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Published Every: Thursday.
Volume 4.
Twenty jYeare
S^ > Experience in Dushore. \
p The' largest and best stock of goods
i We ever had for the V
llfall anb Winter ftrafce £
# The finest line of Q
r TtmsfKesjiers, ?
( Ever seen in a Jewelry Store in Sullivan
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dushore, pa. THE JEWELER. /
COLES HARDWARE
BICYCLE™R?PAIRIN(G Y '
(, | vfluL Done in first class order and as
4 J—'Xter- Quickly as possible, using good
Material and prices right.
Will sell you the Best a A 4aL
BICYCLE MADE for S2O CdSH.
THE COLUMBIA n
Line of chain wheels always leads the race, from
$25 00, $35.00, and $50.00.
The Columbia Chainless 011 exhibition now with coaster brake. Call
and see my line, if you contemplate sending for a wheel. 1 will give you
as much for your money as you will grt elsewhere.
GENERAL LINE OF HARDWARE, MILL SUPPLIES
STOVES and RANGES,
FURNACES. Plumbing and general job work.
Estimates given.
Soles Hardware,
. - DUSHORE, PA.
furniture I H °kIePERS
and eARPEST.I
Will do well to see
White Enameled Beds
$4.75, 5.25 and 8.76
t
HARDWOOD BEDS #2.75, and Chamber
Suits S2O. to 25.00. Solid Golden Oak Double Cup
boards 9.50. Extra High Back Kitchen Chairs 3.95.
High Back Dining Chairs, Rockers, 1,50 to $8
Ingrain Carpets, 30, 3s, 40c. Brussels Carpet 75 to
85c. Rag Carpets, 30c to 50c. Matting, 12 to 30c.
Childs Cradles, 1.00 and 1.50. Cribs with springs,
2. 75 and 3.00
(Look Stoves anb IRanges
RED CROSS MAKE, B—2o Herald with high pipe shelf #2:1.00
B—2o Ditts $20.00 B—lß withreservoir, B—2o with reservoir, $4 ex
tra. 8—23 Champion Cook Stove $2:5.00 8—25 Ditts, $2.">.00
Every Stove warranted to give satisfaction.
Jeremiah Kelly,
HUGHESVILLE.
Republican News Item.
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY."
LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1900.
Democrats and Republicans!
In fact it matters not with what
political party you are affiliated, you
should be a Protectionist in one, re
spect. That is to say you should
protect yourselves against loss by
the destruction of your property by
fire; and what is still more essential,
protect your families against the loss
of their support by the death of the
person who produces that support—
the husband the father. This latter
protection can be obtained practical
ly without expense, since it is pos
sible, and in fact compulsory, for the
life insurance company to safely in
vest the funds paid into their hands,
and, after a term of years, return
same with proiits to policy holders,
if living, on demand.
This matter should command your seri
ous attention. Delay is dangerous
and expensive. You will therefore
do well to consult the agent in regard
to the merits of the Penn Mutual
liife Insurance Company of Phila
delphia, which is justly reputed to
be the most conservative and the
most economical as well as the most
liberal and equitable in its dealings
with policy holders.
It is no experiment or adventure
but by all odds the safest and best
investment you can make, besides
furnishing protection to your family.
The Penn Mutual is already over
58 years old and lias over 200,(100,000
of insurance in force, several hun
dred thousand dollars of which is in
Sullivan county.
You may obtain all desired infor
mation by addressing
M. A. Scukkman, Special Agent,
Dushore, 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
iunded. The price, Express paid, to all points in
Vn.,Md., Del., NJ.and N.Y.,One Dollar per dot*
other states $126. Your order solicited.
lOHN A. PARSONS ft CO. CttawlMl. P».
T J. KEELER. _
• ■ Justice-of-the Peace.
Oiilcciii room over store, I. AI'OKTE, l'.V.
Special attention given to collections.
All matters left td the care ot this office
will he promptly attended to.
CARROLL HOUSE,
D. KEEPE, Proprietor.
DUSIIORE, PA.
Ona of the largest and best equipped
hotel* in this section of the statu.
Table ot the best. Holes 1.00 dollar pur 'lay.
Large st t.les.
COMMERCIAL HOUSE.
THOS. E. KENNEDY, Prop.
LAPORTE PA.
This largi and «e!l Appointed house is
the must popular hostelry in this section
~L A PORT EH OTEL.
F. W. GALLAGHER, Prop.
Newly erected. 'Opposite Court
ilouse square. Steam heat, bath rooms,
hot and cold water, reading and" pool
room,and barber shop; also.good stabling
and livery,
WM P. SHOEMAKER,
Attorneyat-Law.
Office in County Building.
LAI'OItTE, PA.
Collections, conveyancing: the settlement of
estates uud other letul business will receive
prompt attention.
A. J. BRADLEY,
ATTORNBT AT-I.AW,
omca m couktt building
NBA It COPRT HODS*.
LAPOKTE, PA
riKST NATIONAL BANK
' OK Ol'sllOßE, PENNA.
CAPITAL - - $50,000.
SURPLUS . . SIO,OOO.
Does r a General frmkiujj Business.
B.W. JENNIXQ4 M. D. SWAKTS.
ftwideut. fusilier
T.J. & F, H. INGHAM,
ATTORKRTS-AT-LAW,
Legal business attended to
in this and adjoining countias
_A PORT*. PA.
[ J. MULLEN,
Attornay-at-Law.
I.APORTE, PA.
Office over T. J. Keeler's store.
J. H. CRONIN,
ROTARY PUBLIC.
orrita on maim htrbbt.
DUSIIORE, PA
THE BOERS AND BRITISH
BOTH SIDES STILL ACTIVE AND
AGRESSIVE.
A Pull Bummary of tha Transvaal
War News—Progress of tho Con*
fUct Prom Day to Day— Tha British
Encouraged.
During the past three days there
have been several attacks by the
Boers on the British positions in the
Free State, resulting in sharp but in
decisive lighting. The attacks In sev
eral instances were repulsed and the
Boers driven from their strongholds
in the kopjes. The siege of Wepener
garrison is still kept up, but reinforce
ments arc near there, If they have not
arrived. The general advance of Lord
Roberts's forces has not yet begun.
It is reported in London that Sir
Charles Warren is to be appointed
Governor of the Free State. Nothing
is known regarding Sir Redvers Bul
ler, but there is little doubt regarding
his removal, and rumor has it that
Lord Kitchener will get an important
independent command.
The Boer- Peace Commissioners are
understood to have been disappointed
by their visit to the Hague, but will
visit Berlin and Paris before going
to Washington.
A despatch from Durban says that
General Sir Charles Warren has ar
rived there on the way to East Lon
don, and it is believed he is going to
the Orange Free State to assume an
important civil post.
General Carrington's forces have ar
rived at Beira, Portuguese East Af
rica, whence it is proposed to reach
the South African Republic, but weeks
will elapse before the troops can reach
the border or approach Mafeklng.
The Ladysmith correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph in a despatch says
the news of Lord Roberts to the War
Office regarding the Spion Kop opera
tions, has created much comment lo
cally, but no resignations are men
tioned.
A despatch from Kimberley t.ays
that Lord Methuen has Issued a pro
clamation forbidding civilians to carry
arms, and ordering rebels to surrender
all serviceable modern arms by
May J." 1 -
The War Office has made public
the report of Gen. Roberts on tho
Spion Kop disaster, in which he se
verely censures Gen. Buller, Gen. War
ren, and others. The recall of the
Generals named, It is believed in Lon
don, is certain to follow. Gen. Rob
-erts reports that the Boers still sur
round the British forces at Wepener.
London awaits confidently for al
most Immediate announcement of
news favorable to the British. Dis
trust exists, however, as to any rapid
continuous advance toward Pretoria,
chiefly on account of the lack of
horses, many of which die in the case
of the long voyages.
According to a cable despatch from
Bloemfontein, Lord Roberts's plans
for an invasion of the Transvaal have
been seriously interfered with by a
heavy rain storm.
Lieutenant Smlth-Eman, a Rhode
sian scout, who entered Mafeking
through the Boer lines, has returned
to Colonel Plumer's camp with des
patches from Mafeking, saying that
all was well there April 8.
A cablegram from Pretoria says
that Perßldent Kruger keeps in ex
cellent health. General Botha is there
consulting with the Government.
The members of the Irish-American
Ambulance Corps are treated as
guests of the Boer Government at Pre
toria.
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
Latest News From the Actice Busi
ness World.
The Kansas Midland Railroad, run
ning from Wichita to Ellsworth, a
distance of 106 miles, has been trans
ferred to the St. Louis and San Fran
cisco Railway Company. The consid
eration is $1,100,000 of Kansas Mid
land division 4 per cent, mortgage
bonds and $965,000 common stock
trust certificates of the St. Louis and
San Francisco Railway.
At a meeting of the Western and
Southern Associations of stove manu
facturers, held at Chicago It was de
cided to advance the selling price of
all stoves 5 per cent.
The miners of Brazil, Indiana, have
voted to accept the operators' proposi
tion, with semi-monthly payment of
wages. A contract for a year was
signed.
The strike in the Kentucky coal
fields has been settled, at 13 2-3 per
cent, advance and semi-monthly pay
days. Several thousand men were on
strike.
The upraised value of Cornelius
Vnnderbllt's estate Is about $00,000.-
000, a shrlukage from Chaunoey M.
Depew's estimate of $70,000,000.
A banquet was given by the Demo
cratic Club of Brooklyn, April 18. at
which a letter from ex-President
Cleveland was read denouncing false
leadership and pointing out the pres
ent duty of Democrats.
ECUMENICAL' COUNCIL.
A Great Gathering of Religioua People
in New" York.
The Ecumenical Council of Mission
aries, which assembled In New York
on Saturday. Is a gathering of the
highest dignity and importance. Presi
dent McKinley recognized its inter
national character and the value of
the work done by those whom it rep
resents by welcoming the delegates
on behalf of the nation. The Council
Is one for conference only; it can
pass no laws nor bind any one to a
particular line of action; but it is
hoped that as a result of an inter
change of views, mission work may
be consolidated and extended, so that
it may be made to yield greater re
sults than heretofore. Missions, and
especially foreign missions, are some
times ridiculed because the results
in conversions that can be traced to
any individual effort are so small, and
yet their great value in advancing
civilization and morality, as well as
Christianity is easily recognized by
those who take the broad view.
Every Protestant evangelical de
nomination is represented by many
of its leading olergymen and laymen.
Moreover, every country and distant
mission field was represented, and the
gathering is one of the most notable
and important religious Conferences
ever held in this city. There are
1666 general delegates present and
750 missionaries. The missionary so
cieties represented number 104, which
spend $15,000,000 a year in foreign
missions. Such a congress is bound
to command the attention of the en
tire Christian world.
Ex-President Harrison and Presi
dent McKinley each made eloquent
addresses on Saturday as did Gov.
Roosevelt.
KILLED AT CHURCH.
A Wife Murder and Attempted Sui
cide at Syracuse.
John Hughes, aged 60 years, shot
and killed his wife, Hannah Hughes,
and seriously wounded Elizabeth Ly
ons, aged 16 years, as the women were
leaving St. Vincent de Paul's Church.
Syracuse, N. Y., Sunday. He then
went to the house of a friend a mile
i distant and attempted to commit sui
! cide by stabbing himself near the
breast with a pair of shears. He was
found there by the police and ar
rested. He and Mrs. Hughes were
married about a year ago, but their
married life was unhappy and they
separated six months ago.
Elizabeth Lyons was struck in the
leg by a stray bullet, while walking
on the opposite side of the street. Her
injury is not serious. She is the
daughter of John H. Lyons, a prom
[ inent box manufacturer.
The Coverning Board of the Inter
national League of Press Clubs has
decided to hold the annual meeting
of the League in New York, on July
17.
America's foreign trade for 18911 as
shown by the report of the Chamber
of Commerce showed an excess of ex.
ports over Imports of $165,800,256.
MRS. DEWEY'S CONVERSION.
Statement of Father Burke on Her
Religious Fatih.
The priest who gave Mrs. Hazen,
now Mrs. Dewey, her first communion
when she was received into the Ro
man Catholic Church is the Rev. Rich
ard Burke, at present pastor of St.
Columbus's Church, Buffalo. He said
yesterday that Archbishop Kcane was
credited with her conversion, but it
had fallen to him to administer the
sacrament of the holy eucharist.
Father Burke spent seven years In
Washington and has served in two
campaigns as chaplain in the English
Army under Lord Roberts.
"I am afraid Mrs. Dewey was not
well grounded in the faith." said
Father Burke. "It has been reported
to me that she ceased attending the
Church nearly two years ago. in fact
shortly after Dewey's victory at Man
.lla. As 1 understand it, Commodore
Dewey was engaged to Mrs. Hazen
when he went to the Philipp'nes. Mrs.
Dewey realized that such a national
hero might aspire to the Presidency.
To a woman of such ambition the
thought probably came before it oc
curred to Dewey himself. About that
time Mrs. Hazen began to lie remiss
in her church attendance.
"Mrs. Leland Stanford and the wife
of ex Gov. Campbell, of Ohio, have
told me they would have joined the
Church only they feared the effect
on the political careers of their hus
bands."
Mrs. Susan Rusic. .ifc of tin- New-
York baseball pitcher, brought suit fop
divorce. She charges tlial Itusie has
mistreated her. and that lie has lieen
drinkiug. The action followed the de
parture of litis!"- for New York lt.v
only, a few hours, jlrs. Music sn.vs
that her action in leaving him so sad- •
denly and coming u> her home at.j
Munice was becntiue if his conduct..
Properly rights are involved i;> the
case. She asks J.*i,uoo al. ! im>n,v,
1.25 Per..
Number 49
STRIKE CAUSES DEATH.
FIRST BLOODSHED OF THE CRO
TON DAM TROUBLE.
Victim Was a Sergeant of the Militia
—More Troops Sent to the Scene
—Escape of the Assassin—An Un
fortunate Affair.
There has been blood shtd at the
scene of the Italian labor strike at
Croton Dom, N. Y.
Sergeant Robert Douglas, of the
Eleventh Separate Company, of Mt.
Vernofi, was shot from ambush above
the dam while culling to guard at
10 o'clock on the night of April 16,
and died a few moments later in the
hospital tent. The shooting was dono •
by a hidden asßassin. Post No. 10,
where Sergeant Douglas was shot, is
located at the entrance to the cluster
of houses on the hills above the south
side of the works, known as i.aikin
ville, or Little Italy. This has been
the scene of most of the rioting and
turbulance during the strike, and as
the cable anchorage is located there,
a guard was stationed to watch the
cables. Six men detailed for
guard duty as soon as the camp was
arranged, and they were given two
hour shifts.
Sergeant Douglas wus the Sergeant
of the guard and with ten men started
from the camp to relieve the force on
duty. He reached the cable anchor
age carrying a lantern, which made
him n conspicuous figure. Corporal
McDowell was beside him when he
suddenly doubled up and fell over on
his face. "Load, boys, I'm shot," he
cried, and Corporal McDowell, who,
although he had heard no shot, real
ized that Sergeant Douglas was
wounded, gave the order to his squad
to Are, at the same time extinguish
ing the lantern, which had fallen from
the wounded soldier's hand.
Sergeant Douglas was carried to the
liospitul tent. Dr. Eugene Smith, the #
regimental surgeon, was in attend
ance, and made an examination of the
injured man. Two inches below the
navel, in the stomach, he found a gap
ing wound, where the bullet had enter
ed. Before anything could be done
Sergeant Douglas expired.
The night was very dark, and a dis
laal rain was falling, but a squad <>l
soldiers and fifty or sixty deputy filler
iffs beat the woods and brush, but
without tinding any trace of the as
sassin.
Sergeant Robert Douglas was 28
years old. and lived at 225 North Sixth
avenue. Mount Vernon. He was at
one time a volunteer in the English
army, and a member of the Queen's
Foot Guards. He leaves a widow and
two small children.
A MYSTERIOUS DRUG.
By It a Man is Doomed to Slow
Death.
Dr. E. H. Barker, who had been
treating H. Grote, of Cumminsville. a
suburb of Cincinnati, was puzzled and
baffled by his patient's symptoms.
Finally he told him plainly that some
thing wrong was going on.
Grote then broke down and weep
ingly said he believed he was being
slowly poisoned to death. His wife,
whom he considered mentally irre
sponsible, was in control of an herb
doctor. He said he overheard the
herb doctor say to his wife that he
had a slow poison that would make
a weazened old man out of Grote in
two months and finally kill him.
Dr. Barker said that whatever* hau
been given to the man waa acting in
just that way. He treated Grote for
poison, and soon tnere was a wonder
ful Improvement. In the mean time
Grote's servant girl found a box of
white powder, which on being examin
ed by a chemist, proved to be quinine,
mixed with a foreign substance, whose
character could not be determined.
Mrs. Grote, who is apparently sixty
years old, declared that the powder
was baking soda, and said she had
not seen the herb doctor for a month.
Grote told of three occasions on
which after drinking coffee which
had a bitter taste, his muacles had be
come rigid and symptoms of poison
ing had developed. Dr. Barker says
that whatever has been given to Grote
it will kill him. "Six months ago, - '
says the doctor, "Grote was a fine
specimen of physical manhood; to
day there Is not a sound organ in his
body." The police are at work on
the case.
CRIMINAL.
Warrants have been sworn out for
the thirty-one ringleaders of the Cro
ton Daui. New York, strikers, but
most of the men accused have fled to
the mountains. Attempts were nude
to resume work with but little aacceaa.
Four men wefe murdered and one
fatally wounded by an Italian at Wlnd
ber. near Johnstown, Pa., April U, in
a drunken quarrel growls* out of jeal
ousy of a woman.
William F. Miller, the "get-rich
quick" banker, whoae FranKUtt.Syndi
cate promised 520 per C«lt> dividends
per year, lias been oonrfGMPtii New
York.