Republican News Item. Published Every Thursday. Volume 4. Years J \ in Dushore. v The largest and best stock of goods / We ever had for the \ \ jfall an!> t&mtcr Urabe £ The finest line of ?Holidai) aoods, / S Ever seen in a Jewelry Store in Sullivan j \ RETTEN BURY, P C DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. ✓ Coles.. Z ~ * FT j GENERAL hardware—- DWA R E PAINTS, OILS, VARNSHES 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 53.00 to SI 0.00, Also a line of coal heaters from $2.50 up to 835.00. 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. Hardware, DUSHORE, PA. This stove is the very best one made for Cold Weather. (its name ) "Maple Clemont" We keep sizes No. 22 and 24. Wood is putin top Keeps tire over night. Cast iron lining. For prices write us. Jeremiah Kelly, HUGHESVILLE. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY." LAPORTE, PENNA., THUS i, FEBRUARY 8,1900. Wanted at once for cash 1000 cords Basswood Cut 4 1-2 feet long, 5 to 15 inch es diameter. Apply to AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, SONESTOWN, PA. HOTEL MAINE THOS. W. BEAHEN, Prop. LAPORTE, PA. This now liotel has ln-en recently opened, newly furnished throughout and will be run for the social accomodation <■( the traveling public. The liest stocked bar in.tlie county. Kates are low. CARROLL HOUSE, I). KEEFE, Proprietor. DUSUOKK, I'A. One of the largest and best equipped hotels in this section of the state. I'alile 01 the best. Ki.tes 1.00 dollar per iiay. Lnrue at Ides. BLACKSMITH AND WAGON SHOP Just opened at the Laporte Tannery. Custom work solicited. All work guaranteed. O. W. BENNETT, Prop. COMMERCIAL HOUSE. THOS. E. KENNEDY, Prop. LAPOKTE PA. l'his bug; and »e.l appointed house is tl.e most popular hostelry '.nthis section LAPORTE HOTEL. F. W. QALLAOHEH, Prop. Xewly erected, i": "Opposite Court Mouse square. .""Stcuin heat, liath rooms, hot and cold water, reading lw aiid, pool room,and barber shop; also'good stabling and livery, P. SHOEMAKER, Attorney at Law. Office in County Building. LAPOUTK, PA. Collections, conveyancing; the settlement of estates and other legal business will receive prompt attention. H, J. BRADLEY, ATTORMBY AT-LAW, orriCK in i'uusr* duilping NKAK iX>U>'T UOUSK. LA POUT!*;. I'A (-IK.-T national hank r ' ill- i.MSIMIUK. i iinna. CA I'ITAL - - *3 v>3(». SUItI'LUS - . 000. I >ll' S H ( telifnil i iil II I.i• i u I »111 M"">. k.u t.v'.'inc«, m. i>. ai: is. i'ruM'lt lit. « j.?| u j J. J. & 1 1 2;. H. INGHAM, ATTOItN Ky ■> AI-I.AW , **ii- n<"B .itU'M !«••* in i<i' h»»•! H-U" ' ..A »»ORTK jT J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LAPORTK, PA. Office over T. J. Heeler's store. H. CRONIN, ATTORNKT-AT -LAW, HOTART PUBLIC, orrtca OH HAIR BTRBBT. DUSHORE, PA I Eureka Humes* Oil is the beat I H preservative of new leather ■ and the best renovator of old M leather. It oils, softens, black ■ ens and protects. Use ■ I Eureka 1 ■ Harness Oil | on your beat hameai, your old bar- DPM, and your carriage top, and they H| will not only look better but wear longer. Sold everywhere in cann—all Sixes from half pinta to Ave gallons. TT H Mad* by BTANUAKD OIL I*o. If GOEBEL IS DEAD. HORN IX SULLIVAN COUNTY. LIVED A REMARKABLE LIFE ANI) MET ATRGIC DEATH. A CULMINATION TO THE KEN TUCKY POLITICAL F'UED. A Dastardly Deed —The Arrest—Little Evidence Against the Prisoner — Goebel Sworn in as Governor—Tay lor Adjourns the Legislature. Within a few hours of the time when arguments were to have begun on his contest for the Governorship of Ken tucky. State Senator William Goebel was shot and perhaps fatally wound ed at Frankfort, Tuesday, Jan. 30. He died on Saturday evening. Feb. 3. An hour later J. C. W. Beckham took the oath of office and issued a proclamation calling upon the militia to disband. He was approaching the front steps of the State House, shortly after 11 o'clock, when a marksman hidden in the east wing of the building opened Are upon him. Five shots were fired, apparently from the third story centre window on the west side of the building. Only the first took effect. It entered Sena tor Goebel's right breast, near the armpit, ranged downward and trans versely through the right lung, back of and below the heart, and emerged to the left of the spinal column at about the waist line. Harland Whittaker, a mountaineer, of Governor Taylor's county, is under arrest on suspicion of having shot Senator Goebel. He was caught run ning out of the east wing after the shooting, and three loaded pistols were found upon him. None had been fired, and he declares that he is a Democrat and ran out to see what was the trou ble. He was taken to Louisville, be cause it was feared that he might be made the victim of a mob. Great excitement followed the shoot ing. Hundreds of armed men congre gated in the streets, merchants closed their stores, the schools were dis missed, women and children disap peared from the streets, and both houses of the Legislature adjourned. The State Capitol grounds are In possession of the troops, and nobody is permitted upon them. Hundreds of Goebel men have been rushing into the city since the shoot ing. and serious trouble is feared. Senator Goebel was walking from the Capitol Hotel to the State House with Colonel "Jack" Chinn. a noted character of the state, who was act ing as his body guard. As tliev neared the steps the Senator was slightly in the lead. The report of a shot was heard, and Senator Goebel, after a moment, fell at the feet of China, say ing: "They've got me, -lack As Chinn bent over the v, ounded man four bullets passed by him. Then the concealed marksman stopped tir ing, and soon men with pistols in their hands came tumbling out of the State House doors. Meantime no effort had been made to catch the assassin. Whittaker finally was seen running from the rear of tho building toward the Ad jutant General's office in the west wing. The crowd pounced upon him in a moment, shouting. "You murder er!" and "Kill him!" J. E. Miller, an old watchman, pinioned his arms and others disarmed him. He had three big pistols and sixty cartridges. His captors handled him roughly, but he begged to be heard, swearing that he had not fired a shot. The police took him to jail unharmed. There was no evidence against him and all his pis tols were fully loaded and apparently had not been used. Goebel Sworn In as Governor. Goebel was sworn in as Governor of Kentucky at Frankfort Jan. 31 by Chief Justice Hazelrigg. of the Court of Appeals, a majority of the members of the General Assembly having signed a declaration adopting the report of the Contest Board declaring Goebel and Beckham legally elected. No aeetl&c was held. Governor Tavior naving eariy in tne oay aajournea me General Assembly by proclamation, oa the ground that a state of insurrec tlon prevailed in Kentucky, and sum moned it to tneet in London. In Laurel County, on Tuesday, February C. The Degioctatic members attempted to meet'in spite of the Governor's action, but were prevented by troops under orders from the Republican State om'clals. Republicans want Federal courts to decide the claims of the rival Gov ernors, while the Democrats want the State courts to adjudicate them. Militia remains loyal to Gov. Taylor, and his power rests upon the military. State depository refused to cash war rants for troops issued by Gov. Taylor, and Warden Lillard, of the Peniten tiary, refused to release a prisoner pardoned by him. The Legislature has offered a reward of $50,000 for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who attempted the life of Senator Goebel. Certain individuals have vSluntoerad to guarantee the; payment of this sum until the legality of thejGoebel state government is es tablished. They will, it is said, put up the money as an evidence of good faith until the Legislature is in a posi tion,to appropriate the sum from the Treasury of the State. This action is djje to the failure of the Republican state government to take any action to apprehend the assassin of Senator Goebel. Judge Ciwitrell, of the Circuit Court at Frankfort, on Saturday issued an order restraining Governor Taylor from interfering with the Legislature, and from removing the seat of the state government to London. The' Judge ordered the writ to remain binding without reserve. The Repub licans were not present in court. Alonzo Walker, who was held n prisoner at the Capitol grounds at Frankfort, ou a charge of inciting riot while pinning a legal notice upon the door ofi Governor Taylor' office, has been released. THE MANILA NEWS A scouting party of the Twenty-flftl lofarftry. while operating near Subig, was ambushed by insurgent.-, recently, atd a "lieutenant and three privates and two or throe privates wounded. The ports of Rio Janeiro ami Santos, Brazil, have officially been 'eclared frTOjfrom the bubonic "Uv/'K-. Tbp Lawton fund • 'at" anvvnts to $95,'922. Gen. fr -lal e; •» 1:1 a ho has $1,300 :a , •<. 1 a "<• PHILIPPINE RULE. Features of the Plan Recommcii <ad by the Commission. President McKinley sent to Con gress Feb. 3 the report of the Philip pine Commission relative to the civil government to bo established in the Philippine Islands. Features of the civil government recommended for the archipelago in clude the appointment of an American as Governor, who shall be assisted in the administration of affairs by a council composed of Americans and natives. There shall be a legislative assembly, partly appointive and part ly elective, the acts of which shall be subject to a qualified veto by the Gov ernor and the absolute veto of Con gress, when in session, and of the President when it is not in session. Governors of the provinces are to bo Americans, and the islands are to be subdivided, Americans or educated natives to be placed in charge of the various subdivisions. The commission lias made the scheme so elastic that as the natives become educated in self-government they will be given an opportunity to administer their own affairs. Self government will be gradually trans ferred to them until Congress shall enact the permanent form of govern ment under which tlie> shall iiv« . The commission's recommendations cannot be put into effect tntil peace is restored in the island' It is under stood that within a short time the President will appoint a new commis sion of five members, all civilians, who shall establish civil governments in Luzon, acting with the military, un til the insurrection is suppressed, when it will assume the administra tion of affairs of the islands, and will continue this work until Congress takes action. That there will be any legislation by Congress relative to i'hilippinu government dbiring the present ses sion is not exacted. The administra tion of affairs Republican leaders pro pose to leave to the President, at least until the next session. Every effo.N is being inade to un ravel the mystery of the box found in the United State.-: Express office at Sioux City. lowa, i.l a box marked "Books," consigned to John S. Brad ford. There is no doubt that the body was shipped from Baltimore, and the police not. onSv think that murder was committed, but that it was committed there. There is little doubt that the mys tery will be one which the police will find difficult to unravel. The presence of the Baltimore papers in the box makes it almost a certainty that the box was prepared for shipment in that city. The box was received at the main office of the express company on the afternoon of January 16. Two men carried it into the office and placed it on the scales. There was no evidence of excitement, and when the clerk, as is always done, asked the contents of the box. the reply was "Books." The box was re ceived, a given, and nothing more thought of the matter. No rec ord is kept of the shippers of noods. Active inqufry is neing made by the police l'or ! descriptions »ud informa tion ofithe\mor» "• sc. xvr inline. 1.25 Per. Y Number 45. BRITISH AND BOERS LATEST MOVEMENTS IN THE CAMPAIGN. A Full Summary of the Transvar.l War News—Progress of the Con flict From Day to Day —The British Encouraged. The war iu South Africa iti golu.< on with unabated fury, arid the British are rushing more men to the scene or' hostilities. The following is the late , news: At a meeting of the Boani of 'livd ■■ at Victoria, British Colurubhi. a res >• lution was passed urging the Do minion Government to ofl'ei. Britain 10,000 troops at tin of Canada. Lord Roberts has notified the' Wi. Office that forty Highlanders, who were previously reported killed at Magersfontein. are prisoner,- :it P.- toria. The British War Office intends to increase the regular army by fifteen battalion of infantry, adding tlu t > the existing regiments. The sum of $35,000 has been raised at Berlin to assist the Red Cross i-'ev vice among the Boers. The St. James Gazette published ;t report in London Feb. 2 that General Buller's forces had repressed the Tu gela river at three points, and thai t tight had occurred, lasting all day. but the war office failed to confirm the story, which was widelj circulated. Exceptions! activity at the Hngii3li navy yards continue, but this is e sisf- Iv new construction ana refitting work. Three ships will be commissioned a; Devonporl ihu month Sorne unpleasant criticism of the War Office has been caused by dis covery that the sights of the Lee-En field corbines are defective. Old car bincs have been supplied to the out going Fourth Brigade of Calvary. A despatch from l ape; Town says Gen. Buller still holds the Tugela drifts, and will possibly renew his ar tempt to force his way through the Boer defences before .long. In any case, Ladysruith is capable of holding out for a considerable time. A Cape Town despatch says 150 American scouts, who arrived here as muleteers, have enlisted in the British forces. Lord Roberts, it is reported, will not at once reinforce Gen. Buller's army, and the next move in the cam paign will probably be an advance toward the Orange Free State. Applying to the lOC -vnion Kop casu alties the rule of tiuii, the 1- •»*<••> of officers indicate probably 500 < asve" alties yet to come. The total casual ties of the war, compiled froiu official reports, are 9,523. nearly a division. Of these 2.482 were killed, 4.811 wounded aurl the rest prisoners. Gen. Buller's operation at Spion Kop has cost 912 men. so far officially reported within ten days. William T. Stead has addressed an open letter to the Speaker of the House of Commons. William Coin" Gully, askirtg him to bring it to the notice of the House. The writer say.-. "The consequence of going to war with a lie in our right hand is now manifest even to the dullest under standing. The responsibility for the lie, which is now working out its nat ural consequences in South Africa, originally lay upon the Colonial Sec retary alone, but by a conspiracy of falsehoods the select committee of 189" was hocussed into returning i false verdict, vhirh, being afterward accepted by the House of Common- Involved Parliament, itself into the re sponsibility of a fatal fraud." Mr Stead then asserts that "the war wu» undertaken to conceal the truth and to whitewash the Colonial Secretary.'' and he appeals to the House to insist upon the production of the correspond ence between the Colonial Office and Mr. Hawksley, solicitor to the Char tered Company, "in order to ascertain the truth respecting the .Jamiesoa raid and to purge the House of this dishonor." Fi RE RECORD. The hotel at Blllingsport, X..1.. owned by John Hoffman, was d< stroyed by fire Sunday morning. Loss, about SIO,OOO. Fire swept the dry goods district o: St. Louis Sundav mornlnc. Loss $1,500,000. Fire at Youngstown, Ohio, the other day, destroyed the buildings occupied by the J. N. Euwer's Sons Co.. dry goods, and McElroy & Co.. furniture dealers. The department store of the G. M. McKelvey Company was badh damaged by water. Loss, $440,00" Fire has destroyed the building at Fifth avenue aud Thirty-eighth street, New York, occupied by E. S. Hess & Co., dealers in antique furniture. Loss $200,000. A loss of $150,000 was caused by a fire that destroyed the store of t he- Dickinson Arms Company, at Little Rock. Arkansas and partially de stroyed eight small establishments. Dynamite and giant powder exploded, breaking $15,000 worth of window glass. Fire has destroyed the building used as offices of the experiment sta tion at Blacksburg College. Virginia. The building waß a stone structure and considered fire-proof. The eelctric plant and laboratories of the Bellaire (Ohio) Steel Works, owned by the National Steel Com pany, have been destroyed by fire, en tailing a loss of SIOO,OOO. Two thou sand men are thrown out of employ ment. Senator Chauncey M. Depew's opera house at Peekskill was destroyed by fire Jan. 29. The loss is about $40,000
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