Republican News Item. Published Every Thursday. \ Volume Business Cards. SONESTOWN FLAGGING i Company, Chu. F. BtUamboz, AoentS. D. H. Lorah, " SONESTOWN I>A FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WJBIIOIIB, I'KN'NA. CAPITAL - " $50,000. BUBiiuß - • wo-000- Does a General liauking Bußmefm. B.W. JSNNINQB, M - »■ SWARTS. President. Cashier. | LAPORTE HOTEL j AND RESTAURANT, liA-POBTE. PA. F. W. OALLAfiHEK, Prop. Warm meal* and lunches at all lioure, Oysters and game in season. Hur auDDlied with choicest llquoi-s, wine ami oitan (iood stable room provided. 1 LAPORTE LIVERY AND BOARDING STABLES. I Connected with the Commercial i Hotel. First-class Horses ami | Carriages. Rates reasonable. T.E.KENNEDY Prop. HOTEL MAINE THOS.|W.BEAHEN, Prop. LAPORTE, PA. TUi. new hotel has been recently "l*"" 1 : furnished throughout ' ..ui.lie COMMERCIAL HOUSE. THOS. B. KENNEDY, Prop LiPORTS PA. This larße and well appointed liouee is l j the most popular hostelry in this section HOTEL PORTER. CantonlStreet. "jSHUNK. PA. W. E. POUTER, Prop'r. CARROLL HOUSE, D. KBEPE, Proprietor. UUSIIOKK, PA. One of the largest and best equipped hotels in this section otthe state. Table of the bent. Kates 1 .00 dollar per duy. l.arjje itnldes. Professional Cards. J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTORKUVS-AT-LAW, Legal business attended to in this ami adjoining counties LAPOKTE, ,>A - J £ J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LAPORTE, PA. Office over T. J. K color's store. J # H. CRONIN, ATtonKKT'AT -LAW, NOTART FB»MC. orrlL'B OH MAI* KTKIKT. DU SHORE, ~A yyM P. SHOEMAKER, Attorneyat Law. Office in County Building. LAPORTE, PA. Collections, conveyancing: the settlement of estates aud other l«*gal business will receive prompt attentiou. A J. BRADLEY, ATTORHBT-AT-LAW, orrica in COMITY BUII.IIINS NRAHCOURT HOUHK. LAPORTE, I>A BUery P. Ingham. Harvey K. Newitt. |NGHAM& NEWITT. ATTORNBTH»A»«I.AW, OFFICES7I4-17 FRANKLIN BUILDINC. 133 Ho. 12th Street Philadelphia, Having retired from the office of United Stales Attorney and Assistant United States Attorney, will continue the general practice of law lit the United States courts, and all the courts of tin- City and County of Philadelphia, HENRY T. DOWNS, ATTORN BT-,AT-I. Aw: orrica m COURT IJOUXK LAPORTE, PA BLACKSMITH AND WAGON SHOP Just opened at the I<aport» Tannery. Cimtoin work Holi cited. All work guaranteed. O. W. BENNETT, Prop. To Cor* Constipation Komor. Take Cascareta Candy Cathartic. 10c or SSc ir O. C. fall toeure, refund mom-v Educate Your Howell WUb Caacarete. Candy Cathartic, cure eonatipatiou forever. We. He. IIC C C fall, drugglste refund money. I Swe have been v I (gleaning House £ For some time, but we are through at last. J are all fixed up in apple pie order for the 112 p Spring cLraftc c ! V with the largest and best stock of goods wcr | ? have ever had. >Somethingfor Everybody, ESZiZ&Z.™*/ ! We tliiuk \vi' can please the most critical buyer in Sullivan V % county. J C IJcßpccUiiJJy Yours, > RET T E N BURY, P DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. Coles... * iiiS ERAL II—HARDWARE PAINTS, OILS, VARNSHES and GLASS. SPECIAL inducements given on CTOVESand 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 $.1.00 to §IO.OO. Also a line of coal heaters from 82.50 up to $35.00, My Special Bargain Sale is Open on a line of heaters slightly damaged hy water. Good as new. lmt they must he sold CIIKAI' If in need of a cheap heater, call early. My "Dockash" Ranges are without a question the linest in the market, made up of the best material and designed to he a handsome Range. Furnaces always the Iwst 011 the market. In fact we arc I ready to heat the universe either in hot water, steam or air. Try us, we guarantee satisfaction. jSTOV REPAIRS AND REPAIRING. PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING AND SITPLI KS. i MILL SUPPLIES. ooles Ha 1-J ware, DUSHORE, PA. Wall Papering and CARPETING NOW IS IN KEEPING and no where will you be better served. j Over 5000 Rolls in Stock to select from, patters of CARPET 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 Seed fotaioes^ | Jeremiah Kelly, HUGHESVILLE. I "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY." LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY, JUNE I, I89!l. HE IS ARMED TO IHE lEEIfI. Captain Marks Strongly in trenched in an American Schooner. TROUBLE LOOKED FOR. Says He Will Defend Himself With Weapons of War Until He Gets His Pay. Tlio Govermuetitit nf the Culled Slutci uml (lr«at Iti-ltalii Ilelleil l»y Murks untl Ills riuvv—Helvetia** ( <niiin:i ii ilar llar r tended In the Hunt nt \ alley I'leld, In I'liiiuUinii Water*. Washington, May 2!i. —('apt. Marks, of tin- American schooner Jlelvetia, in trenched and barricaded mi his shi|i anil armed to Hie teeth. like a pi rah* of old. is defying II"' government of Croat liritain and the I'nited Slates at Valley Piold, in Canadian waters, not far from .Montreal. An attempt to eaplnre t lie ship under the I'nited Slates consul has been ordered liy ihis government with the eonsent of Croat r.ritain. and blood may Mow belore its purpose is aeeouiplislied. Daily last fall lite Allanlie Transput'- laMon Coinpany of New York charter ed several schooners ai Cleveland. (>.. illlell<l iIILT to lease tiiein lo the Goverti -11l• ill. and ordered them in the Allan lie. When they reached Valley Field the river was frozen and all the ves sels were tied lip for Winter. .Meanwhile a receiver was appointed for the Atlantic Trahsportatiuii Com pan.i and the schooners were ordered back in l 'ieveland. When the river opened all the schooner captains ex cept I'aptain Marks, of the Helvetia obeyed, lie said lie Would hold his craft until lie was paid for his ser x ices, and I lie crew decided lo stay with liiin. 'I he owners uf the x'esscl offered to uive bond to pay any debt found against them, but the captain refused! to trive up the ship. Instead he barri caded the schooner and prepared for war. The < anadian Government refused to act, because the schooner had an American register. Attempts made through this Government to got Marks to yield, failed. Then ilie t'nited Slates consul asked for authority from the (.anadian Government to act on his oxvu score iu arresting .Marks. The Government consented, but the t'nited Slates »ioverninent objected until the owners uf the vessel should give bond to indemnify the consul. This has been done and orders have gone forth from Washington and <• t lawn lo seize the Helvetia and arrest Marks. I'.ut the seizure has not taken place yet and the authorities here are looking for some stirring news of a tight from Montreal. l ire ( nni'v New York. Max 27. t'oney Island was visited by the most disastrous tire in history, lor four hours the Uamcs battled the efforts of an army of lirenieu. ahd when the blaze was brought under control, eight blocks from Kensington walk to Kelt man's Casino, and from the sea side of the How cry to the water's edge, were a mass of smouldering ruins. In all about l.Mi structures! had been swept away. While no loss of life was re ported, the police believe that there must have been some fatalities. The property loss is estimated at -Sl.- iii ii* in in. I,iis' *l.'!.~(l.()(in in i idii. Glasgow. May 27.—A gtval sensation has been caused by the failure of Neilson 11 i*i is.. au important linn en gaged iu ilie iron and steel trade. i'liev had long beared Glasgow pig iron. and were heavily oversold when the corner in xvarrants was ciiginei'reil. Ii is calculated that the concern lost ,>l.'J."i(i.ikm» during the past year. The tnial ol the liabilities is unknown, but x\ ill reach the millions Noilsmi Itros. were the largest dealers and exporters ot ship plates iu Scotland. 11:«• I Fire in < levfltinil. Cleveland. May 27. I'ire destroyed the Ohio Sasli & Door Company's fac tory on Central lints. The loss amounts to .SN."i.(liMi. A brisk breeze added to the danger. 1 liroatolliiig prop erty surrounding the burning factory. The factory was tilled with ilie tines! ipialitv of kiln-dried lumber and I here was a large ipiautily of turpen tine stored in the building. The build ing ami stock were insured foi .SMi. iiiio. It is not kuoxvu how the lire started. lliirriMon Uhiml .I.acksonvllle. I'la.. May 27. Harri son ltceil. the lirst caiiietiiag Governor of Plorhla. is dead, lie was born at Littleton. Mass.. In ISIHe was edi tor of the Milwaukee Sentinel and other Western papers, and founded the town nt Xeeiiah. Wis. lie was Gov oritur of ihis State four years and a half, iu -lorin.x times, and was im peached three times, but unsuecess f 111 1 v. < -p<|i*or« ;\M:m l» I'aris. May 27.- Mile. Itliea. the act ress wliu died May Id. willed hot estate lo her housekeeper. Her creil Itors have tiled claims for Sii.ilOf against the estate, and her house ba boon attached. ■ Two **••«»• Drowttoil, Starbii' I . Wash., May 27.—Charles W. Whitney and Prank Whitney brol'ers. were drowned at Palousf j Uapids. Snake ttiver. They were I shooting the rapids. TORNADO IN NEBRASKA. Many rtnoni Injured end Mucti Proper!) Ileilrayed. Hastings, Neb., May 27.—A tornado passed diagonally across this sectlot of Adams county and struck the south era limits of the city. Damage tc houses anil farm property is large, but no lives were lost. The storm passec on into Kansas. A number of persons were hurt by tiyiug debris. John Hall's frame house, in the path of tlit »<torin, was torn to pieces and txvo eliil dren of the family thrown froni theii beds into an adjoining Held and badlv hurt. 11. W. Gales, a farmer living ueai town, was caught by the tornado auij suffered u broken back. The roaring of tin; passing storm awoke everybody ill the city. Considerable property ot the Sr. Joseph iV Grand lslaud Kail road here was destroyed. Warm Tint** for a lllcninlHt. Toledo, Ohio. May 20. —Two wives ol tile same husband have joineit issues in tin- Con in Pleas Cohrt in unlet thai Wife No. i: might secure a di xorce from a man giving the name nt lilllli Waller. Wife No. t testified that she married the same man under tin name of lid Waltz. Judge .Morris re fused to grant a divorce on the oral testimony, but directed the women tc appear before the grand Jury iu ordei to have Walter or Waltz indicted tot bigamy. The two wives, who appeal 10 lie mi the tuosi friendly terms thei l inn If for the grand jury romn lo givt their testimony. Iliiwk* 1 'ii i t'|> » Hai-,1 I* tic lit. Johnstown. Pa.. May 211.—Jacob Ma tliias while driving along in ids wagon came across two chicken hawks en gaged ill a tierce battle, lie left his team and picking up a stick from (in. ground went in where they were tight ing. Much in his surprise both of tlu birds attacked him and clawed his per son before he could beat them off. ill succeeded iu killing one with the slick bill the other eolillllllcil I lie tight nil I i Mathias was re-eulorceii by a uiiil from a field, \xhell lie succeeded ii killing it also. Maihais was painfuli.x injured. lloli«l;|t Xi ;«(>(*• » \tnnl i ion. Chnrlestown. \V. Va., May 27. (J. II ilolliday. \\ ho owns a store and rangi foundry plant ai Manchester. Ohio has nifiile a proposition to the City Council for the removal of his plant here if the city will for a tern, . ten years buy all the cinders produced by the foundry, paying therefor .s:i.i»iH» '1 lie City Council is willing to ilevolt s.-,iiii a year to ii for six years provid ing that Ilolliday guarantees lo iocatt his plant here for ten years ami kee| 11 in operation six months out of every year. Auullier (omit er(t'i< litit I'lot. Philadelphia, May 27.-John L. Seiu lilc. counsel for Taylor and Itredell. the engravers under indict incut foi making counterfeit notes and revenue stamps, had a two hours' talk with ltrockway. the counlerfeiii'r. now a convict in Trenton Penitentiary. Tin result of ii was thai Semple and ox- Governor Pattison. ids associate, tiiadi u proposition to liistrict Attorney Heck which, ii is said, involves thei! exposing another counterfeiting plot. lilll N.nv Itrruiliei n I.ii w Albany, May 27. Gov. Uoosexcil signed the amended Prauchisc Tax bill. After the hill had been signed and il xvas a statute of the State, tlu Governor said that ii xvas too early foi 11iiti to discuss what plan xvotild In adopted in enforcing its provisions, lie said that a conference would in held witliiu a short time by llie iiieui hers of the Slate Hoard of Tax Com missioner*. Ohio < hies Win. (Iranil Kapids. Midi.. May 27.—Tlu judges in the educational exhibit xvldeli will be a feature of the Natioua V. M. C. A. Convention have finished I heir work. In the junior department Detroit won the award in elemeutarj carpentry: Cleveland iu sketch dut and also camera club auil reprinted mailer tu cities over 2,"i.iHin I lay foil iiliio. won the award on its congress. x\ mil« In Hi* :i Nil lie iii i lie ritiliji|»ine*. Washington. May 27.—Miss Carrie Danford. daughter of Congressman I »:illl'oi iI. of Ohio, lias applied tot lit War 1 >e|ini-iment for a place ou tilt staff of nurses wiili the soldiers in Hit Philippines, and. having her father's indorsement, fully expects to get tilt desired appoint nielit. She served as nurse in the Southern military camps ami iu Cuba last year. Tlimiiflil lo llnvt* Soul h I tend. Ind.. May 27. A strang er giving the nan John I.itchliehl of Talma. 1 ml., was found iu a park in convulsions and xvas taken to thf hospital, w here lie died. All he sail, xvas thai lie had drank pop somewhere and gave his name. His entire posses sious were ."iS cciils and a beer check II is thought he xvas drugged. ( 111 1.1 Hurled in ii I'nii Imle. Oxvensboro. Ky.. May 27 Some liovf at I'cllx ille. seeing a post planted iu at ' unusual place, concluded lo invest! gate. and. pulling il up. found the ilea*' body of a child buried iu the posthole 'l'lie child bad evidently come lo lib i it'll lii from natural causes, but suspi clon is rife as to why ii was so dis poseil of. iii» »\ .\o-" '>•*»« »l \f (Juoenstown. May 2.".--The Whitf Star sieanier Teiitoiile. which arrived here from Nexv York, reports thai sin passed the bark Siddartha. of Sack j ville. N. It., abandoned and water | logged, with all her masts goue. 1.25 Per. Year. Number .1. ■»N011IN Critics at Manila Declare that Our I-orce at Present is Aluch too Small. w~ LOSSES ARB TOO LARGE Claimed That Recent Hvents I jeninn w strate the Urgent Need of Much Larger Army in Philippines. t w Much Teirltoi v Tallin l>y tlio Aincrli-iiiii Is Aliandoiinl lln-mnte oi Knuiliirii'iii .Number »( li'ou|M in ll<»l<l It Kitmji> Iteturn* anil Iti-litulilisli '1 lieiii»elv<-> In Almniloiivil 'I OH lis. Manila. May 2!)s—The events of ihi past week have emphasized the need «>t' a much larger army here. will].. Hl which, according 1.. I In* best :i ut In u-i tics in Manila, il would lie attempt in^ 11n* i lllpOSsiblc In CN pl'Ct 111 I•-!;i i»1 i | American supremacy jn tin- I'hiliji liitif Islands. Tile illlll li 'i | ll;l(-.\- of 111.- A tlli'licuti forces is said In lie responsible I'm tin* large total loss in ilii' 111i 1111ii■ ruj small I'm •oiini lTS wi; IKMII material suits as a i-imi| II -nsalion. Most ol' tin' lighting lias lin territory vvliich tin- Americans had swept, hut have been <■<>lllll<*l li-d t. aliamliin because they could nut spare troops to hold il. 'rin- forces i 0 11 11 hx lii'ti : Mac Vrthur and l.awioii hold two im porfant lines ol eoiiiuiiuricatioii. aim command tin' railroad io San l-'crnau <lo and the Km «! i':i in Ii • IJiver. hut much ol" tin' country they have swept Including si'HITS ol tin- smaller town* and some or' the larger ones have hc.-i Jell uncovered. simply for waul of men io hold them, and the insurgents h.-ivi returned and are oi cupyiiig the towns the Ainerieans ahaniloiieil ami arc camping in the jungles and wood- mil side ol hers. Oil lie watch for ellillle. • io harms* the garrisons and attack seoiii iiiiif parties or detached eompani".* x\ iI It greater lori es. ( :ip')iin l*:il'ker. Manila. May 2!' Captain Barker win relieved Admiral 1 lewey here whet lln- latter Started on his return trip the t ailed Stales, said in ail inlorvi.'W Thar it ;'avc him great pleasure n / know ihmi the American people an ' preparing io give tlie Admiral' so roy.j I \l' rI [ v n \i:K i: t; ' a welcome when he gels baek to thf naiive land of the stars anil stripes and that lie believed that tlio demon strut lons being planned are of HK proper sort for our people to show their appreciation of the modest link hero of Manila l!ay. 'l'llroe Furiiter* Lynrlieil. Dallas, Tex.. May 2t!.—News rcaeheu here of a triple lynching near Alex a small village in Henderson county James Ilugplirles and his two grown soils, farmers, were taken from tlieii home by a party of thirty armed men to a secluded spot in the Cellar ('reek bottoms, live miles away. Alarge ire. was selected, and hugphries and both his sons were told to prepare for deatii The cause that led to the crime wa supposed to have lien the harboring of the murderer of Constable Melton of MalakotV, who was killed a few months ago, ami who was afterward assisted to escape by the liugphries family. Will IVfarrr an Iml :t i. Appleton, A\'is., May 27.—A marriag. license lias been issued here to Alex ander Skanadore. a full-blooded Onei da Indian, and Miss Mabel ltenneii. !i young and pretty white girl. Skana dore is a resident of the Oneiila Reser vation and Miss Men net t went there two years ago l'roin South Dakota and has been teaching the Indian school. The bridegroom was educated at Carlisle, Pa. Collected Tuition* mi«l Toll Town. Xenia. Ohio. May 27.—About twenty five students of the Xenia Muslims* College are highly indignant over tin disappearance of Prof. A. C. Parsons, President of the college, and Ids In-oth er Klnier. a teacher. They had collect ed tntltlon iu advance in sums as high as *SO. The.x owe various ainount here and the furniture was removed from their rooms by the dealers. SUCH Hl* Fatlirr for WIOO.OOO. Wheeling. \V. V»„ May 27.—Thf largest suit for damages ever entered in the local Courts was brought by l»r. S. K. lilssom against his father I'OI StiHi.iHMi. The junior llissoni sues hi father. who is a wealthy oil operator, on account of having him <S. K. ills sunn incarcerated on a charge of bin acy. The entire matter is of a most sensational family affair.
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