Republican News Item. Published Every Thursday. Volume 4. HOTEL MAINE THOS. W. BEAHEN, Prop. LAPORTE, PA. ThU new hotel litis IHJCII recently opened, newly furnished throughout and will lie run for tlie Mtteinl accomodation of tlie traveling public. The best stocked bar in the county, ltates are low. CARROLL HOUSE, D. KEEPE, Proprietor. DUSHOKE, PA. One of the largest and best equipped hotels in this section of the state. Table of the best. Rutes 1.00 dollar per day. Large gtiiblea. _ BLACKSMITH AND WAGON SHOP J list opened at the Laporte Tannery. Custom work solicited. All work guaranteed. o. w. BENNETT, Prop. COMMERCIAL HOUSE. THOS. E. KENNEDY, Prop. LAL'ORTE PA. This largo and well appointed house is the most popular hostelry in this section LAPORTE HOTEL. F. W, OALLAOHEH, Prop. Newly erected. Opposite Court House square. Steam lieat, bath rooms, hot and cold water, reading and pool room,and Uarlier .shop; also good stalding and livery, P. SHOEMAKER, AttorneyatLaw. Office in County Building. LAPORTE, PA. Collections, conveyancing; the settlement ot j estates and other legal business will receive prompt attention. J J. BRADLEY, ATTORNBT-AT-LAW, OrriCß ll* COUNTY BOILDIBO NEAR COURT HOUBK. LAPORTE, TA FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF nrSHORE, PENNA. CAPITAL - * $50,000. SURPLUS - - SIO,OOO. Does a General Banking Business. B.W.JENNINGS, M. I). SWA UTS. President. Cashier Professional Cards. J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTORRETS-AT-LAW, Legal business attended to in this and adjoining counties _APORTE, PA £ J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-L«w. LAPORTE, PA. Office over T. J. Keeler's store. ] M H. CRONIN, NOTARY PUBLIC. OFFICE OH MAIN STREET. DUSHORE, PA If M HiP PATENT Good Ideas I I I 1.1 Wf■ may be secured by ■ l 111 Jl" ■ our aid. AddreßS, LIL II Ji ■ ■ THE PATENT RECORD, IMAJUSJ Baltimore. Md. Subscriptions to The Patent Record «I.UU per annum. Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke lout I.lie Ann). To quit tobacco easily and forever, he mill! nelic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No To- Hue, the wonder worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, GOc or 91. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Itemedy Co., Chicago "r New York CONDENSED REPORT of the condition <.f the FIRST NATIONAL BANK, of Dushore, l'a., At close of business, Sept. 7,1899. RKSOURCES: Loans and Discounts SIl:;,i:ol 01 l\ S. Bonds to Secure Circulation l'_\soo 00 Premium on I'uited States Bonds 1,00000 Stock Securities Ifi.l'iO 00 Furniture 1 •'■**• "9 Hue from Banks Approved reserve Agt 101,182 37 Redemption Fund U, S. Treasurer sti2 50 Specie and Legal Tender Notes 20,177 88 # 383,2U3 40 LIABILITIES. Capital .W, OOO 00 Surplu saml Undivided Pnitlts 11,7910-1 circulation 11.20000 Dividons Unpaid l' r, oo 00 llcpotiU '2O7,'J IS 82 S 28:1,29:1 1(1 State of Pennsylvania, County of Sullivan s.-: I, M. D. Swarts, Cashier of the almve named hank, do solemnly swear that the above state ment is true to the best of my knowledge and be lief. M. I>. SWARTS, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of Sept 1899. JOHN H. CRONIN, Notary Public. Correct— Attest: ALPHONSI'S WALSII, ) P. CONNOR. FISHER WKLLRS. J I hurt Tobacco »|>it and Suioke lour l.lle Ami}. To quit tobai-co easily and forever, be mag netic. full of Jlfe, nerve and vigor, take No-To llac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 00c or JI. Cure guaran teed llooklet and Kiuiplo free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York. Everybody Bays 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 lieadaohe, fever, habitual constipation and biliousness. Please buy and try a box of C. C. C. to-day j 10, 25, fiO cent,*. Sold and guaranteed to cure by all druggists. Educate Your Bowels With Ciucarets. Candy Cathartic, eure constipation forever. 10c, 25c. If O. C. O. fall, druggists refund money. Years in Dushore. S The largest and best stock of goods p We ever had for the \ ? jfall anb Winter TLra&e > The finest line of Q ? Holiday Soods, / Q Ever seen in a Jewelry Store in Sullivan \ RETT KN BURY, P C DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. / goks.. Z" - GENERAL RD w A R E 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-t,i"ht wood heaters from $".00 to SIO.OO. Also a line of coal heaters from $2.50 up to $35.00. My Special Bargain Sale is open 011 a line of heaters slightly damaged by water. CJood as new, but they must be sold CITEAP If in need of a cheap heater, call early. My "Dockash" Ranges are without a question the finest in tlie market, made up of the Ta-.-t material and designed to be 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. PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING AND SUPPLIES. MILL SUPPLIES. Sobs Hardware, DUSHORE, PA. We are Doing a Huming Business in anb anb IRange STOVE PIPE COAL HODS LISTEN: Our stove were all bought before January is, hence we are now selling at what they would cost ns to replace. RED CROSS line is the very best to buy. Stove repairs for any make of stove furnished if you send us maker's name and number of stove. You Will Not Forget Our Carpet Line Shade Line Chair Line Dish Line Bed Line When cleaning house: of them will be need ed to replace old ones. Chums in live differen makes Jeremiah Kelly, HUGHESVILLE. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY." IJBIPJL Pill, TIIMM, IMIIIB * lift if Mil A Leading Declaration of the President's Message. DEVELOPMENT OF CUBA. A Suggestion That the Civil Features of the Government of the Island be Extended—The National Expansion Question Treated Cautiously—Con gress Convenes. Washington, D. C., Dec. s.—With (lags floating in the breeze above the National Capitol, the White House and other public building?, the city filled with lawmakers from every state In the Union, and the galleries crowded with spectators, Congress opened for the session of"JO-1900. The throng of spectators, as usual was at the capitol early and the scramble for the best seats from which to watch the open ing porceedings, was fierce from the time the doors opened until the gal leries were completely filled. There was nowhere near sufficient seating, capac ity or standing room to accommodate those who wished to grace tlie occasion with their presence, and in consequence of this there were many who had to content themselves with waiting until the newspapers could tell them what had happened within the halls of (,fin gress on the opening day. out <>t' respect to the memory of the late Vice President Hobart the pro ceedings in both the House and Senate were made as brief as possible and after the swearing in of members and the allotment of seats an adjournment was taken until Tuesday. The drawing for seats in the House was attended with all its usual amusing features. The elite of the city and the nation were witnesses to the bits of pleasantry Indulged in on the floor of the House, and many of the incidents were of such a humorous character that there was an almost continuous uproar of laugh ter during the two hours this pleasing feature of the "performance" was on. What the President Recommends. Now York, Dec. 3.—A special from Washington to the New York World says: Washington, Dec. s.—une of the most important features of the third annual message which President Mc- Kinley will send to Congress is the finances of the country. The sugges tions of the President are distinctly In favor of a single standard. Gold will be the keynote of the Administra tion's plans for governmental pprposts. "The St. Louis platform of '96 is prac tically ignored and the most emphatic language is employed to make manifest the purposes of the President to stand unquestionably for currency reform up on a single standard. The construction of this part of the President's message has received more attention than .ill the other features combined. "In dealing with national expansion the President exercises extreme cau tion, contenting himself with a his torical narrative of the operations of the Government in attempting to re construct the governments of Cuba. Porto Pico, the Philippines, Hawaii and Guam. No reference is made to the treaty which the President has made with the Sultan of Sulu. "No recommendations are made con cerning the sort of government to be eventually established in the Philip pines. and no reference is made to the existence of the so-called Filipino gov ernment. "Regarding Cuba the President con tines his recommendations to a further development of the government estab lished there, suggesting an extension of the civil features of it which have al ready been experimented on. The President will say that the condition of the people of the Islands Is vastly bett >r than it was before the advent of the I'nited States. "Porto Pico, he says, should have a Territorial form of government similar to that enjoyed by Arizona, New Mex ico and Alaska. The people of the isl and. while not capable of self-govern ment, he says, ar* entitled to repre sentatives in Congress and such bene fits as may accrue from a Territorial form of government. The President will also suggest that more moderate tariff regulations V • provided for Cuba and Porto Rleo. T! further declares in favor of laws designed to encourage the people of those Islands to advanced in dustry. the free admission of agricul tural Implements and other articles necessary to deveb-n their resouves. "Hawaii the President points to in his message as an example of what other colonies may become under favorable conditions. He suggests a liberal Ter ritorial form of government for the Pacific territory. Guam and the new Samoan Island which the United States has Inherited do not come In for any portk ular attention at the hands of the President, ho believing that they are both properly conducted. "The most important of his reflections on the attitude of this Government to w*n*d others relates to the nrltish-Fioer troubles. He expresses his profound regret at the existence of this trouble, but skilfully avoids any comment that may b<- construed to reflect upon.either Government. "The President urges Congress to en .'it the Hanna-Payne shipping bill, which proposes a subsidy to vessels rallying American registry. He also suggests the necessity for the comple tion <>r the isthmian ennal as soon as possible " C=5S Advises on Financial Bill. Washington. Dee. ".—The Republican members af the Senate Committee on finance met Saturday afternoon to consider a financial bill. Senators Aid rich. Allison. Piatt of Connecticut. Wolcott and liurrows were present. Mr. Piatt, of New York, being the only ab sentee. Secretary Gage ■ ent over the gen eral situation with heiommittee, mak ing various reconir endations as to the details of the measure to be introduced. One of the points discussed was the advisability of a general refunding of the bonded debt of the country at a lower rate of interest than now pre vailing. The indications are that i feature of this kind v 111 li« incorporat ed ill the Senate bill. It can be definite';* stated that the Senate measure will make provision for the maintenance of the gold stand ard. It is also quite definitely under stood that the Senate bill will b- an entirely different measure from that prepared by the House Republican Caucus Committee, in phraseology and detail, and cover some points not in cluded in that measure. Henderson Named By Acclamation. Washington, Dec. 5.- The caucus of the Republican members of the House was brief. The selection of a candidate for Speaker by the party in power usu ally is an animated affair, but months ago all the other candidates who en tared the field after the retirement of Speaker Reed abandoned the contest, leaving Colonel David I:. Henderson of lowa the unopposed candidate. His nomination therefore was a forcgi ne conclusion, and he was named by ac clamation. It also was decided, with out a dissenting voice, to re-enact th" rules laid down bv former Speaker Heed. The' Officers of the last House, except Colonel Russell. the Sergeant-at-Arms. were renominated without opposition, as follows: <'lerk, Alexander McDow ell of Pennsylvania; Doorkeeper. W. ,1. Glenn of New York: Postmaster. .1. C. Mcßlroy of Ohio, and Chaplain, the 1 lev Henry Cnnden of Michigan. Democrats Select Richardson. Washington. Dec. j.—The Democrats of the House of Representative- at their caucus, held in the hall of Repre sentatives, selected Representative J. D. Richardson of Tennessee as their candidate for Speaker after a spirited contest which lasted through six bal lots. This carries with it tie* Demo cratic leadership on the floor. Mr. Richardson has served fourteen years in the House, and is tin- oldest Demo cratic member in point of service ix- Cept .Mr. Mcllae of AI A.WISUS. The candidates against Mr. Richard son were Representative lie Arniond of Missouri, Rankhst.d of Alabama anJ Sulzer of New York. To Rush Molineux Trial. New York, Dec I U is reasonably certain that the trial of Roland li. Molineux, which has now commenced in earnest before Recorder Goff, will not drag along as other celebrated cases have, but will be pushed to as Roland B. Molineuv speedy an ending .'is is compatible with the preservation of the 1 • u > 1 rights of the defendant and of tlie people. Re corder Goff indicated dining th • lat ter days of the selection of the jury that he would not tolerate delay, \>here delay was attempte I v. iiliout proper and legitimate purpose in view. The same rule will apply in the trial. Mutiny on an Ocean Liner. St John, N. It.. Dec. 4. The Donald son line steamer Amarynthia arrived here from Glasgow with a mutiny on board. As soon as the vessel dropped anchor in the harbor Capt. Taylor sent for the police to take oft' thirteen cat tlemen who were attempting to take possession of the ship. Chi !' Clark and a squad boarded tii steamer and after a tight, during which knives were drawn, the cattlemen were overpower ed and placed in irons, Tlie cattlemen hroke Into tlie cargo of whiskey just before the vessel i*i ached port and drank liquor freely. To Test a Leprosy Cure. Honolulu, Nov. via Victoria, P.. C.. Dec. 4. —Kxperinif nts ure to In' made here |n the treatment of leprosy with ;< Venezuela shrub, of which samples were forwarded here by S' rgeon G a eral Wyman, of the I'nlt I S aies The shrubs are grow ing lu-ie i.r,.!. r the care of Dr. Carniiehael. of tlie Ci.ited Slates Marine Hospital, who v.. s .-.sked by the department at W; -l*.in ion to make the experiments. The Samoar. Treaty Signed. Washington. T'l,J*. t. Secretary Hay, Lord Pauncefote and Heir von Ilo'le hcn. on behalf of their respective g.n - ernments, have ; gne.l the treaty fur the partition of S imoa. The ceremony took place in the Diplomatic Room of the State Depart.aent. Theie was no preliminary disctuslon. 1.25 Per. Year. Number MI WW 11 Sentiment Along This Line is Growing - in London. WOMEN LOSING HEART. Each Day Brings Fresh Mourning In to British Homes—Effects of the Transvaal War Being Felt Seriously By the Poor—Last Battle Not so Fa tal as First Reported. London, Dec. 5. —The j»revailing scnil ment daily growing stronger here is that we are paying very dearly for the war. A letter written by a member of the royal family to a lady whose son is in the Coldstreams with the Orange River column, and is thus in the thick of the tight, has just lieen made public. hi it His Highness says: "All these victories sound very grand as heoric encounters and proofs of British pluck, but they are small from the practical military point of view. No victories are great where guns have not be -it captured. We have taken no cannon from the enemy." More guard": have started, which will further empty London of desirable men in the society point of view. Ladies are beginning to lose heart as they see each .lay bringing fresh mourning into new families. Hunt balls and country house parties are being: put. off in numbers, which points to the coming winter as one of unrecorded dulness. The hunting fields are shorn oi their most brilliant riders. lit these and a thousand other ways the pinch of war has been IVIt more keenly each day. So much for the rich. The poor als.. feel the war very rcriously, for it is al most impossible this winter to get or dinary subscriptions to the usual relict funds. People just say, "We can't give this year, for we have to subscribe all we can afford to the war funds." This can easily be imagined by looking ;it the enormous sums raised throughout the country. List of British Losses. London, Dec. s.—The War Office lias given out the official list of the 1 Srit i-!t killed and wounded at the battle of Modeler River, the total being 4 :v This comparatively small numln r created wide astonishment There v\ te at least 8,000 English engage.l At tie battle of CJleneoe, where only 4.000 Kni: lish were engaged, the loss was ,'t!9 killed and wounded and 2t»X missing, ot 477. At Elandslaagie tight about English were eng&ged. and the losses were 2<> 1 killed ah<*t wounded. At Lady smith on Oct. 2S, 301 were Killed and wounded and 48,"> raotured. Thus tli- British loss at Medder lli.er is about 5 per cent. Some i.iil'.'.ary men are in clined to think tnat the Boer losses must have been \fi - y heavy, to account for Lord Methuen'.* despatch saying it was"the bloodiest fight of the cen tury." Long Wa*ts Warsnips. Washington, Die. 4.—The annual re port of the Secretary of the Navy !s ,t document of unusual interest, dealing not only with tlv work of the navy during the past year and important recommendations for the future, but also discussing ;he more important questions relating' to the navy, includ ing the authorization of eighteen new warships, the imp rathe neej ofspeei-t legislation in thh early day.* of Con gress for armor oj the best quality that can be obtain. .1, and th • proposition that the thanks o- Congress be given to the Commander-in-Chief of the North Atlantic Squadrt n and to the officer-, and men under '.'is command for the part they took ir, the naval operations at Santiago. Death Spared Him a Trial. Newark, N. Dec. 4.—John Kofal. the alleged blgavoist who drank car bolic acid in ISrord street on Thursday night, died Sunday in the City Hos pital. Mrs. Annie. Kofal of No. 132 Fast Forty-second sti -it. New York, was the first wife. SI e met the second two weeks ago and j bowed her her mar riage certificate. Then the second wife told Kofal to leuv.' the house and never return. Jle .vent When he was taken to the hospital jac second wife mule a charge of biga.tiy and if he had re covered he would have been proseculed. He probably will be burled' in potter's field. Roth wivtv say they will not have anything to do \\ Ith the body. Ate Rat t'oison in Pie. Somerville, x. ... Dec. 4.—Howard T. Mettlar. aged fo;ty-tlve. a driver fot Caw ley's bottling establishment, on re turning home (;.im work Satur.iay nigbt. ate a pit containing poh,. n. which his wife rad tix<»<l lor rats the cellar. He afterward told his vtli'e that the pie had a queer taste, l a. a hearing that he ; .ad eaten Ihe pob-on, he went to Dr. ■Uillweli and i me'.ics were administered. He then went io his home, where the emetics worl-ei until he collapsed He died late Sunday afternoon. MettU' leaves three chil dren. Was Merely a Show Trick. ! \nncondn. Mot... Dec. 4. —The dls ; patch printed In Chicago and Kastern papers tinder th.' date of Nov. 26 last to the effect that a petrified body, sup posed to be that ( 112 Oen. Thomas Krtn cis Meachei. bad been found near Fort Renton has proved to be untrue. The storv is. an tinqna I tied "fake, "and was started by the o \ ner of an unknown • ..•tiiflcd man, so; u to be sent East for t heap show purp.-ses.
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