Republican News Item. Published Every: Thursday. Volume 4. 'ywentyv Years in Dushore. S The largest and best stock of goods £ We ever had for the \ ? Jfall anb tXHtnter TCrabe > j The finest line of * Q ? / Ever seen in a Jewelry Store in Sullivan \ \ RETTENBURY, S DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELEIL. X Coles.. Z" * r GENERAL pp 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 810.0 C. Mbb a line of coal heaters fi-ftm 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 finest in the market, made up of the heft 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 fire over night. Cast iron lining. For prices write us. Jeremiah Kelly, HUGHESVILLE. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY." LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1900. Wanted at once for cash 1000 cords ~ Basswood, Cut 4 1-2 feet long, sto 15 inch e diameter. Apply to AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, SONESTOWN, PA. This strip is manufactured under a U. 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 point* in PH., Md., Del., N.J.and N.Y.,One Dollar per dox, other ptates Your order solicited. JOHN A. PARSONS * CO. CttawlMS, Pa. T J. KKKLKR. I • J ustieo-of-tlie Peace. Office in room over store, LAPORTK, I'A. Special attention given to collections. All matters left to the care ol this office will lie promptly atteiiileJ.to. CARROLL HOUSE, D. KEEFE, Proprietor. UUSIIOKK, HA. Cue of the largest and bc.-t equipped h» in thU section ut the state. Tal.ic ol li e bent, lli.tea 1.00 dollar per >lay. I,nritei si blei. COMMERCIAL HOUSE. TBOS. E. KENNEDY, Prop. LAPORTK PA. Tbia largo and well appointed house is the must popular hostelry in tliis section LA PORTE HOTEL. ~ P. W, Q&LLAOHEB, Prop. Newly erected. . J "Opposite Court llouse square. /"Steam heat, bath rooms, hot and cold water, reading and pool room,and barher shop: ulso'good stabling and livery, WM P. SHOEMAKER, Attomey-at Law. Office in County Building. LAPOItTK, PA. Collections, conveyancing; the settlement of estates anil other legal business will receive prompt attention. jfT BRADLEY, ATTORHBT-AT-LAW, orrica in COOHTT bcimiihs NBAR COURT BOOIR. LAPOKXE, l'A r-IKST NATIONAL HANK ■ OK DUHIIOKE, PICNN.V. CAPITA L • - $50,000. aUHPLUS - - SIO,OOO. l>o«8 a (Jenirul llaiiking liiisiiiert*. B.W. JKNMNIis, M. |i. ."ttAlllo. President. Cunhiei J.J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTO Ull.*>-A r-I.A w. 1 w j\ -l t«» in .r« i a-ijw t „A IMiHTK. V A £ J. MULLEN, Attorney -«t-L»w. LAPOKTK. l'A. Office over T. Heeler's Hii>re. J # H. CRONIN, -AT LAW, NOTAHY »VkLIC. om< K OR MAIM aVKBKT. DUSIIORK, PA (^rdovfl Candles Nothing else adds no much V I: I to the charmof the drAwing T |: I room or boudoir ns thesoftly rnilf- ft h I ant light from CORDOVA Candleti. K 12 I Nothing will contribute more to the 112 \UTJ7 artistic success of the luncheon, I" tea or dinner. The bent decoatlvp fe candles for tha simpkwt or the r most elaborate functvAMr-'OV oot- L Isl tage or mansion, Made all t u!ure k vSf ana the most delipata I*9 112 I=l HTAXBAKPt <»IL CO. L J=l and »014 ererrwhera. B THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR BEGINNING OF THE END PROB ABLY IN SIGHT. A Full Bummary of the Transvaal War New*—Progress of tho Con flict From Day to Day—The British Encouraged. A despatch received in London says that a force of British cavalry has penetrated the territory of the South African Republic to a point eighteen miles north of Christiania, and it is said Lord Roberts' army is being strengthened for a general northern advance. A despatch from Maseru, Basutoland, seems to dispose of the story that Gen. French was fighting in the Or ange Free State, but it indicates that a battle is imminent. A despatch from London says: The total British losses, exclusive of the Invalids sent home, are 16,418 in killed, wounded and missing. Lord Roberts' proclamation is caus ing much dissatisfaction among the loyal farmer Dutch in the neighbor hood of Ladysmith, as it is taken by them to mean that he has morally pledged himself to preserve the life and property of the rebels who lay down their arms and return to their homes. A report from Pretoria of General Gat acre's defeat by the Boers is not believed in London. The last advices placed General Gatacre about thirty miles norili of Betliulie. where the Boer report sa.vs he was defeated. It is reported from Lorenzo Mar quez that l'retoria is prepared to stand a siege of two years, and that Boer women, frantic at the reverses to thi' Boer arms, are entreating to be allowed to shoot British officers im prisoned at Pretoria. South Africa advices show that the Free Staters are surrendering and the British are making preparations for the invasion of the Transvaal. The Boers, however, have destroyed sev eral railway bridges over the Modder river and are said to be gathering their forces strongly at Kroonstad, in the northern part of the Free State, to oppose the British advance into the South African Republic. The burgh ers are also in considerable force in the Biggarsberg range, where they may make a stand. There is a report that the British troops have occupied Christiana, which, if true, would be the first Invasion of Transvaal terri tory made in the campaign. The British War Office makes pub lie a despatch stating thai Lord Kitchener has occupied the town of Prioska without opposition on the part of the Boers. President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, has issued a proclamation that all who sign declarations not to tight Against the Republic shall be shot. Tlie Boers have destroyed several bridges across the Modder river, and are retreating towards the north of Bloemfontein. Generals Roberts and Bullor are still inactive, pending developments at the theatre of war. Sir Alfred Milner, British High Commissioner of South Africa, has issued a proclamation declaring that England will not recognize valid any alienations of property within the Transvaal or the Orange Free State. Secretary Chamberlain will issue a proclamation on the subject of al leged threats of Boers to destroy Jo hannesburg, telling what the Boers may expect in the event of wanton destruction of British property. Annie Strother, night cashier in u Chicago restaurant, was shot mid killed March 20, by Mrs. Charles Smith, aged 23. wife of a saloon keep er. CARNEGIE—FRICK Difficulties Settled and the Steel Trust ~ la Enlarged. Announcement that tbc differences between H. 0. Frick and Andrew Car negie are settled have been made offi cially by the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited. The parties interested have agreed upon a plan of reorganization, the new concern to be incorporated under the laws of New Jersey. The effect of the proposed reorganisation will be to terminate all equity proceedings now pending. The stocks and bonds of the new corporation are to be takeu by the present owners themselves, and not offered to the public, as once contemplated. Mr. Schwab will con tinue as the executive head of the new company. Steel men say Mr. Frick won a big victory by the settlement, and that he was slow to accept the terms. Steel men who read carefully between the lines the statement issued by the company are certain that under the reorganization Mr. Frick and Mr. Car negie will not come together in any business capacity. They feel sure that Mr. Frick would lead Mr. Carnegie a merry pace if he once more got into the affairs of the concern. His tem per is such, according to many, that the wrangles would be even more numerous than they were In days gone by. Under the agreement adopted at the Atlantic City conference, the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, becomes a stock company, with a capital vari ously estimated at from $200,000,000 to $250,000,000, the famous "ironclad agreement" is wiped out, and H. C. Frick, the former President of the company, virtually secures all he has contended for. To President C. M. Schwab is given the credit for effecting this amicable arrangement. He suggested the organ ization of a stock company the capital to be based upon the value of the com pany's properties and its earning ca pacity, and the partners in the limited corporation to receive stock propor tionate to their present holdings. As the capital of the Carnegie Steel Com pany, Limited, is $25,000,000, under the proposed plan of reorganizing each partner will hold either eight or ten times as much stock in the new corporation. As Mr. Frick holds ti per cent, of that capital stock in the Carne gie Steel Company, lie will receive in stock of tae new concern $12,000,000 if it is capitalized at $200,000,000; $15,000,000. if the figure Is put up to $250,000,000. His content iou in his suit was that his stock was worth at least $15,000,000, and he sued to recover the difference between that and the amount offered him when he was in vited, under the "ironclad" provisions, to resign. COL. ASTOR'S AID Saved Three Young Men, Stranded, From Prison. Col. John Jacob Astor's kindness has saved three young men who be came strunded at Rhinebeck, X. Y., from going to the Albany peniten tiary. Col. Astor's country place Ferncliffe, is near Rhinebeck. The young men voluntarily ap peared before Justice Pottenburgh and asked to be committed to the county jail as vagrants. They were fairly well dressed and had the stamp of respectability. They confessed to being penniless and told the Justice they wanted to be committed to obtaiu food and lodg ing. They had tried to obtain work but with no success. Justice Pottenburg told them that as they were not residents of Dutch ess County he could not commit them to the county jail, and that the only thing he could do was to send thorn to the Albany penitentiary. The young inen were about to agree to this when Elmore Rickert, a friend of Col. Astor, asked the Justice to de lay action. Mr. Rickert called up Col. Astor on the telephone and briefly stated the case to him. Col. Astor said he would take care of the three men. Half an hour later a team from Fern cliffe drove up to the court-house and the young men were driven to Col. Astor's house. He fed them and for a while kept them at work tilling his ice house. He learned that they had friends in Buf falo who would look out for them. In the evening Col. Astor gave each of them some money and u ticket to Buffalo. The young men left Ithine beek the same night. MILITARY AND NAVAL. Lieutenant Commander H. Wlnslow has Ift-en detached from the Constella tion and ordered to command of the Solace, succeeding Commander A. Dunlap, ordered home "on waiting or ders. The Navy Department has issued orders for the repair of the cruiser Boston, now at the Mare Island Navy- Yard, at a cost of about $300,000. The War Department has purchased from the North American Mail Steam ship Company the steamship Colum bia for the .ise !»■« a transport in the Pacific. 1.25 P cr.. Number 45 THE WASHINGTON NEWS WHAT OUR NATONAL LAW MAK ERS ARE CONSIDERING. Some of tho More Important Work #1 the National Congress—Bills That the Committee* Report Favorably Upon—Washington Topics. The House, after a spirited discus sion extending over three days, lias recommitted to the Committee on Postottices the Loud bill relating to second class mail matter. The vn'c was 148 to 90. The Senate has ratitied by an almost unanimous vote the treaty between the United States and Great Britain relative to the estates of citizens of one country who die in the other. Sev eral amendments were accepted. The bill for the incorporation of the National Red Cross Society has been favorably acted on by the House Com mittee on Foreign Affairs. In the United States Senate the additional deficiency appropriation bill has been passed. A resolution has been adopted calling upon the Secre tary of War for information as to the alleged concessions for gold mining in the bed of the sea near Cape Nome, Alaska. Senator organ has introduced an amendment to the Porto Rican bill providing for free coinage of silver. It is limited to tIK» American product In ihe United S- senate, Mr. Morgan, of Alalian. made a con stitutional argument on the Puerto Rican question. He held that, as ?rn treaty of Paris was the supreme lav. of the laud, it was impossible for i Ui* United States to abandon either Puer to Rico or the Philippines, and that the people of those islands were citi zens of the I,'nited States. The House lias entered upon the consideration of the Loud bill to re strict the character of publication* entitled to a cent per pound rates as second class mail matter. The Sulzer resolution, calling upon the War Department for Information as to what fortifications Great Brit aiu was erecting on the Canadian border, has been tabled by a vote of 110 to 97. The senate committee oa privilege* and elections hi>s made a report In favor of Senator Scott, of West Vir ginia, the legality of whose election had been contested. Secretary Wilson has awarded the contract for supplying the Depart ment of Agriculture with seed for the year 1901 to the New York Market Garden Association of New York at their bid of $68,874. The total num ber of packets of seed required Is 15.- 086,968. Senator Beveridge has offered a free trade substitute for the tariff section of the Porto Rico bill, includ ing a declaration that the Constitu tion did not extend over the island. A canvass shows at least forty-four Republican Senators in favor of the Houso tariff clause in the Porto Rican bill. The fortifications bill, appropriating $7,000,000 for seacoast defenses, has been reported to the House. The story that warships and troops were to be sent to China to protect American interests has been officially denied. Comptroller Dawes has received many requests for bank notes from Institution increasing circulation to par of bonds pledged. CRIMINAL. The examining trials of the Goebel murder suspects has begun in Prank fort. A company of seventy soldiers, who recognize Beckham as Governor, are in possession of the Court House and jail. The rival militia has not been brought face to face. A coroner's inquest has exonerated Bertie Finch, the 1G year old Chicago boy who, to protect his mother's life, shot and killed his frenzied father. Finch was in the act of stabbing his wife when Bertie fired. Four masked men March 22, went to the home of George Ritle, a negro, near Carthage, North Carolina, and attempted to hang him, but he broke away. He was caught, however, hor ribly mutilated, hanged and shot. His murderers are believed to be moon shiners. The half-charred remains of Cassie Brown, a young woman, have been found in the woods near Jefferson, South Carolina. There was evidence that she had been murdered, and sev eral suspects are under arrest. Viola Horlocker, the stenographer charged with sending poison candy to Mrs. Morey, the wife of her em ployer, is on trial at Hastings, Ne braska. The defense iB insanity. George Finch, a day laborer, living In Austin, a suburb of Chicago, was shot and Instantly killed by hts 11- year-old son, Albert, March 20. The elder Finch was intoxicated and was making a murderous attack upon his wife. Thomas Stewart, a messenger In the First National Banh of Baston. Pn.. has, it is alleged, absconded with £I7OO of the bank's money.