Republican News Item.
THURSDAY, AU<l. 17, 1899.
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County Seat Indices.
AND GLANCES AT THE TIMES.
Fred Peale of Kagles Mere, was
a business man in town Monday.
-Atty. Mullen, hud legal busi
ntss in Muncy Valley on Saturday.
—Albert Conklin spent several
days in Picture Hocks, last week.
—Judge Line was transacting
business at the county capitol on
Monday.
Mrs. W.B. Hill ami son Hay
uiond, of llughesvilie, were quests
in town tliis week.
Law student A.F. Ilcess, of I Hi
shore, was transacting' business in
town on Tuesday.
Doctor Wackeiihuth, attended
(lie Lycoming Medical Society at
Williainsport, on Friday.
—A new post otlice lias been es
tablished at Kagles Mere Chautau
i|U.-r, named Kagles' Lake.
Mrs. .1. IT. Spencer and daugh
ter Miss Mabel, of Williainsport, are
visiting in town this week.
Miss Km ma Hitter returned
home on Saturday from a three
weeks visit in Union County.
Miss Cramer, of Syracuse, N. V.
is visiting her sister Mrs.J.P. Ken
nedy, of this place.
Jeremiah Kellcy,oneof Iluglies
ville's leading merchants,was a busi
ness man in town on Saturday.
—Dewitt Hodine, one of Hughes*
ville's prominent citizens, transacted
business in the county seat on Sat
urday.
—John P. Kennedy, who lias a
barbershop in Mildred, spent a few
days last week with his family at
this place.
-Since the base ball battle at Lo
pez Tuesday, Manager John lieahcn
is as unapproachable as a defeated
candidate.
—Mr.W. A. Coleman and family,
of Henton, were called to this place
last week by the death of their
grandchild, Pauline Kennedy.
-Mr.C.K. Hivins,of Philadelphia,
is spending tin- week with his mother
and brother Percy, who are sojour
ing at this place for the summer.
—Mrs. 11. T. Downs and daughter
Mrs. N. ('. Mabin, were passengers
on the morning train, Monday, for
Williainsport, where Mrs. Downs
expects to remain for several mouths.
J. J. Wwbster's residence at Ks
• < I la burned to the ground last week.
Kire broke out at iiii<inight;the cause
is unknown. A small insurance was
carried.
Mrs. 10. it. Powell,who has been
receiving medical treatment in W'ill
iamsport,returned home last Friday,
but not improved in health, as her
friends had hoped for.
Mr.and Mrs. Win. Cheney, of
Binghamton, who are visiting in
this section,returned from Unit on
Columbia ('o. on Saturday, where
they spent a few days as guests of
I lon. Kussel Karns.
—Asocial will be held at the
house of M rs.T.J. I iighnm,ou Friday
evening, Aug. Isth, for tin- beuilit
of Hev. I']. It. Powell, lee cream
and cake will lie served. A general
invitation is extended to all.
Mrs K. A. Conklin met with a
painful accident lust Saturday by
falling down a stairway, receiving
several bad bruises which have un
aided her to move about for several
days.
—This town was again visited by
the Death Angle last week,and bore
to the realms of Heaven, Pauline,
infant daughter of Mr.and Mrs.Thos.
Kennedy. The child was taken
violently ill with cliolira infantum
and lived but a few days after the
attack. The funeral services were
held on Saturday; interment in Sac
redheart cemetary. The bereaved
parents have the sympathy of the
entire community, in their affliction.
—There is no vacation or summer
outing that for genuine pleasure and
beneficial results compares with a
lively interest in one's daily work.
If labor is a pleasure, and it ought
to be to every one, it isdelightful,
hentli fill and full of the very best
kind of compensation.
—For the enemies of Dreyfus to
die hard is not so surprising as that
they should at the same time want
to kill those opposed to them.
—Hev. K. It. Powell, has tender
ed his resignation to the Haptist
church at this place, much to the
sorrow of his congregation and cit
izens of Laporte. We understand
that his new Held of labor has not
yet been chosen.
A runaway on Main street, We
dnesday morning,created some excite
ment when James (Jansel's horse
which was tied in front of Joe
Cooper's store, broke loose and start
ed homeward, in turning the cor
ner at Main and Muncy streets the
carriage was overturned, throwing
the horse violently to the ground,
breaking the harness in several
places and badly damaging the
wagon. The horse was caught be
fore he regained his footing for
another start.
—The summer visitors in Laporte
are glad to know that a plan has
been devised which will enabletlieni
to unite with the community in
their appreciation of Hev. K. K.
Powell, and their sense of the loss
which the town will sustain in his
removal to a new tield. The prepa
rations for the entertainment of next
Friday night are in able hands and
all may .anticipate a very pleasant
evening.
—Wheeler (ireen, an aged and
highly respected citizen of 1 lillsgrove
died Saturday morning in his K.'ith
year. Funeral services were held
Monday in the M. I-'., church, of
which he had been a member from
early manhood.
—<). A. Baldwin, of Towanda,has
been made general manager of the
State Lint; and Sullivan HailroadCo.
mines at Hernive, to succeed the late
!.(). Blight. Mr. Baldwin has for
the past ten years been secretary and
treasurer of this company.
Laporte Downed Again. Couldn't Hit
the Pitchar.
The Laporte base ball team got
themselves very much disliked on
Tuesday when they went to Lopez,
taking with them almost the entire
male population and many of the
fair ones, promising to show them
how it was possible to do-up Lopez
in league-like fashion, but alas the
sports of town are unanimous in de
nouncing the local team as "n.g."
Kacli of the players have their woe
to relate, but those who saw the
game say the Lopez ditcher was too;
full of deadly balls for amatures. i
The score favored Lopez 7 to Is.
Victim to Dreyfus' Enemies.
Maitrc Labor! the hrillian advocate
for Dreyfus was shot and probably
fatally wounded while on his way to
defend the noted prisoner, Tuesday.
The assassin after liring two shots at
his victim escaped in a crowd of
anti-Dreyfusites. This is but an
other black deed added to the long
list of crime that has been committ
ed in order to convict an innocent
man. The shooting has muted a
profound sensation throughout the
country.
Neurly i'our Score.
Another aged mother passed
away. Mrs. Hebecka St roup, of
Muncy Valley, Pa., died Aug. sth,
aged TTyears ,1(1 mouths and I lit lays.
See was born near the Newman
school house at 11 llghesville,Pa. She
leaves two (laughters and two sons,
Mrs. Amanda Leox, of Klmira, X.
Y.; Mrs. .Milia (H>rien, of Sayre,Pa.:
Monroe, of Muncy Valley,Pa.;John,
of Chicago, 111. The deceased had
suffered much during the past year,
but passed away without a struggle.
She was buried at Sonestown, Pa.
Hev. J.J. Hesh, ofliciating. Thanks
are extended to all friends who so
nobly stood by the demised iu her
last illness,and especially to Mrs.
Perry Johnson.
ii in rib
Eighteen Leaders of National
ists Seized by the French
Officers in Paris.
PEOPLE MUCH EXCITED.
Believed That a Plot For the Over
throw of the Government Was
Discovered by Officials
Police Are Kverywhere and <'o«-
lllets Are Frequent—Tlie Hellef
Expressed That General Mercler's
Testimony ns Good as Ac<|ultle<l
Captain Dreyfus.
itenuoa, Aug. 1 j.—.fust as tlie dra
matic session of the Dreyfus court mar
tial was ended news was received that
Paul lieroulede, Murcel-Habort, Jules
Guerin and fifteen other Nationalist
leaders had been arrested in Paris and
its suburbs, and will be arraigned be
fore the High Court, accused of plotting
against tlie state.
Hearing this, excited people filled the
streets, shouting, "Vive l'Armee!" or
uttering counter cries, "Vive la Itepub
lique!"
Police are everywhere, conflicts are
frequent, and more collisions between
the partisans are expected.
The news is regarded as so important
that man) prominent men are hurry
ing to Paris. Telephone and telegraph
offices are besieged.
These arrests follow the attempted
overthrow of the Republican Govern
ment, to accomplish which Deroulede's
coup on the day of President Faure's
funeral was unsuccessful. Despite the
verdict acquitting Deroulede and Mar
cel-Habert of that attempted coup.
Waldeck-Kosseau has conducted a se
cret investigation since he came into
power. It has been -umored several
times that a Bonapartlst plot was dis
covered. but until now no action by the
government showed it had proof of a
revolutionary plot.
The Nationalists here regard Derou
lede's sensational arrest as the final ef
fort of the Dre.vfusards to dictate the
decision of the court martial. Men of
other parties think the Ministers must
have obtained evidence that a second
coup was in preparation, aimed to stop
the trial of Dreyfus, and so to escape
revelations otherwise inevitable.
it is generally conceded here that the
Captain was as good as acquitted at the
second public session of tlie revision
trial, and the day's events only bore tiut
predictions. (Jen. Merrier, the prison
er's most bitter enemy, took the witness
stand to give in detail his alleged proofs
of the Captain's guilt. Dreyfus listened
calmly until the witness was through,
and then turned on him with such n
roar of pent-up anger that it moved
those present to cheers, it was an ex
citing and dramatic scene.
Merrier, who was Minister of War
when Dreyfus was convicted, stands in
the shadow of the arm of justice, and
that arm is expected to fall. He had
no proof's to offer, and Ills attitude and
brutal manner toward the accused
brought curses and hisses from those
present. Soldiers were forced to escort
him from the room to prevent his being
mobbed. Mercler's testimony was the
last card of the anti Dreyfusites and It
was trumped by a st.onger one.
it was evident fro 11 the manner of
Casimir-Perier that Merrier was not
telling the truth, and the former Presi
dent will refute the testimony of his for
mer minister.
Ready to Crush the Yuquts.
Ilermosillo, Mexico, by the way of
Nogales. Ariz.. Aug. 14. —Information
received from the headquarters of lien,
l.uis Torres, in the Yaqul Valley, indi
cates that he may decide to precipitate
an engagement with the Yaquis at once.
When Gen. Torres learned that his
nephew had been killed by the Yaquis
he promptly ordered that 40 prisoners
who had fallen into his hands in the en
gagement of three weoks ago be put to
death, and they were taken out and
shot. Only 20 Indians were killed in the
battle, but the official reports gave it as
60. accounting for the 40 prisoners as
killed. N
Commission llamls In Its Keport.
Washington, Aug. 14.—The report of
the Samoan Commission has been re
ceived at the Slate Department. Its es
sential features include the abolition of
the kingship and tin- substitution of an
administrator or governor general
agreed upon by the three powers. The
report was accompanied by a private
letter from Pnlted States Commissioner
Hartlett Tripp, summing up what had
been done and giving light on personal
phases of the inquiry. Now that the re
port is in hand, it remains for the three
governments to determine whether or
not the recommendations of the com
misioti ate to be accepted.
Heirs Will Divide $:12,OOO.OOO.
Springfield. (>.. Aug. 14. —J. \V. James,
of this city, lias received word that the
Lloyd estate in Scotland has been set
tied. and that the heirs will receive a
draft for their share within the next
month. Mr. James' mother was one of
the original heirs. James Lloyd, of
Dayton, is another. Among the sub
heirs are Mrs. Joseph llragg, of Colum
bus. and Mrs. T>. J. Ryder, of this city.
The estate is valued at $:'..000,000. and
the original heirs will get $5.000,000 each.
Mrs. Ryder will receive übout J'IO.IMIII
from her father.
niack Streak Formed Wltli Death.
Reading. Pa.. Aug. 14.—Tlie 2-year-old
child of Charles Reif/.. while running
barefoot In tlie grass was bitten, prob
ably by a snake. As dissolution tieared
a well defined dark streak appeared on
the child's body running from th" bit
ten toe to a point in the region of the
heart. The streak grew rapidly darker,
and at the moment of death was a jet
black.
Tom Burns to Resign.
Chicago, Aug. 14. -Manager Thomas
Hums, in' the Chicago Raseball Club,
will retire from that position at tin
•lose of the present season. The unsat
isf'Hi tory showing made by the Chicago
team tills year is given at the reason.
Tom Loftus, manager of the Grand
Ilapids team, has been considered us hi:
successor.
K. K. K. Revived In Old Kentucky.
Louisville, Aug. 14.—The Ku Klu\
Klan has been revived in Spencer Coun
ty for the benefit of Mormon elders who
persist in their efforts to win women
and girls to the creed of polygamy. A
meeting was broken up and the elders
.irlven away with switches.
No New Cases In Soldiers' Home.
Washington, Aug. 14.—Official advices
to Surgeon General Wyman are to the
■ffect that there are no new cases of
yellow fever and no deaths In the Sol
ileis' Home at Hampton, Va.
Our <>st(>emnl contemporary, the
Jtrpij ir, last week undertook t<> re
fute certain statement:* made in the j
Xi:\vs I TI:.M , and endeavored to ex-j
plain where we wen* mentally lame,
which leads us to a ripe conclusion
that our adversary is very deficient
in comprehension. He says:
"Our dear brother,Charles Wing,of the
Laporte News Item,savs he did not attend
the editorial picnic it liaglesMere because
he is to poor to stand the expeuce,or words
to that etTect. Now we have heard of
.lob's turkey, who became BO poor that he
sported but one tail leather and was
oblidged to lean against the fence to gob
gle,and we can understand how such a
state of atlairs might come about. 15ut
how any editor can get so poor that he
can't ride on a railroad pas- we really
fail to comprehend, Charlie could cer
tainly have afforded a free ride if he had
only thought so.and as for dinner, he
could have carried that along wrapped
tip in a copy of his paper."'
Jt is true that we have a pass and
could have carried our dinner in the
same manner Bro. Newell does, hut
we are too badly in need of funds to
leave home and disappoint an army
of delinquents who always call to
pay "when we are away" ('.'!) We
might,however, make it more vivid.
When the good Lord was passing
around the qualities that make large
hearted, noble men, men who are a
blessing to their fellows, men whose
lives are a sweet benediction to tlio-e
who come in contact with them and
whose memory in death is a frag
rant flower, one-half of our subscrib
ers were behind the door,or evident
ly didn't want any, as they now
seem to think that an editor can run
a modern newspaper on promises
of pay "to-morrow." To-morrow
always finds us at our ottice ready to
receive our well earned dues.
Teachers' Examinations.
The examination of applicants for
teachers' provisional certificates will
occur as follows]:
Laporte lloro. and Laporte Twp.,
at Laporte, August 10.
Colley Twp., tit Lopez, August Hi.
Cherry Twp. and Dushore, at 1 in
shore, August :M.
Klkland, forks ami llillsgrove, ;tl
Korksvilie, August :il.
Fox, at Shunk, August 2'>.
Davidson, Shrewsbury and Kagles
Mere, at Muncy Valley, Aug. lis.
All examinations will begin at
0::!ti a. m. Teachers should be pro- j
vided with s\in tablets and paper!
fasteners.
Applicants for certificates must be j
examined in the district in which
they expect to teach or present a i
written permit from the president :
of the school board allowing them to
be examined elsewhere.
No certificate will be issued to a ;
person of immoral character if the
facts be known to the superinten
dent. Directors are requested to
report any such who may apply.
The examinations are public and
all interested are cordially invited, j
I\ W. Mkyi.kkt, Co. Supt.
Laporte, Pa., Aug. •">, lsiiit.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.—The underqfgned hav
" iug ln?en Auditor to ascertain ami
u«lju>t the existing liabilities lietween the lloatl.
I'oor ami School Districts afTaeteil liy the erection
of Katfles Mere Borough from Shrewsbury town
ship. hereby give notice that he will attend to the
duties of his apiKiintment at the Court House at
Lanortc on Monday, August 14, 1899, ut «.»
o'clock ft. ni.. when and where all parties inter
ested should appear.
JOHN il. CKON'IN, Auditor.
Dushore, I'a. July 12th 1»K».
ESTATE OP IL T. DOWNS, DEED.
Letters testamentary on the
above estate having been granted to
undersigned, all persons indebted to
the said estate are requested to inak,,
payment,and those having claims t
present the same without delay, I
Mrs. MAKY A.DOWNS, Executrix j
A.J. Ukadlky, Attty.
I.a porte, I'a., July in, l sii'i.
Trial List, Sept. Term, 1899.
Kcturn day, Monday, Sept. K 181)1), at 1 p.m.
1 Eugenia 1). Weiner vs Lii|>orU' township
School District, N0.4«» May term Kjectmcnt
Pica, not guiltv. Thomjlsoii. | Mullen.
2 John K. Finan to.use of Ohas. F. i'inan vs
Michael Uuinn. No. 5. Sept. term 1898. Deft, ap
]K-al, plea, "non assumiisit. with leave to give
>lK'»*ial matter in evidence. | Mullen.
:: Ralph Magarccl (use) vs Tlie Township of
La|x>rie. No. 107, Sept. term IHUS. Deft, appeal.
Plea "lion assumpsit" payment, payment with
leave to give sj»ecfal matters in evidence. Mul
len. Inghams.
•I The Dushore Water Tt>. vs The Bor<» of Du
shore. No. 1, Dceeml»er term. 189 s1 . Asstmi|isit.
l'lea non assumitfit, and set off,with leave to give
s|K»cial matter in evidedce. Downs. | Croiiiu A.
Inghams.
.*i Kli/a Kohinsou vs J.P. A: T.ll.Shoemaker |
No. Dec. term 18i»s. Feigned issue.
tieorge \Y. Robinson vs.l. P. a T. 11. shoe |
maker; No. 21. De<*. term ls'.is. I-Vitrmtl i»ue.
Mullen. | Hill.
7 Thos. K. Kennedy vs Jai|N>rte T\vp.l'«»or Dis.
No, X.*>, Dee. term IS*.IS. Dell. ap|K>al. Plea, "nun
iis>mnpsit, payinent payncni with leave i<» vi\r
- 1 KM in I mallei in evidence. Mullen. ID: '.ham*.
N Martha I'L. Dewalteis » t al. \>\\ il!ii 1.1 Kuu
k!e. No. 2 Ma', lertn I Sir. Fieri Mr.t». ji a i.»l
guilt >. NVaNh. Piatt
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Pn»« liyV. ulbee, Uljoi \Pa U '• K*
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Wlf KKKAS, h»»>. i;. M. lUMI v>. J'lf- .Ml
, .Indge. liuluiraPie.- .'oloi -. I.ioe ..I'd
Kraii>,.\>sueiale .ludgi'« «U the t. ti ( t- .j< .>
Terminer and <iciu*ral Jail I•• •»i\en , «*»i»ai;« i
Sewimi." ol Ihe lV;itv, ' mitt Don « MI.I
moll Pleas fur I lie < ulllilv ul' Sulli V at. Max - >,< ,|
! their precept, bearing -'.ate tin day ~r m.!\
1 W.i. to iiu* direeW'd. lor holdiinr l!ie >evrr;tl
euurt> in tbe horough •»l bai"»il»-. on MonOa> ihe
IMII da> of Sepl.l.v.w, at 2 o'clock p. ui.
■ Therefore.notu ci> hereby gi\en to the( oroiier.
I Justices of the Peace and t'onstables within the
county, that they U* then and there in their pioo-
I er iiersou ut 2 o'clock p. m. ot said day. with their
| rolls, records, inquisitions examinations and
: other remeni be ranees to those things to which
i their otlices appertain to be done. And to those
who are bound by their recognizance to prosecute
against prisoners who are or shall be in the jail of
the said countv of Sullivan, are hereby notified to
be then and there to prosecute against them as
will be just.
H. W. OSLKR. Sheriff.
Sheriff's Oflloe, Laporte, Pa.,, Aug. 8, is*Mj.
The MERCHANT,
sjgxrisrjc IP.A.
Has a complete line of
Summer
Of every description. When in need of anything in
General Merchandise
Call on him. Every department is full of new goods
and 1 assure you his prices are right. He is agent for the
Eureka Mowers, Wiard Plows and Rakes, also Bowkers
High Grade Fertilizers.
Highest Market Price Paid for Butter and Eggs.
Don't Wait a Minute!
The Grandest Opportunity
to Save Money
ON MEN'S BOYS 1 3 ~
and CHILDREN'S L/lOtlling.
A positive Hcnring sale of well math', substantial, st-rviso-givins,'
Clothing. Tho kind that I can fully guarantee. All togo |' ol - jt s
clearing sale. Cost pushed aside. Prices cut to make immediate salt*.
80ft pairs of all worsted pants at half price. Too many overcoats, must
sell tit your own oiler. Suits at less than you would think of offering for
them. Underwear and Ueiits furnishings al I must go.
J" ~W CABOLL. 88KS."""*" !)«»««. I'
LAPORTE Clothing Store.
Our Store Improved ! Ui;:; I 'uaUJlZl
our stock of
SfRJ.V£ SLOTH JXS
SHOES OF ALL STYLES
Ladies' Capes, Skirts, Wrappers,
Shirt Waists, Corsets, Etc.
lam prepared now to show vott a line in every department in the .-tore, larger than
Laporte ever had in its history, and we are able to offer you goods
Cheaper Than You Ever Heard of Before.
WE WILL PA.Y CAP KAKKoneway if you purchase .*5,00 worth of goods.
AVe pay hotli ways if a 5*10.00 purchase is made, 'fake the advantage, this i* the
best chance you will ever have for a free trip.
JOE COOPER, The Clothier.
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FAMILY.
Republican in Principle !
S S Independent in Thought
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