Published Every Thursday. Volume 4. X wen Years in Dushore. The largest and best stock of goods p We ever had for the V Isall anb mutter Grabe £ i The finest line of TifMe*'Keefiers, TifMe*'Keefiers, / 112 Ever seen in a Jewelry Store in Sullivan j \ RETTENBURY, P \ DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. / goks ... I * R3rdW3R^ ENRAL i]W WWW 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 $3.00 to SIO.OO. Also a line of coal heaters from 82.50 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 linest in the market, made up of the best material and designed to l>e 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. Qotes Hardware; DUSHORE, PA. This stove is the very best one made for Cold Weather. (its name ) "Maple Clemont" We keep sizes No. 12 and 24. Wood is putin top Keeps fire over night. Cast iron lining. For prices write us. Jeremiah Kelly, HUGHESVILLE. Republican News Item. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THh gRICE OF LIBERTY." LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22,1900. Wanted at once for cash Cut 4 1-2 feet long, sto 15 inch es diameter. Apply to AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, SONESTOWN, PA. This strip is manufactured under atl.S. patent and is the neatest, strongest and most durable window shade holder on the market, and we guarantee it to be as represented or money re funded. The price, Express paid, to all points in . Pa.,Md.,Del„ N.J. and N.Y.,One Dollar per doz_i.i other states $1.25. Your order solicited. JOHN A. PARSONS « CO. Catawlus. Pa. HOTEL MAINE THOS. W. BEAHEN, Prop. LAPORTE, PA. This now hotel lias liccn recently opened, newly furnished throughout and will lie run for the special accomodation of the traveling public. The l>est stocked bar In.thc county. Kates ure low. CARROLL HOUSE, D. KEEFE, Proprietor. DUSHORE, TA. One of the largest and best equipped hi i in this section of the state. Table nt the best. Kt.tes 1 .00 dollar per day. L irgc st.hles. COMMERCIAL HOUSE. THOS. E. KENNEDY. Prop. LAPORTE PA. This large and well appointed house is the must popular hostelry in this section ~ LAPORTE - HOTEL P. W, GALLAGHER, Prop. Newly erected. Opposite Court Jlouse square.VSteam heat, bath rooms, hot and coM water, |>oo! room,and barber shop: also'gootl stabling and liverv, \yM P. SHOEMAKER, Attorney at Law. Oftice in County Tluilding. LAPORTE, PA. Co)lections, conveyancing; the settlement of estates and other will receive prompt attention. J. BRADLEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, OrriCC 111 CODHTT BUILDING NEAR COURT HOUSE. LAFOKTE, l'A FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF I ISIIORE, PENNA. CAPITAL - - 850.000. SURPLUS - - t? 0.000 J>oes*a[tlerieral Haiikiig Business. B.W.;jENNIXGg, M. I). S-WARTS. President. (m-hiei J. J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTOi!«»tr». AT- I.A W , l.fg:ll I.H« nt"<« ntlet.'l-l rn in <i.i- »ii'i tibia feci ti«« _A KiltTE "A [ J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LAPORTE, PA. Office over T. J. Keelers store. ] 9 H. CRONIN, ATTORNEY"AT -LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC. OrVICB OH MAIS HTfIBBT. DUSHORE, PA ■ Eureka Harness OH ll the treat H ■ preservative of new leather ■ and tho beat renovator of old leather. It olla, softens, black ■ ena and protects. Use H I Eureka 1 I Harness Oil I on your bent harneaa, your eU bar ness, and your carrlace top, and they will not only look batter but wear longer. Soldeverywhereln cans—all ■ alaes from half pints to Ave gallons. V V ■ Mad* t; ITANDABD OIL CO. II THE KENTUCKY FEUD LATEST PHASES OF THE POLITI CAL SITUATION. Seeking the Murderer of Goebei !' New Election Law Wanted — What Both Sides to the Trouble Clair. . Kentucky Democrats Lave begun a .wand personal attack upon <Jov ernor Taylor ami the Republican lead ers. A bill was introduced in the State Senate at Louisville by Senator I'Vriruson providing for an appropria tion of .SIOO,OOO, to be expended in the capture and prosecution of the mur derer of William Goebei. This sum is to be expended in the capture and likewise the prosecution of the mur derer of William Goebei. This sum is to be expended under the direction of John K. Ilendrlck, G. W. Bradburn and Joseph K. Lewis, three of Goe bel's strongest supporters in his last d_iys. 'democrats do not hesitate to say that no effort or expense will be spared to implicate some of the most prominent men in Kentucky In the as sassination and republicans speak openly of a belief that the criminal prosecution of men innocent of any connection with the crime will be the next phase of the tight waged against the Taylorites. There is not a Democrat In either House who would deny that the SIOO,- 000 to he expended will be used against Taylor. The Republicans at Frankfort are aroused by this meas ure .and its Introduction lias added t<i Taylor's determination to oppose his eneniises. Republicans here speak of the movement as the "most monstrous plot" of the lons contest. While awaiting the result of the Re publican appeal to Judge Taft for fed. era I interference in the contest the Democrats do not seem to have formed any new plans. Judge Pryor advised them to begin action in the State courts to determine the title ta the Governorship, but they have not agreed to do so. Now thai Governor Taylor lias removed his guards frt in the State House in Frankfort, the most that can come of the injunction sr.it pL-adlng before Judge Cantril, a* Georgetown, is punishment of Taylor IVr contempt of court in refusing to permit the writ «.f injunction to he >ervc«l. Only a bodyguard now re mains in the Capitol, and (lie State Iloeso is open to ail. ''hie,' .lusl Ice Hazelrigg. oft In* Conn of Appeals, said he believed .Ire." Taft would refuse t<> consider • l-e lit publican motions, and !i is eon lidojitly asserted by other Di-mocr.-ts that Judge Taft lias already been i.d vi-cd by Attorney General lirisfis and other legal advisers of I'res d"ui Me Kiidcy iliat the federal courts have io jurisdiction in t'ue Kentucky ca-es. .Ve:.awhile the Democratic I.eglsia tine is determined to remain i;: Louis ville. .Midget* of the Court of Appeals wis! to reopen the court, an 1 there is i'ii doubt that the dual governments will remain for some time In separate opt ration. The talk now is entirely regarding the enactment of a new election law, to he framed by selected men of both parties. This law would, in the na ture of things, repeal the Goebei law by the mere fact of its being later leg islation upon the subject Gov. Taylor holds the' view at pres sent that Goebei was n§ver legally seated, and will demand a new vote on the matter before he will consent to abandon his seat under the circum stances. CASUALTIES. Mrs. Jeanette Schwartz and her two children were asphyxiated by gas in their homo in Chicago. Wednesday. One workman was killed, two badly injured, and several others slightly Feb. 14, by the collapse of a heavy sheet iron roof covering the cisl house of the Illinois Steel Company', plant at Jollet, Illinois. Three children of Joseph Senia, ranging lu age from r> to » years, were drowned Sunday night in Hand; Creek, at Snow Slice. Pa COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. Latest News From the Active Busl* ness World. Contracts have already been made for vessels to carry 18,500,000 tons of iron ore down the lakes this year, ex ceeding all previous records. The Erie Railway has placed an or der for eight passenger locomotives and twenty-live freight locomotives, which will weigh ninety tons each without the tender. A Chicago despatch says that the re organization of the business of Ar mour & Co. into a corporation will be accomplished in a few days. It is said the capital will be about $20,000,000. The Abbott-Downing Company, of Concord, New Ilumshire, manufactur ers of coaches, carriages und wagons, has made an assignment. The liabili ties are $200,000 anil the assets SOOO,- 000. The Illinois Central Railroad will establish an agency in Portland, Ore gon, for the purpose of handling cot ton shipments to the Orient. Business men from the region be tween Lackawaxen, Penn., and Kings ton, N. Y., have appeared before the Railroad Commissioners of New York this week in advocacy of the proposed railroad along the line of the aban doned Delaware and Hudson Canal. No decision has been reached. Representatives of the ship build ing, armor plate manufacturing and steel concerns which furnish supplies to the Government have been heard by the House Committee on Labor in op position to the bill fixing an eight hour day on Government work, including that done under contract. A Pittsburg despatch says the American Sheet Steel Company, cap italized at $52,000,000, has been formed and will consolidate more than two thirds of the iron and steel sheet mills of the country. The Independent Brotherhood Building Trades Council of Chicago has deserted the contractors and de cided to stand by tne locked-out work men. The Directors of the Fitchourg Rail road, at a meeting in Boston refused to ratify the proposition to lei h tie Fitchburg to the Boston and Maine Railroad, leaving the matter to the stockholders to decide. The Anti-Trust Leatrie continue 1 its sessions at Chici go F b. 13. Sev eral speeches were n ado an I a plat form was adopted declaring vigorous war on trusts and monopolies. New England manufac turers have rejected tne oemands o.' the granite cutters for an eight hour day and at least s'! a day. It is ex pected that the men will sir.ko March 1. The Alaskan Miners' Association a': Seattle has adopted resolutions, which were sent to Congress preying for au thority to mine the Nome Beaches and condemning the sending of mill tary to that district. The Building Material Trades Coun ell of Chicago, with u membership ol 20,000, has announced that it wi'l sup port the Building Trades Council's de mands, and that 110 material will bu furnished to contractors employing non-union labor. The Michigan tßelli 'telephone Com pany, which recently absorbed varioui independent companies, lias voted tu increase its capital stock from $2,500,- 000 to $10,000,000. THE FRICK SUIT. A Great Battle and Possibly a Public Benefit. Much interest is taken by naval officials in the controversy between H. C. Frick and Andrew Carnegi \ anil also in the reported combination o-' the armor manufacture.s of the wo:-!d to keep up the pric- of armor. The effect oi the suit instituted by Mr. Frick upon the aivcr question, the authorities say, may be the estal lishmcnt of rival plants, which will lower the price c.f armor, and wliic'j. consequently, would make ineffective any world comb nation such as is re ported to be forums or have organ ized. The sum of money involved in tho proposed suit is said to run up to a gigantic figure. The estimated total of the Carnegie Steel Company's daily consumption of coke is 900 cars. Tho Frick Company produces about 1500 cars of coke per day, so that three fifths of the whole goes to the steel concern at the lo wprice of $1.35 per ton. In other words, the Carnegie Steel Company, it is alleged, saves from $15,000 to SIB,OOO r f> r day. With the cost of production, ci freight rates and other items of expense in tho manufacture of CDke constantly going up, the minority stocklioders of tho coke company say that if the contract is allowed to run their profits will eventually be cut to almost nothing. The suit, then, will ask the Court to annul the agreement a'too ther and relieve them from a ; it ■ni on that has been forced ui o.i the u > v the major ity holdings. The thirty or more defendants in the suit of Henry C. Frick against the Carnegie Steel Company will make no special effort to avo d C'urt s:-rvlc?. The delay in serving ihe papers comes from a desire to avail the filing of the suit of Mr Prick i d o'h r strck holders against the Fric!. C< ke Com pany. Andrew Cara.-i>'. • w.->r to Mr. Flick's bill in equity will made in the shape of a demurrer, the eii, lye will be denied and t'.ie C >urt i>: k % tl to dismiss the rroc e iinr;s. i'hru will come the real fight the l.gal giants • nguged ia the case. 1.25 Per. Number 40. FROM SOUTH AFRICA LATEST MOVEMENTS IN THE CAMPAIGN. A Full Summary of the Transvaal War News—Progress of the Con. flict From Day to Day—The British Encouraged. _ The present military operation* in South Africa promise to prove t!n» most important since the outbreak 01' the war. The ureal army under I,onl Koberts ami Kitchener ill the \u . ; pressing its advance rapidly, tlghtlu.--, its way where necessary, and it may give battle to all the forces that Crop je can gather at one point. General Huller is making his fourth taove through Natal Colony for the i« lie of Ladysniitli, and the Boers are nl.- structlng his advance with nu the force they can muster. A despatch received In l.onot from Oape Town t. e source oi' w , c . is not given, says the British an..* had fallen back front lie is o g 10 Arundel, in Cape colony. The plans oI the Erit'sh ad a:ic under Nord Hooerts' coam ml, through Capo Colon - have ba« « ma tured, and th; lightl,i io v K0?1 - burg may sooi l>--» follow m , v a reri 011s engagement n th.i Kre • State t«r ritory. The Hjers are s id o bo n large numbers but toll rts ho CM O outflank Cronje s ore .-h. nt come may be tie ielief o' K rnber . \Vhether Lord Robert:- will nu\k rn early move fort e lelief of L i has not been deveopjd. Hallo • s arm remain,-! so ith of t.ic- Tug?!a liver end is menaced by Joube •' n fore • . The absence o' Gott'.r-l l-'r • ch from the Kins ur isirkt in Cpe Colony seems to hi e - tvt n the 1! >O--. an opportunif o mereas dac iv ty. They have app rcntly eomnt <1 0 extended attack < n.he »> i ish 1 1; and there are c-onilictin acc t* t the results of the engagements. 'i'he British t ioveruioeitt .s pnpar itig tn equip a military tone of iiio.e than half a million men to pros ctjto lite (South Al'tiian war and for li<m:c defence nl' the I 'tilted Kingdom. The navy is asid to lie in good CJiidlt on, but if ;lIIJ dele Is should be found lo exist tiic.v wilt le speedily rectified. HINTS OF FOUL PLAY. Congressman Chickering's Fsmily Scout Idea of Suicide. Mrs. Charles A. Chlckering. widow of Congressman Chickering, who W®B found dead 011 the sidewalk of th 1 Grand Union Hotel, 'New York, tl* other daay, has issued a statement signed by herself, her husband's phy sician and other-!. The statement r.ays: "The family, his friends and ev'iv physician who has treated Mr. Chlck ering, including Ills home doctor al-n the specialist, I)r. Hammond of New York, all have been of one mind, namely, that Mr. Chickering did not show any trace or action of insini y and has not during his illness. Now. this fact, together with what all his friends know of his natural traits, <!is prove any theory that Mr. Chickerire committed suicide, and because some New York policemen find a man's bed/ under an open window it. is not evi dence of suicide. As his illness wtis nervousness in the extreme, it is pos siide that he had a fright from noise or even an intruder in his room, ns he was careless in locking his doors, and was always careless in his carrying and handling of money. His family and friends are in possession of o r pie proof that Mr. Chickering did n " commit suicide, but was the victim of a delusion through fright and possible pain, when alone and away from h » usual surroundings of p®ac\ and wa 1 a victim of foul -play. The latter the ory has some Ftrang evidence, even i£ his watch and some valuables we e not missing. We think Mr. Chiek-.?r lng did not commit suicide. "He was either knocked or thrown from the room or frightened into leav ing it by the window, by the tire er cape. or may have believed he was on the ground floor easy 0/ ex.t." Captain McClusky. of the New York City Detective Bureaau, ridicules the idea of foul play. He says that no re port of any suspicious circurn tane*. were made to him in regard tot e death. The hotel people declare tVt Mr. Chickering's room showed no s gi of disturbance. DEATH RECORD. Dr. Edward Lorenzo Hoi 1 es. fo'irer President of Hush Medici C.illire, died at Chicago 011 Moiday. Congressman Charles A. Chick-r -x, of Copenhagen. N. Y„ was found dead outside the Grard I'nion Hotel. It New York, Keb. 13. H iird either fill en or jumped from a frurtli story win dow of the hotel. Mnry Keith wife of A D. Shaw, Commander-in-Chief if t'le Gra nd Army of i>i Repu'dic. die . at Watertown. N. Y. Keb. 12 FIRE RECORD. The Missouri Odd Fellows' Ho.ue. situated a mile south of liberty, ti-s been destroyed by tiro. The members of the Home ae;od men, women and small children were gotten out with out. injury. Loss, 370.000: Insurance, $30,000. Fire has destroyed the Keystone Block and Chnse Building in Clear field. Penn., the losses aggregating 535.000. An incendiary fire has destroyed a barn on the Lancaster, Penn., county rounty almshouse farm, entailing a foss of >IO,OOO.
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