Republican News Item. Published Every Thursday. Volume 4. HOTEL MAINE THOS.W.BEAHEN, Prop. LAPORTE, PA. This new hotel has l>ecn recently opened, newly furnished throughout a'jd will be run for the ppeeial accomodation of the traveling public. The best stocked bar in the county. Rates are low. CARROLL HOUSE, D. KEEFE, Proprietor. DUSHOKK, PA. One of the largest and best equipped hoteli" in this section of the stnto. Table of the best. lWtes 1 .Oil dollar per day. Large stnbles. BLACKSMITH AND WAGON SHOP Jnst opened at tlie Laporte Tannery. Custom work solicited. All work guaranteed. O. W. BENNETT, Prop. COMMERCIAL HOUSE. THOS. E. KENNEDY, Prop. LAPORTE PA. This largo and well appointed house is the most popular hostelry in this section LAPORTE HOTEL. F. W, GALXiAGHEH, Prop. Newly erected. Opposite Court house square. Steam lieat, liatli rooms, hot and cold water, reading and p M room,and liarlier shop: also good stall and livery, / \yM P. SHOEMAKER, / Attorney at-Law. Oflice in County Building. LAPORTE, PA. Collections, conveyancing; the settlement of estates and other legal business will receive prompt uttention. J J. BRADLEY, ATTORNEY AT-LAW, OFFICE IS COOKTV BUILDING NEAR COURT HOUSE. LAPOKTE, rA FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUSIIORE, PENNA. CAPITAL - " $50,000. SURPLUS - - SIO,OOO. Does a General Banking Business. B.W.JENNINGS, >!• I>. SWARTH. President. Cashier Professional Cards. J # J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTORNEYS- AT-LAW, Legal business attended to in this and adjoining oounties _A PORTE, PA £ J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LAPORTE, PA. Office over T. J. Keeler's store. J # H. CRONIN, ATTORNEY*AT -LAW, NOTART PUBLIC, orrtca ON MAIN STREET. DUSIIORE, ''A rvrmrniTo PATENT Good Ideas I'll 1.1 "■ may be secured by 111 II IV I our aid. Address, 111 Mil HI THE PATENT RECORD, UIAJIUJ Baltimore. Md. Subicrtpttons to The Patent Record *I.OO per annum. Don't Tobacco Spit unit Smoke Your I.in. Ami). To quit tobacco easily and forever. I>e mas netic. lull ot life, nerve and vigor, taUc Ko Tu- Hac. the wonder-worker, thatniuUes weak men strong. All druggists, 50c or SI. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Bterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York. CONDENSED REPORT or the condition of llic FIRST NATIONAL BANK of BlWhore, Pa.. At close of business, Dec. -. 18U9. RESOURCES: Loans and discounts ill(i,74ii 50 11. H. Bonds to Secure Circulation l-\SOO IK) Premium on United States Bonds 1,00000 Stock Securities 10.10000 Klirniturc 1 .'2OO 00 Due from Banks Approved reserve Agt 111 ,0 iJ ,'>S Rtslemption Fund U, 8. Treasurer sb'2 50 Sjiecie and Legal Tender Notes 10,429 iis 8 '/74C(i0,119 LIABILITIES. Capital S 50,000 CO Surplu sand Undivided Profits 15,001 11 Circulation 11,250 00 Dividens Unpaid 1500 00 Deposits . H17.41Q KJS $ 274,660 Oil State of Pennsylvania, County of Sullivan' ss: I, M. D. Svvarts, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above state ment is true to the best of my knowledge and be " ' M. D. SWARTS, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 14th day of Dec. 1899. JOHN 11. CRONIN, Notary Public. Correct—Attest: ALPHONSUS WALSII, I •INO.D.RKESER. [-Directors. S. I). BTURIGER. ) Don't Tobacco Spit mid Smoke lour I.il'e Anny. To quit tobacco easily and forever, bo mag netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To- Jlac, the wonder-worker, that niakos weak men strong. All druggists, 50c or sl, Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample frco. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York. Everybody Says So. Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won derful medical disooverv of tlie age, pleas nit and refreshing to the taste, act gently nd positively on kidneys, liver and bowels, deansing the entire system, dispel colds, jure headache, fever, habitual constipation and biliousness. Please buy and try a box of O. C. C. to-<jay; 10, 25, 50 cents. Sold and guaranteed to qure by all druggists. Educate Voar Bowel* With Cascarets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c, 35c. It C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. ) 'ywenty Years in Dushore. S The largest and best stock of goods p We ever had for the \ ?jfall L'Clmtcr ZLrabc > Q The finest line of ?Hoiidajj Q Ever seen in a Jewelry Store in Sullivan j \ RETTEN BURY, S C DUSHORE, PA THE JEWELER. ) Coles.. —I * GENERAL R D W A R E PAINTS, OILS, VARKSHES and GLASS. SPECIAL inducements given on CTOVES 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 $3.00 to 810.00. Also a line of coal heaters from $2.50 up to §35.00. My Special Bargain Sale is open on a line of heaters slightly damaged by water. Good as new, but they must be sold CHEAP If in need of a cheap heater, call early. My "Dockash" Ranges are without a question the finest in the market, made up of the best 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. Goles Hardware, DUSHORE, PA. 1899 rhrisimas 1899 The last one^S a r m You Should of the 19th jf Hake it a Century. /idfc JfL Hummer. r ■**■**'**** Toys of Endless Variety Fine China, Fancy Tables, Easy Chairs, Fine Toilet Sets and Everything li| " Ready for Tr I HOLIDAy || PRESE/NTS^I^ Jeremiah Kelly, HUGHESVILLE. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY." LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21,1899. INN HI W The Long Talk Ends in a Sen sational Manner. ARGUMENTS WAX WARM: Members on Both Sides Become Some what Excited Vote Will be Taken on Currency Measure Without Any Amendments Having Been Offered. House in an Uproar. Washington. Dec. l'J.—The six days' debate upon the Currency bill closed in a sensational manner. The Republi can leaders had evidently set a trap for the minority to show that discord ex isted on the money question, and It was timed so as to make the scene as dra matic as possible. Mr. Richardson and his lieutenants had canvassed their side of the house to learn if any one contemplated offer ing a free silver amendment. They found that Mr. Sulzer, of New York, had an amendment already drawn, and intended to get it before the House if possible. Mr. Richardson labored with him, and Mr. Sulzer finally agreed, as a personal favor, not to offer it. Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, taunted the Democrats later in the day with not having had the courage to offer a free silver amendment. Mr. Richardson promptly charged the Republicans with having made it im possible to offer such an amendment under their special order, and Mr. Dal zell, of Pennsylvania, defied any Demo crat to offer a free coinage amend ment. Mr. Dolliver, of lowa, who next took the floor, offered to yield to any Demo crat who would ask unanimous consent to offer a free coinage amendment, and Mr. Bailey sprang up and shouted, "1 ask unanimous consent to offer an amendment providing for the free and unlimited coinage i.f silver at the ra tio of sixteen to one." The House was immediately in an uproar. The Democrats applauded and cheered Mr. Bailey until it looked as if the Texan had by a single bold stroke snatched the leadership away from Mr. Richardson. In the midst of the confusion Mr. Sulzer, apparently forgetting his prom ise to Mr. Richardson, ran down the aisle, shouting, "1 call the Republican "fliuff. I offer the amendment." Mr. Hepburn, of lowa, chairman of the Committee of the Whole, cut him oft" by ruling that Mr. Bailey's request was not in order in the Committee of the Whole, and the Democrats jeered and shouted to the Republicans that they well knew ho*v the chairman would rule when they made their bluff. It was soon the turn of the Republi cans to jeer, however, for as soon as the Committee of the Whole rose and reported the bill to the House, Mr. Overstreet, of Indiana, asked unani mous consent to so amend the special order as to allow the offering of a free coinage amendment. Republicans and silver Democrats joined in applause, and Mr. Sulzer was again ready to offer his amendment, when Mr. Driggs got his party out of the awkward po ition by shouting: "When the Greeks offer gifts. Mr. Speaker, I object." His single objection blocked the way for unanimous consent, and the House adjourned. Democratic members of the New York delegation were the centre of in terest on the closing day of the de bate. All the bolters will stand firm and will vote with the Republicans in favor of the bill. Messrs. Levy, Fitz gerald and Wilson spoke in favor of the measure, while Mr. Glynn, who had previously declined to commit himself, took a stand in opposition to the bill. The debate was enlivened by a bout between Mr. Brown, of Ohio, and Mr. Clark, of Missouri. The former resent ed what he regarded as a slight put up on the memory of the late President Hayes in some remarks made by Mr. Clark. In reply Mr. Clark declared that Mr. Hayes was a "counterfeit President," for whom he had a supreme contempt, I even though he was dead. "He stole the Presidency," said Mr. Clark —"the greatest crime in the tide of times. I wish he could have lived forever and borne the scorn of decent men to the end of the world. His sepulchre should bear the words. "This man was guilty of the monumental crime against hu man liberty." Mr. Clark's words were received in silence on both sides of the House. Mr. Lentz, of Ohio, charged that the pending bill had been prepared by 3,600 national hanks, a secret combination that wielded more influence than the Masonic fraternity, the Odd Fellows and the Red Men combined. "We are In favor of renominating William Jennings Bryan," said Mr. Lentz, "and we will putin a plank against trusts, we will putin a plank against imperialism, and we will put In a plank against the British alliance, an alliance that is now open and ap parent. They are now shooting down liberty in South Africa, while you are shooting it down in the Philippine isl ands. That is evidence sufficient that both governments are operating upon | parallel lines. I"The first blossom of liberty in the j Orient to be cut off by the Republican I party of the United States, the first I substantial struggle for liberty in j Africa to be mowed down in its infancy by the Queen of England, with the Czar asking for a peace conference! "If things are not inside out, how can the Hepubllean party stand Impotent and silent while England Is shooting to ueatii a repuonc iri Mouth Africa, and while under the military and imperial istic powers Hint patronage has de livered to the President here, the crime of crimes is being committed under the Stars and Stripes of the Union? The House was again in an uproar, and with half a dozen members on their feet clamoring for recognition, Speaker Henderson put an end to the excitement by declaring the House ad journed. No amendments were offered to the bill, and only one section of the meas ure was read. The whole time was oc cupied in speeches. States Urged to Select Senators. Washington. Dee. 19.—As a matter of party expediency the administration is urging a call of the Pennsylvania and California Legislatures for the election of Senators from those two states. This means that the President rea lizes the difficulties in the way of seat ing Mr. Quay and the party confusion that would follow should the Governor of California carry out his expressed intention of appointing Mr. Burns, who is so objectionable to many lending Re publicans from that state. While the administration has thus far taken a neutral position in relation to Mr. Quay's case. Senator Hanna has lately expressed the opinion to ether Republican leaders that it would be advantageous to the Republican party if the Senate could avoid a vote on the Quay ease. Senator Aldrich is also understood to be of the same opinion, and the influ ence of many of the leaders is now being brought to bear upon Governor Stone in the hope that he will call a special, session of the Pennsylvania Legislature in order that Mr. Quay may have another chance to fight h's battle at home, and that if lie again fails the Republican memb< rs of that body will he able to unite upon another Republican. Woman Charged With Burning Baby in a Furnace. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. IS.—Charged with throwing a newly born male in fant into a furnace fire, a young wo man, giving the name of Mrs. Scull, No. 1,305 Locust street, is under arrest, and is said by the police to have con fessed. The charred body of the in fant, two persons who claim to have witnessed the perpetration of the crime and a policeman who took the body of the infant from the furnace furnish details. Whether or not the baby was alive at the time it was thrown into the furnace the police refuse to say. Mrs. Scull has been employed for some time past, .'is a trained nurse in Mrs. Pennington's sanitariffiT,'No. •J.ilt! Chester avenue. For three months she has made her home with Mrs. C. Wil son. No. 1,305 Locust street. The ac cused woman is about twenty-six years old and is attractive in appearance. Thursday evening Mrs. Scull entered her home on Locust street, with a bundle in her arms. What the police say happened afterward, as told by Alice Miller, a colored servant in the house, to Lieutenant Mitchell, of ihe Nineteenth Police Oistrict, is substan tially as follows: . Upon entering the house Mrs. Scull called Alice Miller and requested her to get a candle and accompany her to the cellar. The Miller girl hastened to comply with Mrs. Scull's wishes, and together they descended the stairs. Mrs. Scull laid the bundle on the lloor near the furnace, and at once proceed ed to unwrap it. A few moments later an exclamation of astonishment escaped the lips of the servant. The bundle contained the nude body of a newly-born male in fant. Before the wonder-stricken woman had an opportunity to see whether the little one was living or dead. Mrs. Scull raised it from the floor, and step ping quickly to the furnace opened the door and threw the infant in on the burning coals. Next instant the fur nace door was closed with a bang. The act was witnessed I y G urge T. Burton, a negro janitor, who n itit'ed Policeman Dougherty Mrs. Scull had escaped from the I n se v her. -e enter ed it but she was ' nested later. Will Try to Crush the Boers. London. Dec. 19.—Terrible scenec aie witnessed at the War ' dtice. Huge crowds of people gather to learn the details of Gen. Buller's disaster in Na tal. In spite of the awful blow to Brit ish prestige, the one dominant tone in the press and in public conversation is a grim determination to retrieve the disaster, send more troops to South Africa and if need be. more capable and experienced generals. There never was a more unanimous call for the prosecution of a war. It is realized that the integrity of the Um pire depends upon a successful issue, and no money or blood will be spared to crush the Boers. Fifteen transports are due to arrive at Cape Town be tween Dec. 17 an< Jan. x with about 15,000 troops of all arms but unless Gen. Duller Is able to renew the attack which is exceedingly doubtful, the British Generals will be compelled for another fortnight or more to remain practically on the defensive. The la test despatches indicate the continued bombardment of Ladysmlth. whose po sition is now perilous. Wilson Not to Resign. Washington. Dec. 18.—The report that Secretary of Agriculture Wil.on contemplates resigning from the Cab inet on account of ill health is emphat ically denied by the Secretary. While his health has not been of the best re cently. the Secretary says he his no thought or resigning on that account, and knows of no other reason whi h would take him from the Cabinet at this time. 1.25 Per. Year- Number 30. Ml ffIJW ii Late British Reverses Cause Deep Anxiety. CASUALTY LIST GROWS. More Than 2,000 Men Lost In the Two Last Battles English People Mar vel How One General After Anoth er is Drawn Into the Trap—Baron Roberts Succeeds Buller. London, Dec. 19.—Field Marshal Kar on Roberts of Kandahar and Water ford, Commander of the Forces in Ire land, lias been appointed to the chief command in South Africa, with Gen eral Lord Kitchener of Khartum as liis chief-of-staff. The official announcement of this change, by which General Buller is superseded, has just been posted at the War Office. The announce, tent says: "As the campaign in Natal, in the opinion of Her Majesty's Government, is likely to require the presence and undivided attention of General Sir lleil vers Buller. it has been decided to send Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Wa terfowl as i "ommander-ln-cliief in South Africa, with Lord Kitchener as chief-of-staff." Buller's Heavy Losses. London. Dec. in.—General Buller re ports to the War Office that his losses in the engagement with the Boers ai the Tugela itiver, near Colenso, were I,O'JT men. The revised list of the Brit ish cosualties in the battle of Magors fontein. shows the total to be 963, of which number sev&nty were officers. In the two encounters with the en eniy, therefore, the British lost 2.060 men. Furnishes Food For Talk. London. Dec. V.>. —Although no more news of importance has come through from the front since the depressing despatch telling of General Buller's re verse, it is quite enough food fort i'k in all quarters. People marvel how one general after another, and Buller last of all, allowed his troops to be drawn into such trap What was done in the way of scout tig is, of course, not known here, but it i certain that very little had been learn ed of the enemy's position nor do tin war bnilodhrf l»av- helped in any respect. The military experts here do not so how the action of Buller, from whom so much had been expected, can be de fended, viewing it by the light of his despatch. But mao.v other men think the despatch was written hurriedly and refuse to take condemnation from his own mouth. They prefer to believe that Generals Hart and Hlldyard at tacked simultaneously, and that, while the former failed, the latter would probably have succeeded had not the reckless action of the commander of artillery led to the destruction of the batteries and consequent abandonment of the attack. The opinion Is that General Buller, having been taught a lesson, mav try again very soon. He is quite strong enough to cut his way through, but not to give points to his enemy. Therefore we may hear more from him in the course of a few days. In any case, the government here Is very active, if not alarmed. A hurried Cabinet Council was held. Preparations for sending strong reinforcements are proceeding apace. The list of casualties at Magersfon tein. issued from the War Office, shows how terribly severe were the losses sus tained by the Second Battalion of the Royal Highlanders, better known as the Black Watch. Their total casual ties numbered 335. Lord Methuen sent out artillery on Friday to shell the lioer intrencliments and outposts. The enemy replied, and a sharp ar tillery duel succeeded. This was of brief duration. No casualties occurtc d on the British side. The Boers between the Modder River and Kirnberley are believed to number from IS,OOO to men. A telegram from Pretoria says that the Boers on Thursday attacked a small British force near Mafeking with good results, the fort being demolished. The Mafeking garrison is reporte 1 to be running short of provisions. A heavy cannon lire by both the besieged and the enemy continues dally. The government has telegraphed to Earl Beaucliamp, Governor of X w South Wales, an acceptance of the of fer of a further Australian eontlngem for service in South Africa. The au thorities suggest that all the men should be mounted, be good shots and should provide their own horses. Court Reinstates Leland. Chicago. Dei . 18.--Judge Tuley has issued an order granting to E. F. l.e land an immediate injuncti n against the Stock Exchange, declaring the ex pulsion of Mr. Leland null and void. Mr. Leland set forth that as a member he was an owner in the Exchange property, and entitled to its benefits, I and also that he received no copy of the charges against him. and that there were no witnesses against him. He said that he had a wire to members of the New York Consolidated Stock Ex change, and certain other persons, but that he had never knowingly had any connection with bucket shops in New York city. The injunction restrains the officers of the Exchange from in terfering with his business, and de clares him still a member In good standinc.
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