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SONESTOWN FLAGGING
<^_Company,
Chas. P. Billftmboz, A (TOntS.
D. 11. liorah,
SONESTOWN PA.
F I P.ST NATIONAL BANK
OK ni'SUOIIK, I'KNNA.
CAPITAL - - $50,000.
BUBFLUS - - SIO,OOO.
Does a General banking Business.
B.W. ,1 KNNINIiS, M- SW'AKTS.
President. Cashier.
1 JAPORTE LIVERY AND
BOARDING STABLES.
Connected with the Commercial
Hotel. First-class Horses and
Carriages.
Rates reasonable.
T.E.KENNEDY Prop.
HOTEL MAINE
THOS..W. BEAHEN, Prop.
LAPORTEi, PA.
This new hotel hoslieen recently ''l*''"'' l ;
furnished throughout and will Ik. J for j )
»i.eeinl accomodation of the trn\eliui, |>uUk.
The liest stocked liar in the county. Kates are low.
COMMERCIAL HOUSE.
TIIOS. E. KENNEDY, l'rop.
LA PORT K PA.
This large ami well appointed house i*
th« most popular hostelry in this section
HOTEL PORTER.
Canton Stroet,
SHUNK, PA.
\V. E. POKTEII, Prop'r.
CARROLL HOUSE,
U. KEEFE, Proprietor.
IHISIIOItIO, l'A.
One of the largest anil best equipped
hotels in this section of the state.
Table of the best. Ri.les I.(hi .lollar per day.
Large st:'l>les.
Professional Cards.
J # J, & F. H. INGHAM,
ATTOnNK.VS-AT-t.AW,
Legal business attended to
in this anil adjoining counties
_ A PORTS, ''A
£ J. MULLEN,
Attorn ey-at- La w.
LA PORTE, l'A.
i )llice over T. Iveeler's store.
J H. CRONIN,
ATTOUNKY v AT -LAW,
NoTAItV rUDMC.
orrtcc ON MAIN STItKRT.
DUSHORE, l>A
P. SHOEMAKER,
Attorney at Law.
Office in County Building.
LA PORTE, PA.
collections, conveyancing; the settlement of
estates ami other legal business will receive
prompt attention.
J J. BRADLEY,
ATTOIINKY-AT-LAW,
OPFICK IN COUNTY BUILDING
NKAUCOUUT HOUSE.
LA POIIT E, FA
Ellory r. Ingham. llarvoy K. Ncwitt.
|NGHAM& NEWITT,
ATTORN ■YS'A^LAW,
OFFICES 714-17 FRANKLIN BUILDING.
133 So. 12th Street Philadelphia,
Having retired from tile otllce 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,
BLACKSMITH
AND WAGON SHOP
Just opened at the Laport"
Tannery.
Custom work solicited. All work
guaranteed.
O. W. BENNETT, Prop.
To Cure CoiiNtt|>utlon Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c
If C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
Rilurnte Your Ilowels With CiMcnret*.
Candy Cathartic, cure conHtipation forever.
10c, 25c. If C. C. C. fall, druggists refund money.
Everybody Says So.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try a box
of C. C. C. to-day; 10, liii, 50 cents. Hold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Educate Your BoweU With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever.
JOc, Ssc. If C. C. C. fall, druggists refund money.
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iWe have been s
\(gleaning House
V For some time, but we are through at last. Wev
112 are all fixed up in apple pie order for the 112
ZLrafte
with the largest and best stock of goods
P have ever had. V
\ Somethingfor Everybody, " v " r /
JWe think we run please (lie most eritienl buyer ill Sullivan W
C county. J
A KoH|ii'ctl'ullv Yours, £
\ KETTETN BUIiY, ' P
C DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. /
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' ™ UIVWI HARDWARE
PAINTS, OILS, VARNSHES and GLASS.
SPECIAL inducements given on
QTOVES and 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
§15.00 to SIO.OO. Also a line of coal heaters from S'J.oO up to $35.00.
My Special Bargain Sale is open on a line of heaters slightly
damaged by water. Good as new, hut they must he sold CHEAP
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 be a handsome
Kangc. Furnaces always the best on the market. In f;u:t we are
ready to heat the universe either in hot water, steam or air. Try us,
we guarantee satisfaction.
KTOV REPAIRS AND REPAIRING.
PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING AND SUPPLIES.
MILL SUPPLIES.
soles Hardware,
DUSHORE, PA.
THE FAIR !
SEPT. 19, 20, 21 and 22,
will be better than any previous
one.
Great improvements are being made on the grounds
to accomodate a large crowd. You should not
miss it.
MAKE OUR STORE YOUR HEADQUARTERS.
You are welcome. You will be interested in our
great variety of new goods and the prices.
STOVES of greatest variety at the old prices.
FURNITURE as cheap as ever. Iron Beds ars a
luxury. All cotton mattreses, fine pillows, excellent
springs. Think of it. So much time in bed, why
not have the best at the lowest price.
Jeremiah Kelly,
HUGHESVILLE.
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY."
LAPORTE, I'KNNA., THURSDAY, SIMPER IB9'J.
POLITICIANS MUST
GOTOTHE REAR.
So Say the Enthusiastic Young
Soldiers Who Want to Run
Barnett's Campaign.
THEY PLAN II NOVEL CANVASS.
Want Pennsylvania to Give the Lieutenant
Colonel of the "Fighting" Tenth as Great
a Greeting as New York Gave the Roose
velt's Campaigners.
(Bpecl.il Correspondence.)
Ilarrisburg, Sept. 5. —If the enthusi
astic young soldiers of the Spanish-
American war and the Filipino in
surrection are to have their way thy
old time politicians must step to the
rear and let them run the Republican
campaign in Pennsylvania this fall.
The nomination of Lieutenant Colonel
James E. Barnett, of the "fighting"
Tenth Pennsylvania regiment, seems
to have stirred up a wonderful interest
in his candidacy among the young
Pennsylvanians who so promptly and
gallantly responded to President Mc-
Klnley's call for volunteers in the re
cent national crisis. Early evidence of
this was shown by the large number of
these soldiers who were in attendance
here at the Republican state conven
tion advocating Barnett's nomination.
Since the boys of the Tenth reached
home, with the people turning out by
hundreds of thousands to receive thein
with demonstrations of joy and grati
tude, such as was possibly never wit
nessed anywhere before, the personal
ity of Barnett has been impressed upon
his fellow citizens in a remarkable
manner. He has won the hearts of
the soldiers of his native state, both
the old and the young, anil has en
listed in his cause thousands of ardent
supporters, many of whom know or care
little about politics, but who are
prompted by feelings of patriotic pride _
in the career of this brave young of
ficer, whose honors won in the Phil
ippines but foreshadow those to come.
M'KINLEY'S SPLENDID TRIBUTE.
President McKinley's magnificent
speech of welcome at Pittsburg to the
returning heroes from the Orient has
gone ringing around the globe and has
attracted international commendation
of the sturdy American policy which
he therein proclaimed. The words of
the president, which were most keenly
appreciated by the returning soldiers
and their parents and wives and chil
dren, were those framing the grand
tribute paid to the members of the
regiment for the self sacrificing loyalty
to their country and devotion to the
flag. The reading of what he desig
nated as "the roll of honor," the names
of the volunteer regiments which re
mained in the Philippines fighting the
insurgents long after the period of
their enlistment had expired, evoked
tremendous applause from the people
when the president named "the Tenth
Pennsylvania volunteers." A fitting
climax in this memorable speech was
President McKinley's announcement
that he would recommend that "a
medal of honor" be granted by con
gress to each of the men who had thus
earned the lasting gratitude of their
fellow countrymen-
It is manifest that in the coming
political campaign in Pennsylvania the
people, irrespective of their usual po
litical affiliations, are going to ex
press their appreciation of the patriot
ism of the men who went to the front
on the recent call to arms, by rolling
up an immense vote for Lieutenant
Colonel Barnett.
BARNETT CORDIALLY RECEIVED.
Throughout the various receptions
tendered the "Fighting Tenth" in the
towns of western Pennsylvania Bar-,
nett was an object of special interest,
and he was received with most cordial
and demonstrative greetings. On Sat
urday evening last he accepted an in
vitation to attend a reception given by
the America's club, of Pittsburg, the
leading Republican organization in
this state west of the Alleghenies, and
he was given a great ovation. Bar
nett made no allusion to politics, but
gave an interesting account of the
operations of his regiment in Luzon,
and told of the many gallant and con
spicuous acts of bravery of the boys
of the Tenth in defending their colors
and in driving back both the Spaniards
and the Filipinos. He did not neglect
to pay a touching tribute to the mem
ory of the late Colonel Hawkins, whom
he said every man in the regiment re
spected and loved. The devotion of
| Barnett to his old commander, whose
j remains he reverently followed to the
' grave at Washington last week, and
i his unfailing practice to bestow upon
him all the glory of the commanding
I officer, cannot but merit the admira
tion of every loyal citizen.
SOLDIERS TAKE A HAND.
Modest as he is brave, Harnett has
made many friends since his return
home, and when he is called upon tQ
visit county after county in the com
ing canvass he will be assured of gen.
erous receptions. As already indicated,
he may have troubles of his own before
many days, however, owing to the de
termination of his admirers among the
soldiers to take hold of his campaign.
They want him to accept a special es
cort of their own and journey through
the state under their direction. They
are proposing the organization of
ception committees for every stopping
place through which the young sol
diers acting as a guard of honor to
veterans of the rebellion shall intro
duce him to their fellow townsmen.
They demand that the keynote of the
campaign shall be "patriotism and the
support of the president." They insist
that the oratory and the orators shall
represent this idea and that the old
time political campaign spellbinders
shall be made conspicuous by their ab
sence from the front. They point to
the fact that Roosevelt, with his escort
of Rough Riders, was accorded an
ovation as he traveled through New
York in his gubernatorial campaign,
and they assert that I'ennsylvanians
will not yield the palm to the citizens
of the Empire state in recognition of
the valiant services of one of her bravj
Rons.
The patriotic demonstrations wit
nessed in Pittsburg will be repeated
in every section of this old Keystone
commonwealth. Philadelphia is al
ready forming a "Barnett battalion"
of soldiers that volunteered in the
Spanish-American war, who will give
the young officer of the "fighting"
Tenth a rousing reception when he
reaches the Quaker City. It is propos
ed to have an organization of this
character formed in each senatorial
district in the state. Captain Lamont,
of the Third Pennsylvania volunteers,
who is at the head of the Barnett bat
talion of Philadelphia, is soliciting
correspondence with soldiers through
out the commonwealth with a view to
forming these distinct organizations.
If these soldiers keep on the chair
man of the Republican state commit
tee will have little to do in the cam
paign this fall.
GENERAL REEDER
IN THE SADDLE.
He Will Direct the Republican
Campaign in Penn
sylvania.
TRAINED RND POPULAR FEfLDMIIRSHfiL
A Veteran Soldier of the Civil War Will
£ Organize the Forces That Will Elect
a Brave Young American Hero of the
Campaign in Luzon.
(Special Correspondence.)
Philadelphia, Sept. 5. —General Frank
Reeder, an honored veteran of the
Union army in the civil war. who has
been elected chairman of the Republi
can state committee, will wage a vig
orous and aggressive fight for the elec
tion of that gallant young American
soldier of the campaign in Luzon.
Lieutenant Colonel .Tames E. Harnett,
of the famous "Fighting" Tenth Penn
sylvania volunteers, and his colleagues
on the state ticket, the nominees for
the judiciary. Hon. J. Hay Brown of
Lancaster and Hon. .Tosiah R. Adams
of Philadelphia.
With the brave Barnett, Chairman
Reeder will be on the firing line
throughout the entire contest, and It
can be taken for granted that the Re
publican colors will be waved triumph
antly in a magnificent victory at the
polls next November. This is going
to be a remarkeable year in Pennsyl
vania politics. The Republican organ
ization already has the skirmishers out
preparing to make r determined as
sault upon the opposition.
THE DEMOCRACY'S PLANS.
With victory assured for the whole
ticket, the necessltv for an unusually
active canvass on the part of the Re
publican party may not be apparent
to some. The Democracy of Pennsyl
vania, it is known to the world, was
never in such a disorganized and de
moralized condition. It is absolutel
without organization. The fragments
of the machine left by the Harrlty-
Hensel-Pattison leadership, which In
the past succeeded in winning an occa
sional success at the noils, are now
scattered and almost useless on elec
tion day. What have been gatnered
up by Colonel .Tames M. Gnffey, the
western millionaire, have been gotten
together as a medium through which
to elect delegates to county and stato
conventions to perpetuate Colonel Guf
fev'a leadership until after th?
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national convention of the Democratic
party. There will be the usual bluft'
of the Democrats going to elect one or
more of their candidates on their state
ticket, but a glance behind the scenes
will disclose the utter hopelessness of
their even polling the average Demo
cratic vote. The minority party Is
severed in every county, either faction
torn by local leaders contending for su
premacy or absolutely discredited by
that large, influential and self respect
ing element which refuses to be swung
into line for Bryan and the dangerous
principles enunciated by the Chicago
platform, which, without exception or
qualification, were warmly and cordial
ly reaffirmed by the Harrisburg con
vention, whicn placed the present free
Bilver Democratic state ticket in tho
field, with that rampant Bryanite and
16 to 1 silver champion. State Chair
man Rilling, chosen to conduct the
campaign in their interest. The ex
hibition in Pittsburg last week in tho
Democratic county convention declar
ing unequivocally and boisterously in
favor of the renomination of Bryan,
right in the home of Colonel Guffey,
promptly gave the lie to the proclama
tion of the Guffeyltes that national
issues are not involved in the present
canvass in the Keystone state. With
their misleading and persistent state
issue cry, the Democratic leaders are
hopeful that their plans to lull the
friends of President McKiuley and stal
wart Republicans generally into a feel
ing of security as to the outcome of
the election in Pennsylvania this fall
will he successful. By that means they
expect to create a condition of apathy
among the opponents which will keep
down the Republican vote. They will
make a still hunt to get the Democrats
to the polls, and while secretly they
do not count upon the election of any
of their candidates on tlie state ticket,
they want to be able to point to a re
duced Republican majority as an evi
dence of their claim that President
McKinley 's not popular, that his war
policy is disapproved by tho people,
even in a usually stalwart state like
Pennsylvania, and that the Democrats
will have a lighting chance to regain
the presidency in 1900. Incidentally
they recognize that a reduced Republi
can majority in Pennsylvania, after the
Hction of the Democratic state conven
tion and many county conventions in
proclaiming him the Democracy's
choice, would give Bryan a tremendous
boom for the nomination for the presi
dency, and they believe would ma
terially aid him in his subsequent can
vass for election.
REEDER'S AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN
It is against these forces and these
cherished hopes of the Bryanite wing
of the Democracy that (ienerai Frank
Reeder will wage an unceasing and
unrelenting campaign as the Republi
can field marshal His selection for
this Important and responsible post
was not made without careful consid
eration. The prompt and unanimous
action of the candidates on the state
ticket, whose interests are most con
cerned, and the presiding officer of the
Republican state convention. United
States Senator Boies Penrose, in elect
ing Geneel Rr>eder to the chairman
ship of the Republican state conven
tion.was a deserved tribute to an ex
perienced and successful leader. Gen
eral Reeder has had an interesting ca
reer. He was but a youth, having
just left Princeton, when he entered
the I'nioii army on the first call for
volunteers at the outbreak of the re
bellion. His intelligence and bravery
quickly brought him to the front and
well merited promotion followed. His
most conspicuous work was in the cav
alry branch of the service. Before he
was 23 years old he was in command
of a regiment. He was wounded at
Nashville. Tenn., but remained in the
army, and his regiment was the last
cavalry command of the volunteers to
be mustered out. At the close of the
war he took up the practice of his pro
fession, and for some time was asso
ciated with the late President Chester
A. Arthur's law firm in New York
Returning to Pennsylvania, he founded
a law partnership with his brother,
the late Justice Howard Reeder, of
the superior court of Pennsylvania.
For a number of years he was brig
adier general in the Pennsylvania Na
tional Guard, and was honored by his
comrades of the war of the rebellion by
election to the Pennsylvania depart
ment commandership of the Grand
Army of the Republic. General Reeder
succeeded Lieutenant Governor Watres
in the chairmanship of the Republi
can state committee and filled the of
fice with exceptional ability. He is a
gentleman of refined tastes, always
courteous and affable, and his leader
ship has commanded the respect even
of his oponents.
General Reeder. who is here this
week with his comrades of Lafayette
Post. G. A. R.. of Easton, Pa., marched
in today's parade, and will tomorrow
formally assume the duties of the state
chairmanship. He has already deter
mined upon his chief staff officers, and
has shown usual good judgment in re
taining the men who have had charge
of the important bureaus at th'i party
i headquarters