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SONESTOWN FLAGGING
Company,
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SONESTOWN RA
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SURPLUS - - SIO,OOO.
Iloes a Cient-ru.l I"itnlv itijj lluniiiefw.
h W..IENNTNOS, M l>. SWARTS.
President. cashier.
LAPORTE HOTEL
AN n 11EST A I' It AN 1,
LAPORTE, PA.
V. W. GALLAdHKR. I'ri>l>.
Warm meals ftiid luudios at till hours,
Oysters and game in season.
Bar supplied with choicest liiiunrs, wine and
I'igare. (iooil stable mum provided.
LAPORTE LIVERY AND
BOARDING STABLES.
Connected with the Commercial
Hotel. First-class Horses and
< 'airiages.
Hates reasonable.
T.E.KENNEDY Prop.
HOTEL MAINE
THOS IW. BEAIIKN. Prop.
LAPORTE, PA.
This new hotel has lieen « 4 4 1 . 1 ' 1 I >' I "'.V''Hl!- 1 Vt'.O
furnished throughout and wil * 112 »
tpecial accomodation oi the timeling I" 11
The best stocked bar in the county. Hates art low.
COMMERCIAL HOUSE.
THOH. K. KRNNF.DY. Prop.
LAPORTE PA.
This large ami well appointed house is
the most popular hostelry in this section
HOTEL PORTER.
Can ton' Street,
"ISHUNK, PA.
W. E. PORTER, Prop' R.
CARROLL HOUSE,
1). KBEPB, Proprietor.
MJKIIORK, I*A.
One of the largest and best, equipped
hotels in this seetion otthe state.
Table of the best, lutes l Oil dollar per day.
Large Shi Ides.
Professional Cards.
J # J. & F. H. INGHAM,
ATTOHNKVS-AT-I.AW,
Legal business attended t»
in this and adjoining counties
LAPORTE, ,>A
£ J. MULLEN,
Attorney-at-Law.
LAPORTK, PA.
Office over 'l'. •!. Kecler'R store.
J H. CRONIN,
A TTOHN K.Y W AT I. AW,
NOTAttY HUBMC.
OFFICII ON MAIN HTItKKT.
UIISIIOKK, ,A
P. SHOEMAKER,
Attorney at Law.
( lllice in County Building.
LAPOHTK, PA.
Collections, conveyancing: the settlement of
estates and other legal business will receive
prompt attention.
| J. BRADLEY,
ATTORN B Y-AT-I.AW,
orPICB IN COUNTY ttllll.DlNO
NKAK COI)UT lIOUMK.
LAPOHTK, PA
tillery P. Ingham. Harvey K. Newitt.
|NGHAM & NEWITT,
ATTORN LAW,
OKKIOKS 7I4-17 FRANKLIN lUIILDINii.
IXI So. 12th Street Philadelphia,
Having retired from the office of United Stall's
Attorney ami Assistant United States Attorney,
will continue the general practice ot law in the
I'nited States courts, anil all the courts of tin-
City and County of Philadelphia,
HENRY T. DOWNS,
ATTORN KV-AT-I.AW:
UKKICK IN OollHT IIOIIS K
LAPOHTK, PA.
BLACKSMITH
AND WAGON SHOP
Just opened at the Import"
Tannery,
Custom work Molii'iteil. All work
guaranteed.
O. W. BENNETT, Prop.
To Cure (Tonlit I put ton Forever.
Take Casearets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 4 J"»c
If <\ C. C. fail to cure, refund iiioui*v
•educate Tour Howell With Canrareta.
Candy Cathartic, cure cuiiMiipation forever.
10c, 86w. it CC. C. fall, druggistarefuud money.
;We have been ✓
House £
For some time, but we are through at last. WeN
112 are all fixed up in apple pie order for the r
Spring s
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with the largest and best stock of goods
\ Somethingfor Everybody, before purchasing. J
) \\'(. think we can please the most critical buyer in Sullivan^
\ RJSTTENBURY, S
C DUSHORE, PA. THK JEWELER. ✓
Coles.. Z. *
GENERAL
fiardwarc— WAßE
PAINTS, OILS, VARNSHES and GLASS.
SPECIAL inducements given on
CTOVES and RANGES
and all kinds of HEATING STOVES
I'm- Wood or Coal, suitable for parlors, halls, churches, school houses,
camps, etc. Attcnti' >to a line of Cheap air-tight wood heaters from
$.'».00 to SIO.OO. Also a line of coal heaters from S'-.00 up to S-^o.OO.
My Special Bargain Sale is open on a line of heaters slightly
damaged by water. (Hood as new. but they must be sold CHEAP
If in need of a. cheap beater, call early.
My "Dockash" Ranges are without a question the Quest in the
market, made tip of the hest. material and designed to he a handsome
Itauge. Furnaces always the l>est <>n the market. In fact we are
ready t<> lieat the universe either in hot water, steam or air. Try us,
we guarantee sat isfaction.
STOY KEPAIKrt AND RKPAIIiING.
I'Ll'M IMNG, STEAM KITTING AND SI I'l'Ll KS.
MILL SI'PI'IjI 128.
Goles Hardware
DUSHORE, PA.
gUMMER NECESSITIES.
Screen Doors
Ready to hang 75c 1.00 1.25
Window Screens 15c. 25c, 35c.
ICE CREAM FREEZEftS
Best Make 1.90 up t<> 6.75.
HAMMOCKS
50c; up to 3.75.
riQUIMP < irc.il variety. »'loth Musket*, ">Uc and
r lonllNlJ I nul\LL. ii|>. ('un't lie heat for the sunu> money.
Western Washers Clothes wringers up,
White enameled, all iron beds up to «;,<«>. Bed
springs, woven wire, 1.7$ up to 5.00 to suit.
Couches and lounges to iyi*i. Baby carriages,
up to All goods delivered to your R.R.
station.
Jeremiah Kelly,
HUGHESVILLE.
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY."
LAPORTE, I'ENNA., THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 189!).
THE BRYAN MEN
RULED THE ROOST
Pennsylvania Democrats Put a
Free Silver Ticket on a
Free Silver Platform.
60LD MEN BOLT IKE CONVENTION.
Proposed C'ampalgu Wltli the Repub
lican Inaumeuts ou State Issue*
Uoea to Smavb lu a Bryan l.uudsllde.
(Special Correspondence.)
Ilarrlsburg, June 20. —All the plans
of the Republican Insurgents and the
Guffey Democrats to run the Demo
cratic campaign this fall on atate is
sues went to smash In the Democratic
state convention which met here last
week. The stalwart workers of the
minority party refused to allow their
state organisation to be made a tail
to the Wanamaker kite. They asserted
their independence in bold und true
bourbon Democratic style. They de
manded that Bryau be recognized as
the Democratic national leader, and
despite the pleadings of the insurgent
allies, they placed in the first plan's
of the platform upon which they will
run the campaign unqualified and
emphatic indorsement of William Jen
nings Bryan, whom they then unl
there designated as "our matchless
leader." There can be no question of
tlie fact that the silver knight of Ne
braska still has the hearts of the
working force of the organization of
Pennsylvania's Democracy. Not only
does he figure conspicuously in the
platform, but there wan scarcely a
speaker who addressed the conven
tion who did not use his name to con
jure with in seeking applause or votes
for a candidate for honors from the
convention. One year ago Guffey want
ed to elect Jenks governor, and count
ed upon Republican insurgent helo
lie even kept out Bryan's name. This
week he was obliged to yield to the
party workers, and once more Bryan
appears as the favorite of the Demo
crats of the Keystone state.
SILVER TICKET ON A SILVER
PLATFORM.
Not only did the convention adopt
a Bryan platform, but it put a full
Bryau ticket in the field to run upon
it. No one who was suspected of dis
loyalty to the silver ticket of the last
presidential campalgu had the ghost
of a show to get a nomination from
this convention. There was a straight
out tight made upon the money issue.
Were it not for this fact Judge Yerkes,
of Bucks, would have received the
nomination for the supreme beach,
(luffev wanted him on the ticket to
keep the gold Democrats in line for his
nominee tor state treasurer, lie had
to yield to the Bryanites on the plat
form, but he hoped to be able to play
the Palmer and Buckner people with
a gold bug running for the supreme
bench. But the boys would not have
it. They proposed to rule the roos:,
and they ruled it their way. Again
(Juffev had to come down off his perch
and the Bryan shouters have what they
wanted. Judge Alestrezat, of Kayatte,
who aspired to the supreme bench,
made his canvass for the nomination
upon the broad principle that "I am
u Democrat," very much after the
David B. mil. ntyle of canjpalgntM-
His literature alttrlfcuted to the dele
gate* deieaifted mm as "a Democrat
pasateseiftg the Jeffersanlan requisite*
of ability, keneety and fa(thWlpQps lo
the constitution" and as "comingdreni
a long Ifnfe of Democratic ancestors,
aud is In hiß,polltlcal faith to the.man
or born." 1-ie was also described as tin
ardent supporter of Democratic candi
dates. local, state and natiqnal, at all
times. This is what suited the silver
men, and with a great hurrah they
nominated Judge Mestrezat for the
supreme court on the twensty-eflghth
ballot.
ANOTHER BRYANITE HONORED.
h'ollowlng up this victory,/the silver
men nominated Charles J. 'Reilly, of
Wllliamsport, for the superior court,
tie is one of the best known Bryan
supporters in Pennsylvania. He was
permanent chairman of the» conven
tion.and in opening the proceedings
he made a regulation stalwijart speech
of the Jacksonian brand. He spoke
of"the great party that gave us a
Jefferson, a Jackson, u. (Hancock, n
Tilden and a Schlejj." 'iJhere was u
mild display of enthi'shu?n over the
mention of the last uane. tout when in
the next breath he added. "It gave to
us the moral, the inte&ectual, the
great, the superb and matxjhlesa.leader.
William Jeuuings Bryan*" there was
a tremendous demonstration. The
cheering lasted fully one minute and
was repeated twice, the col
onel throwing the hero of Santiago
completely in the shade.
So much for the judicial nomina
tions.
Of course, WUliam T. Creasy, of Co
lumbia, Quftey'a slated candidate, was
nominated for state trenaurdr. Creasv
stood by the Bryanites in ,the presi
dential campaign, and they'could not
well object to his nonofnatlbu. He is
uot oouular. however. *with»the stal
watt Democrats. 111 view of" his course"
in the last legislature iu opposing leg
islation for which the Democratic party
fought for many years. On account
of his associations with the Van Val
kenburg outfit, Creas.v's Democracy has
frequently been questioned. He will
be bitterly opposed for election by or
ganized labor throughout the state.
SOUND MONEY MEN BOLT.
There hare been many protests from
the sound money Democrats against
the UufTey leadership in permitting th« I
state convention to be dominated try
the silverites. Many of then deblare
they will not vote the ticket thig fall.
They say that for this Bryan ticket
to receive a large vote in November
would be notice to the werld that
Pennsylvania stands for the Chicago
platform and demands that Bryan
shall once more be the nominee of
the Democracy for president.
A* incident in the state committer
illustrates the feeling of the gonad
money men on this question. When
Charles P. Donnelly, who was madu
chairman of the committee on plat
form, mounted the stage to present his
report, the popular Philadelphia leader
wan received with applause. He ha<l
but few sentences to read before he
reached Bryan's name, and then the
convention fairly weut off its feet i»i
wildly cheering, shouting and yelling
for the Nebraska colonel. The chair
man of the cop-entiou promptly put
the question. when a motion was made
to adopt the platform as presented, and
it was carried with shouts of approval.
lit an instant John Cadwalader. Jr.,
of Philadelphia, commanded the eve
of the presiding officer. "Mr. Chair
man." said he, calmly, "iu view of
the fact that Mr. Bryan's name appears
in the platform I shall withdraw from
this convention."
Then came a scene of wild disorder.
Nobody knew to what exteut the bolt
would reach.
"Put him out, put him out," came
indignant shouts from the galleries,
and us Mr. Cadwalader left the hall a
storm of hisses followed him to the
door. Many other gold men would
have withdrawn also wore they not
interested in candidates for supreme
judge.
The Itryan hurrah started with the
speech of the temporary chairman,
William M. Brinton, of Lancaster, who
was only permitted to get off a long
winded address by giving the patriots
frequent occasion to cheer for their
favorite national leader.
They have since renounced the
and the platform.
REPUBLICANS PLEASED.
It is almost unnecessary to state
that the Republican leaders are net a
bit sorry that the Democratic party
named free silverites ou its ticket, amd
that it openly endorsed Bryan. They
watched the convention with conald
erable interest. They wanted to kmow
just how easy the Democrats intended
making the campaign. That the Re
publicans are convinced that they will
have an easy time of it in the fall can
vass goes witUbut saying.
"We will have a cinch." said one of
the Republican leaders. "If we had
planned the convent ion at Harriaburg
ourselves we could not have done more
efficient work in the interest of the Re
publican party. Pennsylvania does
not believe in free silver men, nor does
it believe in Bryan, and it means that
the Republicans will have an old fash
ioned majority in the fall tight."
The Democrats are now in a position
where they cannot expect aid from so
called independent sources. In the gu
bernatorial campaign of last year the
Democratic platform abstained from
mentioning the name of Bryan, and in
this way the party got support that
otherwise would have gone elsewhere.
But now with Bryan endorsed, aud the
presidential campaign but a year dis
tant, it is not to be expected that the
Democrats will have even a united
party.
The gold Democracy see plainly that
they are not appreciated in the Dem
ocratic party in Pennsylvania, and fur
thermore that they are being constant
ly punished because they voted the
Palmer and Ruckner presidential
ticket. They point to Judge Yorkes'
case, for instance, and they say that
it is outrageous that the fact that he
was against Bryan should knve been
used against him in his candidacy for
the supreme court."l suppose that
they can do without our money and
our votes." said a well known gold
Democrat the other day."After turning
down Yerkes on the Bryan issue it
looks as though that in the future they
will get neither. We are sick and tired
of such treatment, and we propose to
resent it to the bitter end."
IDIMS FOR 1 SUPERIOR COURT.
Philadelphia. Juue lit).—Republicans
of Pennsylvania are now preparing to
put a good ticket in the held against
the Bryan outfit named by the D«mo
• rats. Republican State Chairman
John P. Elkin is getting the vi»ws of
the members of the Republican state
■ oininlttee as to the most degirable
dale upon which to hold the state con
vention. which will without doubt be
held at Harrisburg. Under the ruleg
I governing lite Republican organisation
j of Pennsylvania the convention cannot
be held this year before the last week
iu August. The opinion prevails that
| Thursday, Aug. 31, will be the day
I finally determined upon.
As to the candidates likely to be
chosen, with possibly one exception.
, there is still great uncertainty. Be
j sides the candidate for state treasurer
there will be oue nominee for the su-
1.25 p cr. Year.
Number 11.
pram* oencu ana one ior toe" superior
court. No one is in a position to pick
the winner in the contest for the treas
urerahip. The party leaders hare
reached no agreement upon ujr candi
date for thii office, and the mUtir may
iiot be settled before the rounding up
of the situation, when the delegate*
reach the convention city. The retire
ment of Manufacturer Joseph Bosler,
of Montgomery, as an aspirant for this
honor leaves General . Schall. of the
same county, the only candidate in the
cast who has thus far entered the race.
There is a trio of available men in the
west who have been discussed for this
office, any one of wliom would make a
strong candidate. They are Colonel
Hawkins and Lieutenant Colonel Bar
net, both Of Washington county, who
will be home shortly with their regi
ment, "the fighting Teuth," from Ma
nila. and General of Venango.
If "the fighting Tenih" gou backbefftre
the convent ion meets and either Haw
kins or Burnet shall desire togo on The
ticket, it would require but an intima
tion of the fact to bring a prompt ac
quiescence from the party organiza
tion. It is not known whether either
of them would care to run. however,
so there the matter rests.
ASPIRANTS FOR THE JUDGESHIPS.
The prophets are as much at sea on
the supreme court nomination. The
two most talked about for the honor
are Common Pleas Judge Arebbald. ot
l.arkawnna. and Supreme Court Jus
tice Porter, of Allegheny. It is impos
sible to figure out a sure, thing for
either. The nomination of Judge Mes
tresat. of Fayette, by the. Democrats,
with his election to the supreme court
assured, may be to the disadvantage
of Judge Porter, whose friends have
been using as '.'.lelr strongest argument
in favor of his nomination the fact
that the western section of the state
was without its proper representation
on the supreme bench. Admirers oi
Judge Arebbald have already come to
the front with the claim that the great
northeastern belt of counties should
have a member of the supreme court.
There are intimations that a dark
horse may capture This nomination.
Lyman D. Gilbert and Judge< Wuiss. of
Dauphin, and J. Hay Brown, of Lan
caster. have all bssu proposed, and anv
one of them, should he permit th« use
of his name in this connectiou. could
command a strong following. Judge W.
1). Wallace, of Lawrence, has also pow
erful backing.
The superior court nomination, it is
conceded, will goto a Philadelphia!!
and there Is little doubt that the can
diilacy of Josiah H. Adams will meet
with success. He will have the bulk
of the Philadelphia vote, even though
a fight be made against him. But it is
not at all improbable that the entire
Philadelphia delegation will be at his
back, and that Justice Dlmner Bee be r
will not be a candidate for re-election
by the time the convention meats.
Counsellor Adams has a wide acquaint
ance throughout the state, and his
friends have received very gratifying
assurances of support of his candidacy
from delegates from a number of coun
ties.
While Plains. ,\. Y„ June I!'.- -peter
nil.l John Met limy. s ami l«i years old.
respectively, sons of Peter Mctliuty.
were drowned while bathing with sev
eral companions in t'io:.er's Pond
which is about eight miles east of this
place. It is a deep sheet of water on
the l'arui formerly owned l>.v lilchard
Croker. The McGinty lio.vs were play
insr on a raft and fell off.
for Mct'oy and Kit/..
Chicago. June IK. The Colorado Ath
letic Association lias offered a S'JO.INNI
purse for a t weniy-tivo-rnuiid contest
between Bob Fiusinimons and Kid"
Mct'oy. The proposed tight is to be
for the middleweight championship of
the world. McCoy lias wired his ac
ceptance. saying that lie would tight
at 1 ">N iMiunds or at catch weights ou
any fair terms.
I it ion Student Drowned.
Schenectady. X. Y.. June Hi.—Harold
SUidmoi'e. nineteen .veals old. of South
old. Long island, a member of the
class of *D2. T'nlon College, was
drowned in the Mohawk River. He
went in bathing, but could not swim.
He went beyond bis depth, and despite
the strenuous efforts of his companion
was drowned In six feet of water.
Sherman Has a IteU.pse.
Manslield. 0.. June lit.—Ex-Secretary
John Sherman is suffering from a re
currence of the lung trouble with
which he was afflicted while on a trip
to the West Indies. On Juw Bhe con
tracted cold, which has developed Into
a mild but annoying affection of the
lungs. Ills condition is not regarded
as serious.
Funeral of Hear Admiral Crosby.
Washington. June lft.—The funeral
services over the body of Kear-Admiral
Pierce Crosby were held in St. John's
Episcopal Church, in this city, aud the
burial was in the National Cemetery
at Arlington. The escort esuslated of
bluejackets from the N'ary Vard. The
services were brief.
steady Work at Collieries.
sbamoklu. Pa.. June 111.—Thirty tiye
hundred employes of the* Philadelphia
and Heading < oal and imu. Company
in the Shamokln reglo*>.4KW>aMace(l
work ihK morning. The*«W*tee Will
be operated six days a tfeeh for an In
definite period. They b:tve»ben work
ins; uncertain hours for some time.
Reciprocity With IteriiiuriH.
Washington. June l».-—Despatches
received by the British Embassy say
that a reciprocity comtuisai«a has
sailed Iron, lleriimda. and .will arrive
here about the middle nf Rest week.