Republican News Item CHAS.tI.OBEN WINQ, Editor. THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1900. "FIRS FAL L—T HEN EWS.'' The News Item Fights Fair. IT IS AIPATRIOTIC HOME NEWSPAPER Published Every Friday.Morning. By The Sullivan Publishing Co. At the County Seat of Sullivan County. LAPOBTE, PA. SUBSCRIPTION--$1.25 per annum. If paid in advance SI.OO. Sample copies free. All communications should be ad dressed to REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM, Laporte Pa., (Special Correspondence.) Philadelphia, May 22.—A movement among Democrats in this city against l'usion with the insurgent Republicans in the matter of legislative nomina tions has been inaugurated and tlie chances are that there will be formida ble opposition develoj) throughout the state along the same lines. It has be come manifest to the rank and file of ihe Democratic organization that their party is not to be a gainer much out of those deals with the insurgents, at least so they say, and that theonlyones who are likely to benefit by fusion are men like Martin in this city and Flinn in Allegheny backing the Wanamaker candidacy for the milted States sena torship. The charge is that the men who are nsking the Democrats to fuse with I hem are unable to control the nomina tions in the Republican party, and that they must, therefore, rely upon the Democratic vote to pull them through, it must be admitted that the politicians of the Martin-Flinn stripe are not merely opening negotiations with the Democrats for the good of the Democ racy, but that they have some selfish purpose and some personal interest to serve. The men who are working in the Democratic party in opposition to l'usion in this city declare that in a presidential campaign Republicans and Democrats alike want to vote a straight party ticket. The great national issues are more or less involved in every bal lot cast and it is ridiculous for the ad vocates of fusion to talk to the con trary. Donnelly, the chairman of the Demo cratic city committee, is believed to have been influenced by Colonel Guf f'cy. of Pittsburg, to take hold of the l'usion scheme which the Martinites ure secretly advocating. Flinn is close to Guffey, and it is believed that Flinn. got flulTev to pull the string to have Donnelly ana "Martin co-operate"frTThe | coming canvass for members of thej legislature. Donnelly is advancing the' idea that any dissensions among the; Kepublieans will in the end benefit the Democracy, and while he does not see' tiny immediate good results that are noing to come to his party by the fit-] sion deals, he is willing to enter into* the game with the hope that some-; thing will come to the advantage of the Democratic organization in the fu-' t ure. The sentiment among the Democratic workers will be. stoutly maintained as against Donnelly's plans for fusion. They resent the attempt to make the Democratic party an annex of the Mar-' tin-Flinn-Wanamaker combine, and. they say they will make themselves heard at the- primary elections. AFTER OLEO DEALERS. ! As the result of the determination of Governor Stone to insist upon ;ill cases going to trial against dealers charged with violations of the food laws Assistant District Attorneyi Clement on Saturday last had dates' fixed for the trials of a number ofi persons who were arrested at the in-j stance of the commonwealth, on t-iie charge of selling oleo or other imita-| tions of butter, contrary to law. The local agents of the secretary of agri culture have received new forms of in struction, which have been sent to all the state agents throughout the com monwealth by Secretary Hamilton. In this circular Secretary Hamilton says:| "The following instructions are for. the guidance of agents in the employ ( of the dairy and food division of this] department. Agents will be held to strict account for the carrying out of these directions, and their continuance in the employ of the department will; depend wholly upon the fidelity and! effectiveness of their work. Those who' do not, or unable to perform the; duties of the office in an intelligent] and efficient manner will be discharg ed. A record will be kept showing what each man has done and he Willi be judged by this record. Strict at-| tention to duty will place our agents above criticism and will establish the: department, which they represent, in the confidence of the public." j Appended are some of the instruc tions: Study carefully the laws under which you act, and the legal methods neces sary in order to enforce the law. Exercise extreme care in sampling goods, so as to make sure that no mis takes occur. Mark all packages carefully for identification. Make full notes of each sample, us ing the exact language in copying that! is upon the package, and give all the particulars iti detail, so that a stranger reading your notes will understand the entire transaction. Seal all packages securely, so as to | insure detection if tampered with. En close slip giving your name, number, of sample, where taken, from whom taken, when taken, what it was pttr-j chased for.and when shipped to chemist. Keep all samples under lock and key while in your possession. Ship at once to the chemist, with plain directions on each package, and when delivered to the carrier take a' receipt for the package. If goods are adulterated secure sam ples day after day of the same goods from the same person. Submit ail cases to the dairy and j food commissioner before bringing prosecution, except when immediate action is necessary in order to hold the parties, in which case bring suit at once and then notify the commissioner. explaining the necessity that required prompt action. . In all oleomargarine, butterine and] renovated butter cases, bring criminal! prosecution. i I Do not compromise any case. Re port them to the commissioner. | Do not encourage conferences with' violators of the law. ) Keep posted as to the lines of trade in your district over which you are! set us an inspector. To this end, in-, vite the aid of creamery men, dairy men and all citizens who are interested in pure food. Secure correspondents' in each town to keep you informed. | Investigate all suspicious places. | Watch specially those who have been found violating the law in the past. ! Keep lists of dealers in each town and visit them frequently, and art un expected times. '< Make inquiry in each neighborhood of persons likely to have Information as to violations of the law. Do not tell where you are going next.' Telephones are everywhere, and your movements will be announced In ad vance of your arrival, and the dealers will be prepared to meet you. Secretary Hamilton h"as received many letters from farmers and dairy men complimenting him upon the energetic manner in which he is push ing the work of his department. ALL THE MONEY RAISED Philadelphia Republicans are con gratulating themselves upon the fact that the one hundred thousand-dollar- Republican-national convention fund has been completed and that they are assured of a very successful conven tion. When Mayor Ashbridge took hold of this fund there were but a few thousand dollars in bank. He worked hard and he now has the satisfaction of seeing his hopes realized and the credit of the city maintained. Philadelphia is not boastful, but she is not given to failures. Since Septem ber, 1898, her generous citizens have contributed. $130,000 for a national peace jubilee. $40,000 for a Grand Army encamp- 1 ment. t $125,000 gfor a national export ex position. $50,000 for a Porto Rican relief fund. And now, again being put to the test —on a question of honor—she has raised in less than four months—by public subscriptions— sloo,ooo for the Republican national convention. She has done what she set out to do —she has done it ahead of time! The honor of the city has been maintained, and —The Fourth Chapter of "A Story of Civic Pride" concludes with Phila delphia, Excelsior! And there will be another chapter! The citizens' committee has not stopped at the SIOO,OOO mark, it will continue to receive contributions, which will be applied to the expense of the alteration of the convention hall. PENNSYLVANIA HEA DQUARTERS. ' General Frank Reeder says he has arranged for the Pennsylvania delega tion to the national convention to have their headquarters in the new building of the state committee on Locust street above 13road, which is within half a I block from the Hotel Walton, in Phila delphia. where the Republican national coirynittemen are to have their head quarters. The general originally in tended that the Pennsylvania delegates should be quartered at the Hotel Wal ton. but since he has fitted up the new state committee rooms he believes that they will make the most desirable headquarters. They will enable the delegates to hold private conferences away from the crowded hotel lobbies and will also be very convenient for keeping appointments with friends. The Pennsylvania delegation has not as yet been polled on the matter of the vice presidency. They do not expect that any candidate from this state will have any show of receiving the nomi nation, although some have advised voting for Senator Penrose or Governor Stone on the first ballot. AS TO SECOND PLACE. The Republican state convention of Minnesota recently declared for the nomination of Former United States Senator W. D. Washburn, and the del gates to the national convention were instructed to vote for him. In Ken tucky the Republican state convention went on record as in favor of former Governor W. O. Bradley, of that state, for second place on the ticket with McKinley. and they used the argu ments that Mr. Bradley is a straightout Republican, that lie has made gallant fights, and successful ones, too, against the Dehiocracy in one of their old strongholds, and that he should be rewarded for liis loyalty to the party principles under such circumstances. They say his record is a good one, and that his nomination would give en couragement to the Republicans of the south. Lieutenant Governor Wood ruff, of New York, is making a canvass for the nomination, and he expects to have a large contingent of the dele gates from the Empire state back of him. Former Secretary of the Interior Bliss is believed to be ready to accept the nomination should it go his way, and Henry D. Payne, of Wisconsin, and Secretary of the Navy Long are also looked upon as receptive candidates. There is no one slated up to date, and the prospects are that there will be a free for all contest until the del egates reach the convention ground. Pennsylvania, with her large delega tion, may be in a position to trun the tide in favor of the winning candi date for vice president. It is not believed that any effort will be made to get the delegates from this state in line for any candidate for the vice presidency until the delegates shall have an opportunity togo to Philadelphia and personally survey the ground and get some idea as to the sen timent among the representatives of the party from different parts of the country. NEWSPAPER COMBINE. All the Philadelphia newspapers that are under the Wanamaker influence, and there are few exceptions, have de voted columns of matter during the past week to stories about Colonel Quay not being an aspirant to succeed himself in the Republican national committee. They have represented him as getting old and as being desirouß , of spending the balance of his days in peace and quietness. That these ! stories all emanate from the same | source is well knowi,, ' I AM AGENT FOR THE Celebrated Pitkin Paint THIS PAINT IS FULLY GUARANTEED. CALL AND SEE COLOR CARD. James McFarlane. mm Cleaning If you are short of anything when you rearrange! your house this spring send to Holcomb & Lauer's store and get it, they keep everything in the house furnishing line that you can think of. It you have not been in their store to inspect their immense stock, do so at once, and be convinced that you do not have togo out of the County to get what you want. Telephone call, Hotel Obert. HOLCOMBE & LAUER, Undertaking" ©UebOfC. fte. ! III! .. . ... ' Williamsport & North Branch Railroad TIHUEIE TJLBXjE. In effect Monday Dec. 11, Ue*l down Corrected to February 32 1900 lteaii Up A. M. A. M. P. M. P. M. A. il. A M. STATION'S. A. M. A. M. P. M. P. M. a. m. SOS 10 3512 55 415 525 lUUf 7 "jo 'I 45 1J oo 400 18 0» 110 30' 1 00 14 1* 15 30 Pennsdale 17 4'. fy 41 11 55 1:155 820 10 40 1 10' 427 540 Huglieitville 735 832 11 4 345 0 I*l 10 48 435 -a 548 Picture Rocks a 25! 11 37 337 550 110 61 14 39 : S 3 Lyons Mill f>l 1:; 34 110 51 14 41 8 " Chatnounl y 'JO 13 31 11 02 448 cc w ! tilen Mawr it 14 ail (111 14 s#' Strawbriilgt- ly 05 13 11 111115 1 15 01 ' i Heecli Cilen Ijtol *3 10 11 i» 5 05 Muncy Valley * 58 3 wi 11 5 u 11 ou'. Hones town 8 52 300 3 oo 5 2»> 1125' Nonlinonl 8 37 2 38 15 43 II 45 Mokouia S 21 15 5 45 11 5o Laporte Tannery.... 8 1» 2 11 lii 02 12 15 Ringitalc l.s 05 1 4t> 16 11 12 3o KertiiceKoad *7 f>B I:15 A.M. P. If, lp. M. P. M. A. >l. P. >1 p.m. Connection with Phila.ft Readincfat Halls For Philadelphia,JXew York ami inter mediate stations —LeaveWilliainsport 7:4- a.m., 10:00 a. m. "Arrive Halls 7:50 a.m. 10:19 a. in. ForJShaniokin and interned iate'atationa—leaves Williamsport 4:30 p. ni.Arrive Halls 4.51 p. m. From Fhila., New York and interuicil iatejutations —leave Fhila. 10.21 a. m.and 11.36 p.m; leave New York,> ia Fbila.7 30 a.in. 9.00 p.m.; leave New York via Ta maqua,»9 10 a.m. Arrive Halln. 0.34 a.m. and 5)21 fp. m. From'Shamokin and intermediate sla tiona—leaves n 810 a.m. Ar rive Halls 9 49 a.ui. Connecting with Xi. V. B B. at Satterfleld. For Towanda and intermediate stations, leave Wilkenbarre 3.05 p. m.; arrive at Satterfleld 6.25 p. m. For Towanda and intermediatestatiouc. leave llernice 6.40 a.m.: arrive Satterfleld 7:04 a. M. For Wilkesbarre and intermediate stn- A. T. ARMSTRONG, SONESTOWN, PA. DEALER IN Flour Feed and Groceries 13J pounds of pure Lard for SI.OO Baking molasses, 25 to 50c. 8 pounds Rolled Oats for 25c. 7jpounds of Corn Starch for 25c. 7 pounds of Laundry Starch for 25c. 2 pounds of Rio Coffee for 25c, 8 bars ol Lenox Soap for 25c. No. 1 mackerel per pound Bc. Best Sugar Coated Hams @llc per lb. Buckwheat Flour 25 pound sack'4sc. Buckwheat Flour 100 pounds, $1.83. Yellow Corn per 100 pounds 90c. Corn Meal or Cracked Corn 90c. Corn, Oats and Barley Chop 90c. Wheat Bran 200 pounds $1.50. Flour middlings, 140 pound sack $1.40. Fine middlings 200 pounds SI.GO. Flour per sack SI.OO. Winter Roller per sack SI.OO. Good Flour 90c. Rye Flour 25 pounds, 50c. Graham Flour 12} pounds 30c. Common Fine Salt per barrel $1.20. J TO EVERY READER who mentions this Ad. and sends us an order, we will make a l«x20 Cry on Portrait in 51 inch Oak and Gilt frame, and give AW AY AIISOLUT LY FREE, the latest Oil Portrait, of Admiral Geo. Dewey, all complete for $2.50. All work hand-tlnislied and guaranteed to deliver. We will give during 1900 SPECIAL induce ments to agents. Write to-day. Address all orders to THE HOME ARTIST, HILLSGROVE, PA. To Cur* VMHlpattau loravar. Take i uncart t« Candy CaUtariic. lOu or lOc. It C. C. C. fall to o»r». druff 1»M rtlusd monsy. tions—leave Towanda 645 a.m. and 10 30 a.m.; arrive Sat'field, 7.52 a. m. 1.04 p. m. PTAGK I.IXKS Stage leaves Uughesvill nost ollice lor Lairdsville, Mengwe and l'hili|«daledaily Wilson, Heaver Lake and .Fribley on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 11.30 Stage leaves Olen Mawr lor Hillsgrove and Forksville at 11 02 a. in. Singe leaves Munpy Valley lor Unity ville, North Mountain and Lungerville daild at 11 19 a. nt. Passengers taking trains at llag stations ran seoure train excursion tickets from the conductors. Philadelphia A' lieading, Lehigh Valley and New York Central mileage will be accepted only lor through passengers trav eling from Halls to Satterfleld or Salter lield to Halls. The general ofHces of the company are located at llugheeville, Pa. B. JIAKVKY WELCH. I'renldent. llughsvillo. I'a. S D. TOWNSKND, Gen. Mgr., Hughesville,l'a. ?? ? ? All answered at VERNON HULL'S STORE, MILLS6ROYE. New Stock of DRY Goods. Vernon Hull, Hillsgrove, Pa. G. A. Rogers KORK9VILLE, PA. Watches, Jewelery, ' Silverware, Etc. Gum boots and lumbermans flan nel at J. W. Rucks. Ilfil II Jfl Ta PATENT M Mms ullh" II J xxrsa UUiIIMB THE PCTW MCOiD. titNtlptloM to TIM lUnt Rtcord M4*»«r iisam. fl'o Repair Broken Artl- cles use Uciac^nber Eil urate Your Rowel* Wit h Cutcargth C;inily Cathartic, cure constipation forever. Wo. 25c. 11C. O. C. tail, druggists rotund money, ilenuiy I» Ilio.nl Uerp. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar tic clean your Mood and keep it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im purities l'roni the body, licgin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cuscarets, —beauty for ten cents. All drug gij'.. satisfaction guar. i.teed, 10c, 23c, 50c. JENNINGS BROS. !L nicely lined with our ' famous brands of pickles, soups, 1 Ve V: ' ! vegtables, canned meats and fish and crackers she is completely ready for any emergency. What s all we send you to-day ? ON DRY GOODS WE ARE a N THE;ILEAD WHY ? Because we awry the Largest iml Best line in the county Because we have only new an j attractive patterns to show Because you will findjno old goods on our shelves, Wehave anew line of Ginghauu Shirtings, muslins etc., or the spring trade, which we would be pWsed to have you inspect. a stock of women's shoes that is nr.- mjjjjjjjjja equaled hereabouts. The shapes are B dainty, the leather fine, the workman- I exquisite, the Cash Paid for Country} Produce. E G. Sylvara dushore, a Red Star sboe Store NENS BOYS and YOUTHS SPECIAL BARGAINS Men's tan and black fines shoes 5.1 to 10, $1.25 to LOO. Boys' tan and black fine shoes 2J to SJ, SI.OO to 2.00. Youths' fine tan or black shoes 12 to 2, 90c to 1.25. Little gents tan and black S)oc to 1.25, s.i to 11 also fi to 8, 75c to 90c. LADIES' MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S SPECIAL BARGAINS Ladies' fine lace shoes SI.OO to .1.50. Ladies' fine button shoes 85c to 3.00. tan and black 50c to 2.00. Child soft soles 15c to 50c Child shoes 3to 8, 35c to 75c. Childs tan and black 8.1 to 11, 75c to 1.15. Misses tan and black 12 to 2, 85c to 1.50. If you are in want good foot wear, cheap, goo J. S. HARRINGTON. OPERA HOTTSIL BLOCK, DUSHORE, PA. Made to Fit And Fit to Wear THIS IS THE BEST FIT TING SHOE ON THE MARKET (iuaranted in Every Respect. in b A SOLD ONLY BY T. J. KEELER, LAPORTE PA.