Republican News Item. Published Every Thursday. Volume 5. Twenty jY ears in Dushore. c / The largest and best stock of goods p I We ever had for the \ <> Summer P The finest line of C / Time"Keepsrs, ? Ever seen in a Jewelry Store in Sullivan / } County } 2 RETTEINBURY, \ x DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. C £OLES HARDWARE j| s £ooi>? ' ™ EPINEST LINE - C^' WML bicyclere n pa im ng y pi Done in first class order and as Quickly as possible, using good Material and prices right. Will sell yod the Best a BICYCLE MADE for Jk/Q CdM). THE COLUMBIAT^ v 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 get elsewhere. GENERAL, LINE OF HARDWARE, MILL SUPPLIKS. STOVES and RANGES, FURNACES. plumbin s and general job work. Estimates given. Hardware, DUSHORE, PA. Hot Weather Prices. Woven Wire Hammocks, $2.50. Fine Mexican Hammocks, 50c to 1.25. Croquett Setts, SI.OO. Jelly tumblers, 2c each; Mason fruit jars, 4s, 5$ and 70 cents per dozen; Tin fruit cans 50c do/..; Screen doors complete with hinges etc., Window screens very best 30c; Balls grain cradles, $3.25, Grain rakes 15c Iron tire 1 3-4 cents lb, Mattresses, #s.oo. Woven wire bed springs, $2; Kitchen chairs per set, s.7s. 100 piece Decorated Dinner Sets, $6.85. Oil Stoves, 50c to $10.50. Jeremiah \Kelly, HUGHESVILLE. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY." LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY, AUGUST !) 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. 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OfFICR OR MAIR STRUT, DUSHORE, PA A BATTLE REPORTED Allies Defeat Chinese In a Sharp Engagement. FORMER LOSE TWELVE HUNDRED MEN CaMualties Chiefly Anions Itnnilanii and Japanese General Mac A rthur HeportM Sending Addi tional Artillery to Taku. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.-The an nouncement, received through Admiral Itemey and Commander Taussig, of re ported heavy lighting on the road beyond Tien-tsin is the news of interest in the Chinese situation. Little doubt is ex pressed at the navy department that the news was substantially correct. It is probable that n later report may reduce the list of casualties among the interna tional forces, but it is evident that the move on Peking is at last fairly under way and that strong opposition hus been encountered. The war department offi cials, who have been exceedingly reticent for Mveral days as to news from the s?«t of war, admitted when the naval 41sp«tehes were received that the an nouncement of trouble was not unex pected. The engagement at lVitsnug is under stood here to be the result of u recon noissance in force, and while Commandc! Taussig mentions only the Russian and Jnpanese troops it is apparent that othei troops were engaged, because he says the loss was sustained "chiefly" by the Rus sians and Japanese. The report also disproves the state ments sent from Washington about the Chaffee dispatch making it appear that the Russians were sulking in their tenth and would not move. The dispatches are as follows: "Chefu, Aug. o.—British Fame reports unofficial, engagement Peitsaug Sunday, 3 to 10:80. Allied loss killed, wounded, 1,200, chiefly Russian, Japanese. Chinese retreating. TAUSSIG." "Chefu, Aug. (!. —Unofficial report, be lieved reliable, about 1(3,000 allies heavily engaged Chines* at Peitsang davlight sth. KEMEY." No mention is made of what position the American troops held iu the line ot battle, but the authorities do not doubt they took an active part. Opinion among the various olllciuls now in Washington is soipewliat divided as to just what is presaged by yester day's events. The more optimistic are inclined to think that such a severe blow us the Chinese must have received at Peitsang will result in the speedy disin tegration of the forces now opposing the march of the international column. In line with this prediction it was prophe sied that the Chinese government would lind means to send the ministers from Peking under escort aud thus stave off the advance upon the capital. On the other hand, there was a number of olli cers iu a position to judge equally well who held that the light at Peitsaug was only the beginning of a strenuous resist ance that would be continued to the gutes of Peking or beyond. It was urged iu support of this view that the Chinese had 100 men to lose against one of the allies, that they were well armed with modern gnus and had apparently an abundance of ammunition. It is stated that considerable apprehen sion exists among those conversant with oriental affairs at the reappearance in Peking politics of that rabid untiforeign fanatic Li Ping Hung. It is understood that his appearance in Peking affairs may have had something to do with the Shanghai rumors of Li Hung Chang's suicide. It is certain that with Li l'iug Hung and Prince Tuan iu control of the de facto government in China a religious war of dervishlike fanaticism probably will be waged against all foreigners, aud friends of the more liberal Chinese states men are exceedingly anxious as to their fate under the Tuau-Li regime. The war department is in receipt of a dispatch from General Mac Arthur an nouncing that he has shipped additional artillery supplies to Taku for use iu the Chinese campaign. These supplies in clude several Gatling guns and the re mainder of the rifle and howitzer siege train left in Manila, which up to dutc has remained useless in that country on account of the bad roads. How much better Generul Chaffee may be able to handle these monster guns through the almost impassable rice swamps of China no one at the war department was will ing to guess, but his recent dispatch con tained an urgent appeal for more artil lery, and he is getting it. The ordnauce experts at the war department say that if it comes to a bombardment of Peking these five inch rifles and seven inch howitzers, with their enormous bursting charges of high explosives, will lie the most effective battering weapons iu the international column. EARL LI'S OPINIONS. ItoxerN Not Rebels, He Shj-m—\ntlve ChrlHtliniH Illumed. BERLIN. Aug. 7. The German for eign office announced last evening that it had received no fresh China news aud that it doubted whether the advance of the allted forces from Tien tsin had be-, gun. The Lokal Anzeigcr publishes an in terview which Dr. Zaker. its special Chi na correspondent, had with Li Iluug Chang at Canton July Earl Li told the correspondent that the Boxers were not rebels, but were true to the royal house. Their movement, he explained, was di rected chiefly against native Christians who had been using international protec tion to oppress Boxers. With reference to the missionaries he said: "It is my firm conviction that the mis sionarien are always iu. danger, for the relations between the Chinese population and forehruers have been the cause of 1 | nearly all the troubles and will always continue to be." Enrl 1,1 went onto say that Chinese hatred t>f foreigners had been increased of late through the action of the pow ers, particularly in the seizure of Kiao chau, which he described as "an ex orbitant penalty for a couple of mission aries." Referring to the murder of Baron von Ketteler, German minister at Peking, he gave a positive assurance that neither l'riuce Tuan nor any other member of the government knew of the intended killing, and he also declared that Baron von Ketteler was not killed because he was a German, but simply because he was a foreigner. In a word, lie was a victim of the Chinese hatred of for eigners. "The Chinese government is not strong enough to put down the Boxers," said Earl Li, "but the thought of accepting assistance from the powers to put them down is extremely repugnant to the gov ernment." In reply to a question as to who was then the head of the central government he said it was administered by l'riuce Tuan in the name of the emperor. ChrlßtlnnN Sklnneil Alive, CHEFU, Aug. 4. —Chinese bring many Stories of horrible outrages upon native Christians, who have been murdered, tor tured or compelled to renounce their re ligion. Several have been skinned alive. The French nuns at Newchwang were deliberately burned alive. Dr. Ting, a graduate of the American college, refused to renounce Christianity after receiving U,. refused to sur render his valuables and tiled a shot lit one of the robbers, but misused. There upon the robbers tiled, one shot entering Fay's mouth and cumin;; out at the back of his head. Uilli::v; l.lui aluioM instantly. | The robbers stoppid the train, jumped I tiff tiiKi escaped. | The robbers got en one of the sleep ers near Union, and after the train had nailed the men made a noise at the door. The conductor, thinking th«y were trumps, opened the door t > put them oil'. The robbers, who veic masked, pointed a pistol at his head and ordered him to lead the way through the conches. All of the passengers wen asleep, and tie conductor was ordered to wake them one at a time. The l rightemers gave it back. * After ransacking the . h men made the conductor * bell cord, but the train was go, »; so rapidly that the robbers were taken to lingo be fore it slowed up enough to enable them to jump. They compelled the conductor to get oft' ahead of them so that if any of the passengers had been in waiting they would have shot liim tirst. After the robbers had dismounted they ordered the conductor to return to his train. CUBAN TEACHERS COMING. Will Visit Wim Ii I iikloii and Cnll on (he l'i-<-Nlt!eiit. WASHINGTON. Aug. 7.—The dele gation of Cuban schoolteachers now re ceiving a course of instruction in Eng li branches at Harvard university, t » *•»». Mass.. will visit this city on the Tc»- ist. for the purpose of paying their personal respects to the president of the United States anil to inspect public institutions and attractions of the na tional capital. Adjutant General Cor bin has been informed that arrangements have been made for the visit to Wash ington on the date named. The school teachers. numbering 1.41H1, will arrive here in the morning and leave in the evening for New York, where they will board army transports in waiting to take them back to their homes in Cuba. Although the national government de frays all their traveling expenses to and from Cuba, it is unable to make provi sion for their care ami entertainment while in this country, ilic entire expense connected with their sojourn iu Massa chusetts being defrayed out of the fund of nearly SIOO,OOO contributed by public spirited citizens of Hoston. and it is probable that the expense of the trip to Washington and then to New York will be met out of the same fund. Illu Order K»p Mont. CHICAGO. Aug. 7. Chicagii packers have been asked by the government to furnish U.tXHMKHI pounds of meat with in 30 days for tin- American soldiers iu the orient. This i> said to be the largest requisition ever issued by the government of the United States. Anitnxt Sninv. ELIZA BET HT<> WN. N. Y.. Aug. 4. —Mount Marey, in the Adiroudacks, was White with snow yesterday morning. 1.25 P er « • Number l:i i'HE LOGANARRIVES. Transport Brings Many Refu gees Prom Ohina. STORY OF THE TIEN-TSIN FIGHT. Vile LOR'IIU Limited tlic Klrnl AIIMTI- Clin Troop* In China nnd UrotiKht to San FrnnciHt'o Many Sick Sol dier* Mud Siege Sufferer*. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7.—Blue jackets, marines, ex-soldiers of the Ninth infantry nnd refugees crowded the decks of the transport Logan, from Taku via Japan, which has just reached her dock here. There were men, women and chil dren on the vessel direct from Tien tsin, who had ' scaped from the mobs of Box ers and the imperial Chinese troops. Neurly all of the passengers in tile cabin had felt the depressing effects of a siege uud were more than glad to get hack to civilization. Among them were I)r. I>ir fendorfer and Mr. O. Mcintosh, who were in the mill at Tien-tsin where the Chinese were held at buy before the first relief came through. Master Karl Itagsdale and Ellio Kagsdulc, children of the I'nited States consul at Tien-tsin. were also on board. A large number of the refugees left tin transport at Yokohama to return to va rious parts of Europe and America by regular steamers. To the Logan attaches the distinction of being the first vessel to land Amcri can troops in China. She conveyed tie gullant Ninth infantry from Manila to Taku, together with a detachment of the signal and hospital corps. Among the passengers brought here by the Logan were til sick men of the Ninth. At Taku Pro Christian refugees from Tien-tsin were taken aboard. All ex cept 4.S of these left the Logan at Xa gasaki. l)r. R. K. Diftendorfer of Philadelphia, the builder and manager of the tirst woolen mill established in the Chinese empire and a personal friend of Poo Tong, a brother t" the former Chinese emperor, tells the following story of the attack on Tien-tsin: "On the morning of July 17 the tirst clash between the foreigners and tin- em pire's soldiers occurred. On the afternoon of the same day the bombardment of the Taku forts began. "Captain Bailey of the British ship Orlando was commander of the allied forces at Tien-tsin on July 17. as Cap tain MeCalla was absent with Seymour at the time. About 11 o'clock in the fore noon he saw smoke rising from the rail road track about four miles distant from the city, and, suspecting that the Boxers had tired another bridge, Captain Bailey ordered 30 of his bluejackets, command ed by a midshipman, to investigate. We had a three inch gun. and the men were fully armed. "When our Hat ear had traveled about three miles, we found a bridge in which the timbers had been burned away from the iion girders, and considering it unsafe to cross our commander ordered his men to return to the city. We had gone about 300 yards on the back trip when we saw a lot of Chinese soldiers, about 150, cross ing the track at a point about a mile ahead of us. "They were walking very rapidly, and as we approached them all doubts as to their being imperial troops disappeared. They did not wear the red turban and sash that distinguished the Boxers, and as sooii as we got within about 800 yards of them they scattered and got behind grave mounds, with which the surface of the country was thickly studded. Re garding this action as suspicious, our midshipman gave the order to tire a vol ley, and they quickly and vigorously re turned the salute. Our Held piece was niiuus a sight, and most of its shots pass ed over th«- enemy, so that after ten min utes of hot lighting we resumed our re treat. the Chinese tiring at us as long as we were within range. There were no casualties on our side. "If it had not been for the action of our party that morning the bombardment of Tien-tsin might not have commenced that afternoon. In other words. 1 am inclined to believe that our attack on the Chinese troops precipitated this bom bardment of the city. And for that rea son the skirmish may attain some impor tance when tinal settlements are being made." General Diffendorfer believes that the trouble in China will last a couple of years. "It will be a repetition of the Taiping rebellion," lie said. "When the allies have captured Peking, the Boxers will be broken into bunds of marauders." I'lnKne Appenr* 111 I.ondon. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—The marine hospital service has received the follow ing telegram from Passed Assistant Sur geon Thomas announcing the outbreak of the bubonic plague in London: "There have been four cases of plague and two deaths from plague in London. Diag nosis confirmed by bacteriological ex amination. Do not think there will be further spread." To Search For flic I'olc. BERLIN. Aug. 3.—Captain Banco dahl of the imperial navy will start for the north pole in a fortnight. He will sail directly into the pack ice regions north of Spitsbergen and then eastward to the open sea. when he believes that he can reach the pole. He will take three years' provisions. Klnw OF Serv lll Weil*. BELGRADE. Aug. «'>. King Alexan der yesterday wedded Mine. Draga Mas chin, the ceremony being performed with great pomp. In honor of the event the king granted an amnesty, together with numerous political pardons, including the former Radical Premier Tauschanovieh.