Republican News Item. Published Every Thursday. Volume 5. ) r pVenty;Years c in Dushore. S % The largest and best stock of goods We ever had for the \ ijfall a,lb Winter torafce S ] The finest line of Q r Q Ever seen in a Jewelry Store in Sullivan \ RETTENBURY, S DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELELL. ✓ COLES^HARD^^E^ Done in first" class order and as Quickly as possible, using good x Material and prices right. Will sell you-the Best Xaa BICYCLE MADE for Jfc7Q CASH. THE COLUMBIA " >HV '* Line of chain wheels always leads the race, from $25.00, $35-00, and $50.00. The Columbia Chainless on 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 SUPPLIKS. STOVES and RANGES, ETI IRM APPQ Plumbing and general job work, r Estimates given. Goles Hardware, DUSHORE, PA. furniture I^KIIPERS and eARPEST.| Tn^ —Will do well to see Our White Enameled Beds $4.75, 5.25 and 8.76 HARDWOOD BEDS A-1S and 6,75. Chamber Suits S2O. to 25.00. Solid Golden Oak Double Cup boards 9.50. Extra High Back Kitchen Chairs 3.95. High Back Dining Chairs, 8.50. Rockers, 1,50 to #8 Ingrain Carpets, 30, 35, 40c. Brussels Carpet 75 to Bsc. Rag Carpets, 30c to Matting, 12 to 30c. Childs Cradles, i.oo and Cribs with springs, a. 7$ and 3.00 Cook Stoves anfc> IRan^es RED CROSS MAKE, B—2o Herald with high pipe shelf S2:UMI g 20 Ditts s2(l.Oft B—lß withreservolr, B— 2o with reservoir, si ex (ril- —2U Champion Cook Stove 523.00 B—2-> Ditts, *2.>.00 Every Stove warranted to give satisfaction. Jeremiah Kelly, HUGHESVILLE. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY." UPORTB, MIA, THURSDAY, Ml 111, IW. Democrats and Republicans! In fact it matters not with what political party you aro affiliated, you should be a Protectionist in one re spect. That is to say you should protect yourselves agains-t hiss 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 bo 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 years old and h:w over 200,000,000 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. Scuukman, Special Agent, Dushore, Pa. This strip is manufactured under a U.S. patent atul is the neatest, strongest and most durable window shade holder on the market, and we guarantee it to be as represented or money re minded. The price, K*press pliid, to all points in I'a.Md., Del., N.J. and N.Y.,One Dollar per doz. other states $1.25. Your order solicited. JOHN A. PARSONS * CO. CaUwllta, fa. T J. HEELER. I < Justice-of-the Peace. OllUv ifi room over store, LAPORTE, PA. Special attention given to collections. All matters left to the care ol this ottice will lie promptly attended to. CARROLL HOUSE, D. KEEFE, Proprietor. DUSHOKK, PA. One of the largest and be. Charges reasonable. Estella, Sullivan Co., Pa. ~ LAPORTE HOTEL. P. W, GALLAGHER, Prop. Newly erected. Opposite Court house square. Steam heat, bath rooms, hot and cold water, reading and pool room,and barbershop: also.good stabling and livery, Wi\\ P. SHOEMAKER, Attorney at Law. Otliee in County Building. LAPOKTK, I'A. Collections, conveyancing; the settlement of estates and other legal .business will receive prompt attention. jj. J. BRADLEY, ATTORNHT AT-LAW, orricc IN COUNTY BUILDING NEAR COURT HOUSE. | LAPORTE, 1»A r-IKST NATIONAL BANK ' OK WSHUUK, IKN.N'A. CAPITAL . - s£o,ooo. SURPLUS - . SIO,OOO. Does'a General Hanking Business. B.W. JENNING9, M. D. SWA UTS. President. < -ashler J. J. '& FT H. INGHAM, ATTOKNErs-AT-LAW, Legal business attended to in this and adjoining oor.nties _ A PORTE, PA. F J. MULLEN, u * Attorney-at-Law. LAPORTE, PA. I Office over T. J. Keeler's store. |J # H. CRONIN, ATTORHEY*AT -LAW, HOTAHT PUBLIC, orpie* OH If AIM STRJRT I DUSHORE, PA GEinpn His Army Is Fighting Its Way Through the Boers, SHARP ARTILLERY DUELS Gen. Hamilton Wins a Victory at Win burg—Gen. Roberts Crosses the Vet River Under Heavy Fire —Boers Right Flank Turned. London, May 8. —The troops which General Roberts led out from their pleasant quarters around Bloemfon tein a few days ago have taken u great spring forward, which brought them almost at a single bound within strik ing distance of Winburg. The Boers were forced to evacuate their posi tions at Brandfort without making a serious effort to hold them. On Sat urday evening General Roberts reach ed the Vet river, a few miles to the southwest of Winburg, on the maiu road from Bloemfontein. The passage was stoutly contested for some hours, but towards dusk General Ilutton and his mounted infantry turned the right (lank and forced a way across the river in the face of a heavy fire. In the meantime, sharp fighting had been going on along practically the whole of the British widely extended front. Colonel Hamilton, who, it will be remembered, fought his way north from Tliaba N'Chu and thrust himself between the two Boer commandoes, which were endeavoring to join forces with the Household Cavalry and Twelfth Lancers and Kitchener's Horse, had a golden opportunity in which they had long waited for charg ing a body of Boers in the open. Such chances have been few this campaign, for the Boers who survived the first lesson in the shock of action with British cavalry broke and lied, leaving a number dead and wounded on the ground. Colonel Hamilton was ible to push on toward the drift of Little Vet river, which is described by Roberts as a difficult feat. It is near that this force is acting at! extreme right wing of the British arm. McDonald's brigade, which is also act ing on the right, dislodged the Boers from a group of kopjes under cover of the naval guns. Of equal interest is the news which comes from General Hunter's opera tions on tho extreme left, lie crossed the Vaal river at Wlndsorton on Fri day, and, pushing ahead, he found the Boers in strength near Ruidam. The brunt of the fighting fell on Barton's Union Brigade. The Fusiliers carried ridge after ridge over the front four miles, and drove tho Boers before them to the north. The Imperial Yeo manry chased the Boers for some miles. While at Warrenton yester day Paget's brigade moved to force the passage of the Vaal. Additional importance centres in these opera tions because it Is hoped that the ob jective of Hunter's division is none other than Mafeking itself and to the safety of that heroic garrison. ALLEGED HORSE THIEF. Sheriff at Greenwich Catches Man Who Took Rig from Tarrytown. Greenwich, Conn., May S. — Sheriff Fitzroy of this place did some detec tive work to-day whereby Andrew J. Clark of White Plains was lodged in the town lockup, charged with horse stealing. Clark accosted Sheriff Fitz roy as he was passing the Sheriff's house in a buggy, asking the Sheriff if he was beyond the State line yet. Tho Sheriff, whose suspicions were aroused, told him he was.and, after parleying with him asked him if he wanted to trade his horse. The strang er agreed, and a trade was m»de. Clark accepted an offer to slay at lite Sheriff's house all night. On ex amining the buggy. Sheriff Fitzroy found the name of a White Plains carriage manufacturer on it. Clark admitted that he had hired the rig at Thompson's livery stable, at Tarrytown, N. Y. The Sheriff then arrested him. The liverymen were notified, and identified hie horse and buggy. The prisoner is held, pending the arrival of requisition papers. (jov. tanner Facing Death. St. Louis, Mo., May 8. —John It. Tanner. Governor of Illinois, is pre paring to die. He lias passed through j an X-ray examination, and has been notified by his physicians to prepare for a surgical operation that is held to be so serious that the Governor has been engaged for several days in put ting his earthly affairs in order. Porch Climbers. j Chicago. May 7 Porch climbers, in ; a raid upon the home of M. M. Mun ! ntur, a diamond broker, secured plun i der valued at nearly $15,000. The j booty consisted of jswelry and money. OTIS SAILS FOR HOME. Worked Tirelessly Until* the Last— Warships Fire a Salute. Manila, May'B.— Tho United States transport Meade sailed for theVUnited States yesterday with Major General Otis and his two aides-de-camp on board. The warships in port fired it Major General's salute as the steamer raised hec anchor. The Governor's launch left tho Pal aco at 11 o'clock, carrying General Otls's and General Mac Arthur's staffs to the Meade. Tho Twentieth and Fourteenth Infantry, drawn up ashore in front of the city wall, presented arms, and the bauds played "Aulil Lang Syne," while a shore battery saluted. 112 , T »; During the morning the Supreme Court Judges and many officers called iMajor General Otis.) at the Palace to bid farewell to Gen eral Otis, who kept at work with his accustomed energy until the moment of leaving. Since the beginning of the insur rection General Otis has kept at his desk from early morning until mid night. Hi- has never been seen on the l.uneta, like the other officers, ami only two or three times lias he lieen seen in society, and these occasions were semi-official receptions. The General leaves the army admirably or ganized, provisioned and clothed. TO WIN A BRIDE. A Rich Man Has His Sow Legs Broken. Logansport, ind., May S. —The vauuted feat of Leander in swimming tho Hellespont to win the fair Helen is eclipsed by the martyrdom of Louis Iloeti, who had his legs broken to take the bows out of them because his sweetheart objected to curved lower extremities. Hoen lives in Indianapolis. He is about twenty-five years of age, and from the waist up he is a handsome young person. Even when seated he has been known to present as capti vating an appearance to the female eye as any mau of his weight and age in the State capital With straight limbs Hoen might marry tho lady of his heart. With his bowed extremities there was no hope. She read in the papers last winter of a man In Connecticut who had a pair of bow legs remedied by a surgical operation. She called Horn's atten tion to It. Hoen is wealthy. He could afford it. To avoid publicity in liis home town ho came to Logansport three months ago and arranged with the surgeons in St. Joseph's Hospital to tinker with his lower limbs so that they might not attract attention because of the seem ing aversion of the knees for each other. Hoen was chloroformed and his legs were broken by the surgeons with neatness and dispatch. The broken parts were putin plaster of paris casts, and all Hoett had to do was to lie in bed anil wait for tho bones to knit. The young man will be discharged in a few days with his underpinning as straight and strong as the under pinning of any athlete in Indianapolis. And, most wonderful of all, he will be a full inch taller than lie was when he consented to make a martyr of him self for the sake of love. The straight ening of the bones has caused that gain in his stature. It is said that the wedding bells will ring out as soon as Hoen gets home. "President" Cheer Ignored by Dewey. Memphis, Tenn . May S.- When Ad miral Dewey's train pulled into the station about one half of the popuia tiou of the city wi.s there to greet him At Belleville and Cairo. 111. ami Fet tleton. Ky.. a number of cheers were heard for "Dewey lor President'" Dewey declined to icspond to them, insisting that he was travelling as the Admiral of the Navy One of the tail road men with him said that the dis cussion of politics was absolutely barred on the train Triple Alliance. London. May S. —Germany and Alls- I tria want to rene>v the Triple Alliance j without delay, but Italy wants com mercial treaties settled tirst. 1.25 Per. . Number i HFIIIKIU They Planned a Surprise, But Were Routed. OUR BOYS ARE PREPARED The Fight Lasted All Day—None of Our Soldiers Were Hurt But They Buried 120 of the Insurgents' Dead —An Ambush. Manila, May 8. —News of a terrible slaughter of Filipinos in battle by a detachment of the Forty-third infan try lias just reached her from Java, on the; Island of Leyte. Lieutenant Estes. with a garrison of twenty-five men. occupied the town. He received a warning that, the in surgents were planning an attack in force, relying on their number and a surprise to crush the Americans. The lieutenant acted with all promptness. 11<» posted sixteen nr n to defend headquarters. Then, wit i a sergeant and eight men. lie plann >d an ambush for the Filipinos. He