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Volume i.
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SONESTOWN FLAGGING
Company,
Chaa. P. BiUambosi, AprflltS.
D. H. liorah, a
SONESTOWN I>A -
Fikst national bank
OF W.'SHOKK, I'KNNA.
CAPITAL - ' •lnnnn'
HURPLUS - - SIO,OOO.
Does a General Bunking lousiness,
h \Y. .l ENNINGS, M.!>. HWAKTS.
President. cashier.
lAPORTE HOTEL
AND RESTAURANT,
A.FORTE, PA.
K. W. (iALLACHIKK, Prop.
Wmiu uit-tt l.s unci luuches ut nil hours,
Oysters and game ill season. _
Hur »ui>i>lied with ehoieest liquors, wine anil •>
"igani ciood 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
THOH .W. BEAHEN. Prop.
LAPORTE, IjA.1 j A.
'i'liiai new hotel hasten recently i 'l*/ 11 '''J. 1 \ V |»-
furnished throughout *n«t will J*J •> '"j
fcpci-ihl accomodation oi the tra\ihn ft 1 1,1 •
VhS l»-«t "locked bar in Kale are low.
COMMERCIAL HOUSE.
THOS. E. KENNEDY, Prop.
LAPORTE PA.
This large ami well appointed house is
the moat popular hostelry in this seetiou
HOTEL PORTER.
Canton*. Street,
SIfUNK, I'A.
W. E. Route K, Prop'r.
CARROLL HOUSE,
1). K EEPE, Proprietor.
OIISIIOKK, PA. j
One of the largest ami best equipped ;
hotels in this section <>l the state.
'I ttble of the best. Rules 1 .00 dollar per .lay.
Large stiiblea.
Professional Cards.
y # J. & F. H. INGHAM,
ATTOKHKYS -at-i.aw,
Legal business attended to
in this and adjoining Bounties
LA PORT K, ~A- £
£ J. MULLEN,
Attorney-at-Law.
LA PORT K, PA.
I ittice over T. .T. Iveeler's store.
J H. CRONIN,
ATTeIINKY-AT I.aw,
NOTAIIY PUBLIC.
orrtl'K ON MAIN ST It It ICT.
DDSIIORK, I>A
yyM P. SHOEMAKER,
Attorney at Law.
t lllice in County Building.
LAPORTE, l'A.
Colleetions, eonveyanciiiK; the settlement, of
e&tale* and other leyal business will reeeive
prompt attention.
jf J. BRADLEY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
OPriCB IN COUNTY BUILDING
NEAR COURT UOUSK.
LAPOHTK, l'A
Ellery P. Ingham. Harvey K. Jtfowitt.
|NGHAM& NEWITT,
ATTORN«YS»A»«t.AW >
OFFICES 714-17 FRANKLIN ItIULDINtI.
1:1:! So. l'Jth Street Philadelphia,
Having retired from the ollire of I'niteil States
AtUirney 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,
ATTORN RY-AT-LAW:
OVriCK IN (JOUKT UUIISK
LAPORTE, l'A.
BLACKSMITH
AND WAGON SHOP
Just opened at the Laport"
Tannery.
Custom work solicited. All work
guaranteed.
O. W. BENNETT, Prop.
To Cure Constipation Korev^r.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c
If C. C. C. fail to cure, drugKi"ts refund money.
Kducftte Toar Bowels With Caacarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
!oc, 86c. If C. C. C, fail, drugglatu refund money.
iWe have been /
<(gleaning House £
For some time, but we are through at last. We\
112 are all fixed up in apple pie order for the 112
s
— ■ C
£ with the largest and best stock of goods weT
P have ever had. N
\ Something for Everybody, m "' J
JWe think \w fiiii plrsise tin* most rriiifrtl buyer in Sullivan
Res|ieetlWly Yours, £
\ ItETT EN BURY, >
C DUSHORE, PA THE JEWELER. P
Coles.. HI *
~—-j GENERAL
fiardwarte nWAßF
PAINTS, OILS, VARKSHES and GLASS.
SPECIAL inducements given on
CTOVESand RANGES
and all kinds of HEATING STOVES
for Wood or Coal, suitable for parlors, halls, chiircln's, school houses,
I camps, etc. Attention to a line of Cheap air-tight wood heaters from
j B '>.oo to 810.00. Also a. line of coal heaters from 82.50 up to 835.00,
My Special Bargain Sale is open on a line of heaters slightly
I damaged by water. (Jood as uew, but they must lie sold CHEAP
■ If in need of a cheap heater, call early.
My "Dockasli" Ranges are without a question the finest in the
i market, made up of the best material and designed to lie 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.
STOV REPAIRS AND REPAIRING.
PL I'MRING, STEAM KITTING AND SCITLTES.
M ILI j SCITLI ES.
0o(c!» HjrJwJf'C,
DUSHORE, PA.
gUMMER NECESSITIES.
I ><"»rs
Ready to hang 75c 1.00 1.25
Window Screens 15c. 25c, 35c,
ICE CREAM FREEZERS
Best Make 1.90 up t<> 6.75.
HAMMOCKS
50c. up to 3.75.
nQUINP < ireal variety. Cloth Baskets, ."ilk- and
riOniliVj |ML*r\L.L. up. ('niiM IM» licmt lor the same money.
•
Western Washers Clothes wringers 1.50 and up,
White enameled, all iron beds up to 9,00. Bed
springs, woven wire, 1.75 up to 3.00 to suit.
Couches and lounges 4.7=; to 15.00. Baby carriages,
4.50 up to 15.00. All goods delivered to your R.R.
station.
Jeremiah Kelly,
HUGHESVILLE.
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY."
LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 189!).
"FIGHTING TENTH"
HOMEWARD BOUND
Great Preparations to Receive the
Pennsylvania Troops Back
From the Philippines.
HAWKINS AND BARNETT HEROES.
Kltlier of Them Can Have the ltepnb
llcan Noniluiillon Kor State Treas
urer Without A»klii|r a Delegate's
Support.
(Speclul Correspondence.)
Harrisburg, June 27. —All Pennsylva
nia is interested in the return of the
"Fighting Tenth" regiment of the Key
stone state, now euroute home from
the Philippines.
This galiant command, composed of
the sons of the best known families
in the western counties of the state,
has made a splendid record in the ter
rible battles in the distant islands of
the Pacific and the old commonwealth
will ring from one end of the other
with glad greetings to the brave boys
who have been fighting so heroically
for the flag in the far eastern coun
try. Governor Stone has been co
operating with the special citizens'
committee which is to arrange for the
reception of the regiment on its re
turn to this continent. The troops
will land at San Francisco, and an ef
fort is now being made to have the
regiment mustered out at Pittsburg,
instead of on the Pacific coast. Colo
nel Quay and Senator Penrose are do
ing their utmost to have the secretary
of war direct that the regiment be
kept together until they reach Pitts
burg, so that the people of their own
state may be able to give thein a fit
ting welcome. Mayor Diehl, of Pitts
burg, is working energetically to have
that city make suitable preparations
for a grand popular demonstration
which will equal, if not surpass, any
thing of the kind gotten up to honor
the returning soldiers at the close of
the civil war. Philadelphia is also
talking of joining in this expression of
patriotic admiration of the "Fighting
Tenth," and is ready to give the regi
ment a great reception if it shall be
possible to get the command to the
QU'.ker City. J
TWO CONSPICUOUS FIGURES.
Two conspicuous figures in the
"Fighting Tenth" are Colonel Alex
ander Le Roy Hawkins and Lieutenant
Colonel James Elder Barnett. Each
is coming home with glorious laurels
won on the firing line and each is
bound to be hailed as a hero by the
people of Pennsylvania, who are proud
of their patriotic services. President
McKlnley has been asked to promote
Colonel Hawkins to the rank of briga
dier general. A recommendation has
been mude to the president by Gen
eral Mac Arthur, who was in command
of the forces of which Colonel Haw
kins' regiment was a part. Colonel
Hawkins is a hero of two wars, hav
ing served with signal ability and
bravery in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania
cavalry in the war of the rebellion,
and his present regiment lias been in
the service of the United States since
May of last year. It. took a conspicu
ous part in the battle of Malate and in
the capture of Manila and in later en
gagements with Aguinaldo's men.
Lieutenant Colonel Barnett 1 has a
splendid record for bravery in action,
lie has been strongly recommended to
the war department for promotion for
his work in the Philippines. He is per
sonally very popular, and when the
boys of the "Fighting Tenth" reach
home he is bound to be one of the
heroes of the hour. He has a wide ac
quaintance in the National Guard of
Pennsylvania, with which he hits been
connected since 1884, serving suc
cessively as private, corporal, sergeant,
first lieutenant, captain and major be
fore he was nominated for the com
mand of the First battalion of the
"Fighting Tenth." He has always been
an active Republican, is a native of
Indiana county, but now resides in
Washington county, which is also the
home of Colonel Hawkins. He is a
graduate of the Columbia Law school,
and was admitted to the bar in 1890.
HONORS AWAIT THEM.
The home coming of Colonel Haw
kins and Lieutenant Colonel Barnett
naturally directs attention to the fact
that they are both mentioned for the
Republican nomination for state treas
urer. it is not known whether either
of them would consent to allow the
use of his name in this connection.
Colonel Hawkins has had a trying
time in the Philippines. He has lost
over 75 pounds, and is not in the best
physical condition. In view of the fact
that he was elected to the last state
senate while out with his regiment,
but has never qualified, he may prefer
to accept that position. He would cer
tainly have a whirlwind campaign
should he be placed upon the Republi
can ticket. Lieutenant Colonel Bar
nett would also make a marvelously
strong caudidate, and it is generally
conceded that the Republican organiza
tion will be fortunate if either Haw
kins or Barnett shall accept a nomina
tion for state treasurer.
Chairman John P. Elkin, of the Re
publican state committee, has issued
the call for the Republican state con
| vention, fixing Thursday, Aug. 24, as
the time, and the Opera House at Har
risburg as the place for the gathering
of the delegates to name the Republi
can state ticket. The Philippine lie
roes outrht tu be home before that
iime, it tnere shall not be unexpected
delays in the passuge.
If neither Hawkins nor Harnett shall
care to make the canvass there is an
other soldier, Brigadier General John
W. Schall, of Norristown, who has
been proposed for state treasurer, and
he has already gotten the Montgomery
county delegation instructed for him.
He, too, has a good war record, ami
has a host of friends in the National
Guard, with which he has Ijeen iden
tified prominently for a number of
years.
PHILADELPHIA'S FAVORITE.
The Republican party is especially
favored this year with available men
for place on its state ticket.
Philadelphia friends of Josiali R.
Adams will this week take steps to
sriag his candidacy for the Republi
can nomination for the superior court
directly to the attention of the dele
gates already elected to the Republi
can state convention and to the Re
publicans of Pennsylvania generally.
Mr. Adams, they say. needs no intro
duction to his fellow citizens of the
Quaker City, and there is every reason
to believe that when the primary elec
tion shall take place in that city he
will get a large majority of the dele
gates, if not a solid Philadelphia del
egation to the Republican state con
vention. He is not only recognized as
a popular member of the bar, but also
as one of the most public spirited cit
izens. He has been a prominent figure
on several citizens' committees, having
charge of patriotic demonstrations re
cently held in Philadelphia. He lias a
host of friends among leading Repub
licans who wish togo as delegates to
the convention in his interest. The
nomination for the superior court
Judge is conceded to Philadelphia, and,
as it is understood Justice Beeber will
not be a candidate to succeed himself,
Counsellor Adams may have no oppo
sition In the state convention.
The name of J. Hay Brown, of Lan
caster. has lately been most prominent
ly mentioned for the Republican nomi
nation for the supreme court.
Should the nomination for treasurer
go to the west, with Philadelphia get
ting the superior court nomination,
Lancaster would, geographically at
least, have some claim for the third
place on the Republican state ticket.
Lawyer Brown refused an appointment
to the presidency of the supreme court
from Governor Hastings, and it Is not
positively known that he would even
now consent to become a i andldate for
the supreme bench. Meanwhile the
friends of Judge William 1). Porter of
Allegheny, Judge Robert W. Archbald
of Lackawanna, Judge Thomas A. Mor
rison of McKcan, Judge Samuel H. Mil
ler of Mercer and Judge William D.
Wallace of Luzerne are nil closely
watching the situation, and some of
them are doing more—they are active
ly canvassing for delegates in the in
terest of their respective favorites.
With the many elements of doubt
involved in the situation it Is impossi
ble to predict with any degree of cer
tainty the outcome of the state con
vention as regards the supreme court.
Much may happen before the conven
tion date to change the complexion of
things political. Colonel Quay and
his close advisers all declare there has
been no slate agreed upon, and that
up to date "it is everybody's race."
STATE DEMOCRATS
ARE IN A BAD FIX.
Sound Money Men Refuse to Vote
Their Free Silver Ticket,
THINK THEY MIGHT AID BRYAN.
llepubltcnu Insuriieuts Wlio Are Dis
heartened Over the Knot Continue to
Lie Severely Trouneed by the stnl
wurts In Their Own t'ortv.
(Special Correspondence.)
Philadelphia. June 27.—Pennsylva
nia's Democracy is in a very bad way.
Kor every Republican insurgent the
Democratic leaders expected to vote
for their candidate for state treasurer
they now find there will be at least ten
Democrats, of the sound money wing
of their party, who will not vote the
Democratic state ticket.
The action of the Democratic state
convention in adopting a BryanUe
platform and naming a Bryan ticket
to run upon it was bad enough, but
to have the county organizations goon
record in the most blatant fashion in
favor of the Chicago platform is too
much for the sound money Demo
crats or' Pennsylvania.
The sound money Democrats were
greatly disappointed over the action of
the state convention. They had been
given to understand that the coming
state campaign was to be run upon
purely state issues. This was the prom
ise given the Republican insurgents
upon whom the Republican leaders
counted to help their candidate for
state treasurer. The free sllverites
were too strong for Colonel GtifTey at
Harrisburg, and they insisted upon des
ignating William Jennings Bryan as
"our matchless leader" in the Demo
cratic state platform.
SOUND MONEY MEN CONFER.
Not only did they do this, but they
knocked out Guffey's first choice for
supreme judge, Hon. Harman Yerkes,
of Bucks, solely because he was a
sound money Democrat, and nominated
| in his stead .Judge Mestrezat, of Fay
| ette, nitont whose loyalty to the Bryan
' ite ticket of ISHU there was no uues-
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Number 12
tion. The action of John Cadwalader,
Jr., of tliis city, bolting the state con
vention because of the eulogy of Bryan
in the platform, simply gave expres
sion to the sentiment of a large num
ber of delegates in the state conven
tion. who, by reason of the fact that
they went there to bring iibout thy
nomination of certain candidates for
the supreme bench, were prevented
from following his example and en
tering an emphatic protest against this
indorsement of the free silver cham
pion.
There was no disguising their
chagrin and mortification over the vic
tory of the silverites. This feeling
was freely expressed after the con
vention adjourned.
There have been several informal
conferences since then of leading
sound money Democrats, who have
been considering the best course to
pursue under the ' ircmnstanc--::. Tii -i
has been a Buyv.estiou that the be::-,
way to expiess disapproval of the
policy of the preseul leadership <>; the
party in th< :;-:tc would lit- bv tbf
nomination uu indepeud ■ it tiikei,
which would tfive the saund money
Democrats :u> opportunity to place
themselves on record as opposed l-i
the Bryan platform and the Bryan
ticket of the recent state convention.
There has been opposition to this from
some of the conservative gold men.
who fear that the icsult at the elec
tion might not fully express the senti
ment of tlie sound money Democrats.
The nomination of an independent
ticket, it is argued, might result in
many Democrats voting for the nomi
nees of the Republican convention.
Just as they did in the last presidential
campaign, and the smullness of the
vote for the sound money Democratic
candidate would then give encourage
ment to the silverites and make them
tnore bold and aggressive by the tini'j
the state convention shall be held to
select the delegates to the national
Democratic convention. The gold men
iu the minority party are certainly in
a quandary.
Supplementing the action of the
state convention, the Democratic coun
ty organizations are now falling in
line witii a reaffirmation of the silver
craze. The Clarion county Democratic
convention not only went 011 record
for Bryan, but indorsed the whole Chi
cago platform, and scented to glory in
the fact. Other counties will no riotlbt
follow suit, and the grave question that
confronts the sound money Demoeriu
is. "What am 1 to do about it?"
There is 110 doubt that they will
generally vote the Republican ticket
as a rebuke to the present party lead
ership and in the hope of halting the
national Democracy in the manifest
purpose to renominate Bryan and re
affirm the Chicago platform.
SOME WEALTHY BEGGARS
-I'rufpHßionAU Who Wore Wortli V:isi
Amounts of Money.
In 1895 a beggar who died in Auxerre
France, was found to have 1,000,00(
francs in bonds in a trunk and in hi.-
cellar 400 bottles of wine of the vintage
of 1790.
When Tori, a well-known Italiar
professional beggar, died, there were
found hidden away in his rooms bank
books, securities, gold and silver
amounting collectively to the value ol
upward of 2,000,000 francs, or $400,000
His heirs were two nephews, who foi
years had been in a state of pitiable
poverty.
An old beggar woman named Marie
Dufour, who occupied a wretched gar
ret at a house in the Rue de Severe*
Paris, was found dead in her bed. It
a bundle belonging to her were found ;i
deposit receipt for 30,000 francs in the
name of the deceased and government
securities representing an annual in
come of 500 francs.
A man named Gustave Marcelin. a
professional beggar, was found dead ir
his room in the Rue Puy Guillaumc
Avignon, in November, 1892. A sea ret
led to the discovery of French govern
ment bonds and various securities U
the value of SIOO,OOO. He left a papei
requesting that his savings might be
divided equally between the city ami
the bureau de bienfaisance.
Tlif lillll ( llltin.
The western papers are again an
nouncing that the famous "Lost Cabin'
gold mine has been rediscovered. That
has happened before and the mystery
remains a mystery still. Deep in the
barren Bad Lands of Wyoming, near
the headwaters of the Big Horn, about
sixty miles from Fort Washakie, the
mine was originally located, and it has
probably not traveled far from there
in the last few years. Five men
found it first in 1574. They left the
fort full of hope to prospect fe>r gold.
Three weeks later one returned ragged,
starved and crazy. He could only re
peat six words, but these he said over
and over again, until he died, raving
mad. a month later. Those words
were "Lots of dust in Lost Cabin." He
had several large nuggets to bear out
his words. Expeditions set out at
once, but 110 trace could be found of
either men or mine. Ten years after
ward a cowboy, lost in the desert,
found a rotted cabin and four skele
tons lying in the doorway. A primi
tive tunnel in the hillside close by
yielded nothing but plumbago. Yet
the first man had returned with good
gold'. Half the best prospectors in the
west have tried to solve the riddle, but
the desert guards its secret well.