion which crashed into the Jirst sec
| lion of the "('aunon Ball" express
1 train at Kxeter arrived here with a
large number of the inimvil and others
; who escaped injury. Some of the in
-1 jnred were taken till' at I'otslown. and
fifteen were remove,l in hospitals at
Norristown. While the train was
( "landing ai the latter place two of the
! injured expired i.ief«ire they could lie
removed. Their names were not
' learned.
When the train arrived here there
were on twinrd Harry orrell. the en
i gineef of the second train: his tireiuan.
W. 1.. Kvereit. both of whom wen
hurt. There were also on the train
half a dozen of the uninjured passen
gers. all residents of this city.
The railroad employees warmly con
( grntulated the engineer and ti reman on
j their miraculous escape from death.
I As the oil-begrimed railroaders shook
' hands tears came to the eyes of many
;if them. Orrell had been reported dead
j but the only injury he received was a
scalp wound, ilis head was bandaged
and blood covered his face, hands and
| clothing. His fireman was slightly In
! Jured about the back.
! Orrell said he could not account for
the accident. He said:
"We left Beading a little late. We
were going at the rate of between
thirty-live and forty miles an hour,
and everything appeared to be all
right. .Insi before reaching Exeter
there is a curve. After we had round
ed it and had straightened out I was
horrified to see loom up a few hundred
i yards ahead the tirst section.
"1 instantly reversed the lever, but
j before 1 could stop the engine we went
j into the rear of the irain ahead with a
I terrible crash. .My engine ploughed
j through the day coach which in turn
! crashed half way through the coach
' in from <»f it.
j "1 did not know where I was for a
j time Imii dually discovered myself im
i prisoned among twisted iron, splint
-1 ered wood and broken glass, I got out
of the wreck unaided. How 1 escaped
: witlioui more serious Injury I cannot
tell. I do not know how many are
dead and injured, tint they tell me the
number i- laive."
Orrell and Kverett were taken to the
hospital where ilietr injuries were
dressed.
Everett escaped serious injury f>y
jumping from the rear of the tender.
I truth »l Kol>ll*ra I" Cubit.
Washington. May I.V -Gen. Brooke
reports from Havana the following
leatiis among the soldiers in Cuba: At
•lantiaico. May !•. Private 1.. Morrow,
Company A. and S. Smith. Com
ianj C. Second \ oluntcer Infantry,
]ysenior* : May 11, Private Louis
'lark. Company K. Ninth Volunteer
infantry, eousnnip'lon. At Puerto
I'rincipe May 11. Sergi. August Time,
jand. Elelith Cavalry chronic dysen
ery.
I«» I hntiitiuu
Boston. Mas-.. May I.V The Art
'oinmlssionet-s have awarded the con
ract for designing and erecting a
statue of the late William Emery
'banning to Herbert Adams, of New
I fork City, in the sum yf The
1 itaiue is to lie. placed in the Public
iarden. and Is to lie completed within
hree years.
\\ oiltllli Itlli'tM il to Hetttll.
Mount Vernon. May I"! -Mrs. George
Schuster of 17 Grand -treei. this city,
: ivas burned to death While lighting
« tire in her kitchen. Several painters
,vho were working nearby were alarm
-1 >d bv screams and through a window
ijw'.a blaze in tlie Schuster kiteaan.
1.25 P er * Year.
Number 3.
Nil up II
Rilipinos Send Another Envov
to the American Commis
sioners in Manila.
TRYING JO GAIN TIME
Aguinaldo Said ro Be About Heady
to (jive Up Fight—Funds
Nearly exhausted.
Prieat Bring* Tl«lin;;« Tw«>Tli..,i.»ud
South *»f .Maiil1h vl'jini in >ui'-
r«nd«r—Feaorfut I'ltmllxlont In Mtnik
CaHMiI Cup affluent ill (In* Hum
From < nrr«» lln.n.
Manila. May Hi- I.lent. Ueyes, rep
resentini; iho l-'il:iiiiio General. lire
uorio Pilar. ciitereo Hi.' American line.<
on tieneral I.awio Vs from with a tla
nt trut i', mill n i|ii .'sii'tl i hi' permission
ILL IIH' Military I \ mmission to pass mi
in Manila I'nr iln- purpose of confer
i - iuv wirli iln• .• tui'i'ii'aii Philippine*
Commissioners ',iftli. i.'cycs came 10
Manila and cuil.il upo.i tieii. OIK win
told liiin thai the Americans would ar
any time perjun white rial's lo pass
through IIH* lines [!■• added, how.
ever, iliar lie world leave the matter
in the discretion , i General l.awiou.
This is prnhuhlv another attempt on
ihe pari of lhe I' Upluos in gain tl|uo.
A Filipino pries from the province
of t'ayite brings u information ihai
J.HOO iiisurycnLs a.e under arms in the
province. 11111 ihey decile 10 ijttit fight
ill-. 1 lie priest :jlso Says thai (Jell.
Trias, w iin is in .-oimiiand of all the
i'ilipitio forces so' v ih of the Pasta. lias
said thai lie nun il surrender if In
would ri—elve the promise of a pardon,
lieu. " reef! Ed a teller llwlli
Aiiiilnalilo, nily stating iluii the
Filipino fluids ...le almost cxliausi.- ;
tnil the soldiers .vorn oui. Ajfultuihlo
■unvested .subm.s-iim to the Americans
and asked Gen. Trias's advice in the
matter lien. Tri-is replied favoriu I .'
sit r render.
The Filipinos uie priest says, hove
started a new powder mill at iSucrio
Vista, obtaining tjieir sulphur front :.
voleatio and their supply of saltpetre
from a reeently discovered mine.
The priest also reports ILIHI. Private
('oaies oi Company N of the Flrsi
i alilornla Infantry, who has been
held a prisoner at I'aiainnpie, has been
transferred to Lieut. (!il
more, of ilie uimlioai Yorklowu. and
ids fellow prisoners are at Hiacuabaio
The peaeeful condition of Manila has
i-ansed an extension of the order re
11uiriiiLr the inhabitants to tie in their
houses ai 7 o'clock in the evening to •»
..'clock.
Thirtv seouts, under t apl. BirUheiiu
■r. have captured the trenches at Son
Ihlelotiso atler a brisk tijfht. in which
lie' Americans had two men wounded.
I hi I titit*'* Aniiv,
1 .nation May 16.—A despatch re
ceived here from .Manila says that the
Filipino troops have been driven from
behind their stronv fortifications at
San lldefonso.
Washington, May 10.—The lirst in-
I'ormatiou received by the War Depart
ment about the capture of San lldefon
so by »Jen. I.awtoti's command was
conveyed in press despatches. War l"»e
--partniein otiicers said that Gen. Ot?»
has made no announcement ot the
.•apture. but this is probably due 10'
iiis waiting further developments be
fore sending a despatch. It Is proba
tile, however. Hull the capture of San
lldefonso is a movement made to take
lie insurgents in the rear. The town
s near the railroad and north of Bneo
lor and San Fernando. the headipta!
rers ol the rebel forces. The relative
positions ot San lldefonso and Bun>
or Indicate that Oeo. I.awtnn litis ai
•omplislietl the important tank of tie I
line in the rear of the Filipinos. N is.
therefore, almost certain that he will
move south upon Gen. I.uua's arrn.r.
while Gen. MacArtliur's force* will
move northward to attack them fron,
two sides.
Killdil Ily a Town MartlmJ.
Toledo. May 15.—Percy Burrill. of
this city, was shot and instantly killed
ay Marshal Ueidley at Br.vaa. Three
inen walked into the Rellly Jewelry
<tore and stole a quantity of Jewelry.
The marshal was notified and he set
jut in pursuit ot the robbers. He over
took them and ordered them to sur
render. Instead of doing so they ran.
l'he marshal fired and Burrill was
tilled. The other men gave themselves
pp. Burrill leaves a wife and baby
laughter here. He was considered up
right. The other men refuse to give
their names. The dead man was iden
lltied through the picture of his baby
3C carried with him.
ntuimiili •I'lll.lMNl From Columbia
Fort Scott. Kan.. May 11.—After a
jonfinemenl of about six years in a
lolitical prison in the Ite|Hiblie of Co
lombia. Archie McOarter. a civil envi
jeer and contractor, prominent In this
?ity until ISOI. when he left for Yuea
tan. has Just been liberated and re
rurncd here. He has a demand
.inon the Colombian Government for
sl. "si. in hi iudeiunitv. and luu gW en»
\Vashimrton to enlisr the aid of the
fiovernmeut in collecting it.
t'ltuk ISabl.»i« Srrnr* *:i.B«(> l« low*.
Webster t'lty. la.. May 15—'The Stat"
Bank of Ellsworth. In Ilainllton Conn
fy, was entered by several men. who
'•lew open a safe, secured S:«.(!Sn ayd
•scaped. They stole a team and light
nitfttv which were later found three
nib s from'Ellsworth. The bank oftt
Mais have offered a reward of SI,OOO
'or the arrest of tha men.