Published Every: Thursday.
Volume 4.
) *~pwenty/Years j
in Dushore.
The largest and best stock of goods
We ever had for the V
Ifall a»b miintcr S
> The finest line of Q
r TimS"Kss|jers, )
/ Ever seen in a Jewelry Store in Sullivan N
J County r
S RETTENBURY, >
C DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER.
I^LE^HA^D^ARE^
MWImSB' BICYCLE REPAIRING"
S 112 Dono in first class order and as
Quickly as possible, using good
Material and prices right.
Will sell you the Best Jv>%a
BICYCLE MADE for Jk/O LASH
THE COLUMBIA "
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. I will give you
as much for your money as you will get elsewhere.
GENERAL LINE OF HARDWARE. MILL SUPPLIES.
STOVES and RANGES,
FURNACES. Plumbin s an( * general job work.
Estimates given.
Goles Hardware,
DUSHORE, PA.
furniture I" 0 ---
and eARPEST.|
Will do well to see
Our
White Enameled Beds
$4.75, 5.25 and 8.76
HARDWOOD BEDS #2. 75, 4.7$ and ' (>,7v Chamber
Suits S2O. to 25.00. Solid Golden Oak Double Cup
boards 9.50. Extra High Back Kitchen Chairs
High Back Dining Chairs, 8.50. Rockers, 1,50 to #8
Ingrain Carpets. 30, 4 oc * Brussels Carpet 75 to
85c. Rag Carpets, 30c to 50c. Matting, 12 to .joe.
Childs Cradles, 1.00 and 1.50. Cribs with springs,
2. 75 and 3.00
Cook Stoves anfc IRanges
RED CROSS MAKE, K— 20 Herald with high pipe «,lielt' 52:i.00
B—2<» Dltta tSJC.fIQ S—IS withycsevvolr, v 2u with reservoir, si c\-
t. 8—2:1 Champion Cook Stove *23.00 8—25 l)itts, 52">.00
Every Stove warranted to give satisfaction.
Jeremiah Kelly,
HUGHESVILLE.
Republican News Item.
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY."
LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY, MAY 3, 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 profits 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 I'enn Mutual
Life 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 I'enn Mutual is already over
•j;i years old and has over 2'M 1,000,000
of insurance in force, several hun
dred thousand dollars of which is in
i
Sullivan county.
You may obtain all desired infor- j
mation by addressing
M. A. Sci'BKM ax, Special Agent, |
1 inshore, I'ii. j
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 points in
Pa., Md., Del., N.J. and N.Y.,Oue Dollar per doz*
other states f1.25. Your order solicited.
:• NA. PARSONS ft CO. Cattwltsa. Pa.
T J.KEELEII.
I ■ Justice-of-the Peace.
U,liiv hi room over store, I.AI'ORTK. PA.
•Special attention given to colli*, lions.
All matters left to the care ot this ottice
will lie promptly attended to.
CARROLL HOUSE,
D. KEEFE, Proprietor.
DUSUOKE, I'A.
Ono of the largest ant be.-ft equipped |
hotels ill this section of the st.ite.
TaMo ot the beat. Ki.tcu I .Oil ilollar per liny.
IjllltfO Bt:ihleS.
COMMERCIAL HOUSE.
TUO3. K KEKNEDV, Prop.
LAPOUTK I'A.
rhls larg and well appointed house if
the uinst p»| ular hostelry in this section
LAPORTE HOTEL.
I'. W, O.VLLAGIIEI?, Prop.
Xewlv erected. 'Opposite Court
liotise square. Steam heat, bath rooms,
hot anil colli water, reading am! pool
room,ami barber shop: also good stabling
and livery,
\yM P. SHOEMAKER,
Attorney at Law.
Office in Coinily building.
LAI'OIiTK, I'A.
Collections, conv&juilciiJK; the settlement of
estates unit other legal business will receive
prompt attention.
A, J. BRADLEY,
ATTORKBT AT-LAW,
orrtcs m county BuitniNo
NKARCOt'RT IIOtJSK.
LAPOKTK, j. A
riUST NATIONAL li.I.NK
' OF PKN'N.I. PKN'N.I.
CAPITAL - - $50,000.
SUBPiiUS . . SIO,OOO.
General hanking Husiiiewn.
B.W. JKNNINCiS, !>. SVVAUTB.
President. Cashier
j J. J. & F. 11. INGHAM,
ATTOHMRYS-AT-LAW,
Legal .ittenio'l
<ri this ,»u«l rt'(jo:r»ing eorntiefi
_At'OKTK. i» A
! J. MULLEN,
Attorney-at-Law.
I.APOKTK, PA.
I Ollicc over T. .1. Model's store.
|j # H. CRONIN,
ATTORNKY fc AT -LAW,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
OFPI.'K o* MA{!I HVKlrt.
I IMISHORK, PA
THE BOERS ANI) BRITISH
BOTH SIDES STILL ACTIVE AND
"■* AGRESSIVE.
A Full Summary of the Transvaal
War Newt—Progress of the Con.
flict From Day to Day— Tha British
Encouraged.
A despatch from Thaba N'Chu, de
scribing the recent fight near that
place, in the Free State, says tho
British forces, led by Cana4ian troops,
carried the Boer kopjes in a rush, and
that at one time the fighting line was
ten miles long and the conflict fierce.
The British loss in killed and wound
ed was 20, Including Colonel Otter,
wounded, and no mention is made of
Boer casualties.
Colonel Dalgety's force at Wepener
numbered 1700. His losses during tho
siege was 30 killed and 149 wounded,
GO missing.
A despatch from Aliwal North says
it is reported there that Boer Com
mandant Olivier is wounded.
A committee claiming to represent
100 German societies in Cleveland,
Ohio, and 90,000 persons of German
extraction, has forwarded to Presi
dent McKinley a petition asking him
to use his Influence to stop the war in
South Africa.
Although the British troops have
followed as rapidly as possible the
retreating Hoers through ■ the Free
State, and after some minor fighting
have occupied the town of Thaba
N'Chau, yet the main body of the
burghers appear to have made their
escape from the big net spread for
them by Lord Roberts.
A despatch from Pretoria says that
United States Consul Hay is pursuing
an impartial policy, and has succeeded
in considerably ameliorating the con
dition of the British prisoners.
Lonl Roberts' campaign plans, ac
cording to official reports from Rloeni
fontein, have resulted in the relief of
the lieslegetl garrison of Colonial
troops at Wepener and the occupation
of I>e Wet Dorp, both Important strat
egic (mints in the Free State, where
considerable forces of Boers had been
massed. There was some lighting.
lA.i no official record of casualties is
reported, ami there is no record of
prisoners captured.
The British loss at Mefeking up to
March 31 was 368 in killed and wound
ed. The garrison is much depressed.
The British authorities have already
listed 12,000 alleged rebels in Cape
Colony and Natal.
A Cape Town correspondent of the
London Daily Mail says that General
Carrlngton's force is the . only one
going to the relief of Mafeking. and
that no force of any kind is operating
from the south.
The Transvaal Government lias
asked Lord Roberts to be allowed to
send a clergyman to St. Helena, and
also a neutral consul to watch the in
terests of the prisoners. In the same
manner that Adelbert S. Hay guards
the interests of the British at Pretoria.
A Pretoria despatch says the latest
official news was that fighting was
proceeding within half mi hour's ride
of lie Wet's Dorp, with no results.
Gen. Charles Warren lias beeu ap
pointed administrator of Bechuna
la ml.
despatch from Ottawa. Ontario,
says the government has no evidence
! of any conspiracy In the United States
i for the purpose of attacking Canada
j because of its sending troops to South
| Africa.
i At a banquet of the Cape Town So
ciety of St. George, given at Cape
Town yesterday. Sir John Gordon
Sprlgg, ex-premier, spoke hopefully
regarding the early termination of the
war.
How a Husband an~ Wife Were Again
United.
At Madison, Ohio, April 23, there
| took place a romantic marriage. X.
i(. Lathrop, a veteran of the Civil
! War, married a handsome brunette in
j Vermont soon after tho war. He had
! become addicted to drink in the army,
and. a few years later went away to
hunt for work, and did not return for
years. He was supjiosed to be dead.
I.ater he reformed and returned. lit
vain lie searched for his wife. Emily.
Relieving she was dead he married
! again. His second wife died recently.
Kinily all these years cherished a
j hope of again meeting her husband.
Recently she learned, by writing to
j i lie Government Pension Department
I that a man named N. B. Lathrop rc
! -ill-- ", in Vernon county. Wis. She
I wrote him. and he came on at once,
j lie v. C. K easier, of l'alnesville. pro
-1 iiouuced them again man and wife.'
and they left on an afternoon train
| for Wisconsin, where Lathrop has a
j home.
The influx of Japanese labor Into
Victoria, B. C., said to be destined for
| this country and under contract, con
-1 Unites. Monday 1,03»> were landed.
| making 7,000 since Jan. 1.
CHICAGO'S LABOR WAR.
Fifty Thousand _Mer* d and
the Lota ia Million*.
All effortsjto settle the four,months'
struggle between the Contractors'
Union and the,affiliated'labor unions
in Chicago have failed. Conference
committees failed; an Aldermanic
Council committee failed; Mayor
Harrison personally failed. Now it
is up to the people of Chicago.
The Mayor has appealed to the
people, and the people have blood in
their eye. "A plague on both your
houses," is the public sentiment.
The issues now are these: The
Contractors' Union, backed by men
who make and supply building ma
terials, refuse to arbitrate until the
labor unions repudiate and throttle
the Building Trades Council, which
is a sort of a governing body and
clearing-house of all labor unions. It
keeps them in affiliation, "all for one,
one for all."
The Contractors' Union further re
quires that the labor unions shall not
limit the amount of work a man shall
do in a day.
The labor unions refuse to comply
with these demands, but are willing
to submit to arbitration. They point
to the fact that contractorn not mem
bers of the Contractors' Union and
friendly with labor cannot carry on
work, because supply men refuse
to sell them material.
The question of wages is not an
issue. It is a struggle of union cap
ital against union labor. Mayor Har
rison has given the police stringent
orders to prevent rioting and blood
shed.
The Contractors' Union is bitter
ly complaining of lack of protection
for non-union men, and the Mayor
shows that If the entire police force
were taken from regular duty and put
guarding contractors' work the force
would be inadequate. This has given
rise to rumors of bringing out the
militia.
Mayor Harrison said: "I do not be
lieve the Building Trades Council Is
necessary for the future of Chicago.
I do not believe that the Building
Contractors' Council is necessary for
the future of Chicago."
"A cessation of the present strife
and turmoil, a cessation of bodily
assault and continued lawlessness, is
necessary for the progress and pros
perity of Chicago. It may be attained
in one way and one way only—ap
pointment of a committer" of arbitra
tion. Let the members of that com
mittee be men not allied with either
council nor prominent in political
parties. If they hold the Building
Trades Council should be disbanded
let is disband. If they hold the Build
ing Contractors' Council should go out
of existence, let it go out of exist
ence."
A SAD CASE.
Arrest of a Woman and Man on a
Grave Charge.
Wilbur P. Hammond, jeweller, of
Greenport, L. 1., and Miss Carolina
R. Brown, daughter of the principal
hardware merchant of that town, were
arrested April 27 and charged with
abandoning a baby, which Hammond
said he found at the Twenty-third
street ferry at New York.
Miss Carrie Brown, as she is called
by everybody there, was born and
brought up in Greenport and educated
in a seminary. She is u member of
the Presbyterian Church. She is well
read and a member of a local literary
society. Orrin F. Brown, the girl's
father, is nearly eighty years old and
greatly respected in the community.
On the arrival of Mr. Hammond
and Miss Brown at the Thirty-fourth
street ferry in New York the detec
tives with them secured hacks and
took them to Police Headquarters.
Captain McClusky took Hammond and
the woman into his office and ques
tioned them, but it could not be learn
ed that anything of Importance was
secured in this way.
Former District Attorney David
Welch appeared at headquarters and
announced that he had been retained
as counsel for both the prisoners.
The young woman's father, with his
friend. Judge Reeves, went out after
bondsmen. After a long search they
obtained Grant L. Nichols. He gave
bonds for the release of Miss Brown,
who had been removed to the Mercer
street station, whore there is a ma
tron.
forest nres are devastating thou
sands of acres of timber land in the
wilds of Cumberland and Atlantic
counties. The village of Pleasant
.Mills was partially destroyed by Are
yesterday afternoon, supposed to have
beeu started by forest fires.
Fire at Laurel. York county. April
27, destroyed the buildings of the
John S. Low Ice Company, the Pine
Grove Iron Works and a number of
dwellings, the losses aggregating $75.-
j 000.
Fire lias destroyed two saw mills
; owned by the Metropolitan Lumber
Company, at Atkinson, Mich. Loss.
neasJy
1.25 Per..
Number .ill
PASSikG RAISED BILLS.
NOW THREE PERSONS ARE
LODGED IN JAIL.
Big Secret Service Haul in New York
—Complete Outfit for Raiting Silver
Certificates and Treasury Notes
Seized.
Throe prisoners, charged with raising
silver certificates and Treasury notes,
have been captured by Chief Hazen,
of the Secret Service, assisted by De
tectives Hurl on. Cannon anil Henry,
at 149 West Ninety-eighth street. New
York. The prisoners taken were Ed
ward Henry, alias lioudle, thirty-sev
en years old; his wife, Mary, twenty
nine years old, and his brother-in-law,
Harry Eschbach, alias -Miller, thirty
two years old. When arraigned he
fore United States Commissioner
Shields they were criarged with raw
ing S2 silver certificates to $5. aud rite
$2 McPherson aud rewster Treasury
note to $lO. A continuance until April
30 was asked for by the prisoners ami
granted, each of them being held un
der $5,000 hound in Ludlow Street
.Jail.
"The first intimation we had of the
circulation of these raised eetvifi
cates." said Chief Hazen. "was <v
ceived about ten days ago from a man
named .1. Kraft, who is a dealer in
furniture at 72S Columbus avenue.
We then began our investigations
getting descriptions of the men, l>t:t
at first were unable to find out tl.eh
place of business. Most of the com
plaints. of which there are eighteen.
I'onie from Columbus atfenuo, an.! we
warned.the shopkeepers in that neigh
borhood. About a week ago a son of
a man named Wolf had one of the
raised Mils passed on him, and rei-og
niziriyr it from the description fur
nished. tracked the man who had
passed it to the house at 140 West
Ninety-eighth street.
"After obtaining the necessary evi
dence for the conviction of the men
as to the passing of the bills, we raid
ed the place, capturing the prisoners
in the rear top flat and u complete
outfit for the raising of bills, which
consisted of a hand press, inks, paper
cut In the desired shape, wood cuts,
xecjion cuts, and several electrotypes
which liad boon made from Hie wood
I'hief Uazen is of the opinion that
)ie has nipped n scheme in the hud for
issuinc a number of counterfeit five
dollar notes, because the back of a
five-dollar note was found on Esch
bach. The chief does not believe that,
anything further had been done In
that direction as yet. As to how much
raised money they had succeeded in
passing, ihe chief would not venture
to say, but he stated that the work
was very good, making It exception
ally hard to detect. The custom of
the woman, who did some of the pass
ing. was to seldom purchase anything,
but to invariably afcfc for change.
All the prisoners were Intelligent
and made a good appearance when ar
raigned before the Commissioner.
Henry is a smooth-faced, rather well
dressed man, and Eschbach was also
dressed well, and had a black imts
tache. The woman was much bejew
ele«l, and was of a handsome brunette
type. She was very backward In an
swering questions put to her, was on
the verge of tears, and seemed unable
to stand the strain of the court.
Lover Shot Husband While the Wife
Fixed the Lantern.
James Harris has confessed the
murder of John Allen, a wealthy mer
chant of Ottumwa, Kan., and has Im
plicated the wife of the victim. To
the Sheriff Harris told this story, af
terward putting it in writing and sign
ing it:
"I shot John on Friday night. There
is too much evidence against me now.
Mrs. Allen was also implicated. For
years we have been more than good
friends. We wanted to marry, but.
we also wanted money, and we killed
Allen to get his property and the
$1,500 insurance he carried. I was
to get half of the money and she was
to pay off a small mortgage on my
little farm.
We planned the murder several
days ago, but no good opportunity pre
sented itself until Friday night. I
stood behind a tree in Allen's yard,
where I had waited night after night
without getting a shot. John and his
wife had visited the store and were
coming homo.
"Mrs. Allen carried a lantern. She
knew I was there and stepped inside
just before John had set the lantern
so that It threw its light on him. I
got a good chance and fired just as he
was stepping in."
Mrs. Allen was brought before Har
ris and he repeated his confession.
Mrs. Allen, weeping, admitted she
may have been too friendly with Har
ris. but denies complicity in the mur
der. She was placed in jail without
(iond.
Mrs. Allen is thirty-eight years old,
and far from handsome. Her three
children are married and one is the
mother of a child. She and her hua
band did not get on hagptly, and more
than onco they sep*rat£4.