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Volume 5.
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GENERAL LINE OF HARDWARE, MILL SUPPLI >S.
STOVES and RANGES,
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DUSHORE, PA.
Our Special
Prices on
Hardware
will attract all buyers, because the goods are right
and prices like the farmer's fence bars-all down
when they should be up.
100 piece Decoreted Dinner Sets, $6.85.
Oil Stoves, 50c to $10.50.
Jeremiah Kelly,
HUQHBSVILLE.
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY."
LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1900.
To the Voters of
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM M'KINLEY, of Ohio.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
THEODORE ROSEVELT, of New York.
CONGRESSMAN-AT-LARGE,
ROBERT 11. FOEDERER, Philadelphia.
fIALUSIIA A. GROW. Susquehanna Co.
AUDITOR GENERAL,
EDMUND B.IIARDENBERGH,Wayne.
MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
C. F. IIUTH, Shainokiii.
REPRESENTATIVE,
J. L. CHRISTIAN, of Lopez.
ASSOCIATE JUDGE.
W. C. ROGERS, of Forksville.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
W. P. SHOEMAKER, of Laporte.
JURY COMMISSIONER,
T. X. SIMMONS, of Munev Valley.
CORONER,
P. G. BIDDLE, of Dusliore.
VOTE THE REPUBLICAN TICKET
CONVENTION CALLED
President Mitchell Appoints a
V Meeting at Scranton.
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PROBABLE OUTCOME A SETTLEMENT.
Quietness I'revnii* In tlie Anthracite
Coal Ileirlon*—Miner* I'lrancil at
the Prospect of an Ktirly A«i-
Jiistnient of iHHerences.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. President
Mitchell issued his cull yesterday for tho
much talked of miners' convention to con
sider the operators' offer of a lt> per cent
increase in wages.
The convention will he held at Scran
ton and will open on Friday next. Itep
rcsciitatiou in the convention will he on
the basis of one delegate with one vote
for each 1()0 persons on strike.
It is the general expectation that the
decision of the convention will he to ac
cept tho increase and return to work.
Quietness prevails throughout the an
thracite region, the call for the conven
tion beiuft generally accepted as a signal
for cessatioii of hostilities all around.
There are many expressions of satisfac
tion by miners and operators and by
merchants and others in the mining sec
tion over the prospects of an early set
tlement of the troubles.
Yesterday completed the third week
since the strike officially went into ef
fect.
The miners will have parades and muss
meetings at Shainokin today and at
Scranton on Wednesday. President
Mitchell will be in attendance and is ex
pected to apeak at both places.
ADVANCE WILL BE ACCEPTED.
It Is Considered Likely That Miners
Will Not Hold Oat Longer,
HAZLETON, Pa., Oct. o.—Tho issuing
of the call by President Mitchell of the
United Mine Workers of America for a
joint convention of the anthracite miners
to be held at Scranton beginning next
Friday for the purpose of deciding
whether to uccept or to reject the 10 per
cent net increase in wages offered by the
operators is u long step in the direction
of bringing the great coal miners' strike
to a close. Genuine satisfaction is ex
pressed by both miners and persons not
directly connected with the coal industry
that the contest is approaching an end.
Busiuoss throughout the entire anthracite
coal field is practically at a standstill,
uud it will take some time before normal
conditions will again prevail.
It is believed the convention will not be
a long one, us it is expected the strikers
will almost unanimously accept the ad
vance in wages. There is, however, a
possibility that by the introduction of a
proposition to abolish tlje sliding scale
aod auother to have the operators agree
to a yearly wage contract the termina
tion of the strike might be somewhat de
layed.
Dflsnsre Bad Hudson Yields.
WILKRSBA RUE. Pa., Oct. !».—No
tlce* arc posted at all the Delaware and
Hu4son collieries offering an increase of
10' per cent net to the company's uien.
The notices are the same as those issued
by the other companies. This tunkes the
prospect of a speedy settlement of the
strike Biuch brighter. The Pennsylvania
is now the only coal carrying road whose
coul company, the Susquehanna, has not
agreed to advauee the wages of the men,
but surh action is expected in a day or
two. Few of the individual operators
aru holding out, the Pennsylvania t'ual
company, with S.msi employees, being
the largest and the Kingston, with 3,000,
and the ParrUli. with ti.OOO, beinu next
lu site.
fsslktr Creek Mlues Huuuiim,
LANMI-'OltD. I'm CM. U. All the
mines of the Lehigh I'oal ami Naviga
tion company went to work us u-uul yes
terday morning, and the H.OOll uiiucrt
showed no evidence of weakeuiug. Col
lieries K and 11 ui t'onldalc are short
handed. Ike loadei» la-log ou strike. This
is tlu- llrst break in the ranks. Many la
bor leaders are In the Pauther ('reck val
ley trying to orgauin- the niiuers.
.tkrss Ntutors ludleteit.
AKRON, 0., Oct. U. The special
grand Jury called to investigate the riot
ing on lite uight of Aug. ha> corn pie t
sd its sessions ftftm raillMMM sittings
i for live we«k» Hut) sis true bills t»«rr
1 found and indietim'Uts returned, a
Sullivan County.
Stand by the Flag wherever it is.
Washington made it the Flag of
Freedom; Lincoln made it the
Flag of Liberty, and McKinley
made it the Flag of Man's Human
ity toman.
The Republican ticket inspires
confidence, arouses enthusiasm,
and stands for all that is wise, safe,
sure and strong in leadership.
Every. American dollar is a gold
dollar or its assured equivalent,
and American credit stands higher
than that of any other nation.
The Republican Party's supre
macy is as necessary for Honest
wages and Business confidence
now as it was in 185)6.
American goods should be car
ried in American ships.
TUESDAY NOVEMBER (i, M
number being indicted on two or three
counts. The crimes charged are rioting,
arson, dynamiting, burglary und shoot
ing with intent to wound and illegal use
of firenrms. The majority of those
against whom indictments were found are
mere boys or dissolute characters of the
town.
Zionist Dowle In London.
LONDON, Oct. 8. Zionist Dowie
opened his campaign in Kngland Inst
night nt Holhorn town hall. He told his
hearers that he had come to give London
u spanking and intended to wage relent
less war against the Church of Kngland.
He denounced the archbishop of Canter
bury as an incompetent and snid liis place
might to he tilled by somebody who could
manage it. Some of the listeners quizzed
Dowie, and he lost his temper. lie said
he would not tolerate interruptions, and
' ne questioner was ejected.
Skeletons I'neartbed.
BOSTON, Oct. 0. —Workmen employed
iu digging a trench between two of the
timber sheds at the lower end of the
Charlestown navy yard unearthed sev
eral human skeletons. The remains were
found beneath n large tree only a short
distance froni the old timber dock. The
officers of the navy yard nre wondering
wh#e the skeletons came *roni. One
theory is that the skeletons are those of
British soldiers who were killed at the
battle of Bunker Hill.
The Wisconsin Is Fast.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. ti.-A record
breaking trip was made by the new bat
tleship Wisconsin from Seattle to this
i-ity. She ran from Seattle to Point lio
nita light. 806 miles.,in 59 hours. The
Hteamer Queen, which has the reputation
of being the fastest boat on the coast,
arrived from Seattle the night before,
having made the voyage in 65 hours. The
Wisconsin's average speed for the run
was 14 knots.
A New World's Trottlnic Record.
CLEVELAND, Oct. B.—At the Glen
ville track Saturday afternoon Cresceus
made a new world's record for trotting
stallions by going a mile in 2:04, which
beats his own previous record by three
quarters of a second. Cresceus did the
mile without a slip, his time by quarters
being 0:31V 4I 1:01%, 1:33, 2:04.
To Spend Thirty Millions.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. o.— The exec
utive officers of the Pennsylvania Bail
road company have about completed
plans for the expenditure of $30,000,000
ill Improvements and extension of the
Long Island railroad.
New York Markets.
FLOUR—State und western quiet and a
little easier in tone, but not quotably low
er; Minnesota. patents. 14 200160; winter
straights. 13.554W-63; winter extras. s2..Oft
3; winter patents. M-70&4.
WHEAT—Quiet and weaker under liqui
dation inspired by lower cables, clear
weather In tho northwest and heavy
world's shipments; Decembor, 82 7-164iMc ;
March, NoHfFMc.
RYE—Dull; state, c. I. 112., New
York: No. 2 western, !>9»ic., 112, o. b., afloat.
CORN—Fairly active and rtrmsr in lyra
pathy with the west, stronger provision
market and renewed spot demand; De
cember, 42 T-lftStlHc.; May. 41 T-l««41Ho
OATB—SIow, but firmly held; track,
white, (tate. am® Sic.; truck, white, west
ern, 2MMI44c.
l'OßK—Strong; mess, |l4frU; family,
,l OT —Firmer, prime western steam j
Bt^TKß—Quiet; state dairy, U'tfiOc.;
creamery, ltJfflWv
CI IE titfE—-Weak; large white, lie.; small
white. nuaiiHe.
EUQB —Vlrm; state und l'ennsylvanlu.
axfljlc. ; western, loss i>ff. *lc.
TURPENTINE— Steady at 40< a fc41c.
TAI.I«oW —Steady; city. 4\c.; country,
HAY Uulct. shipping. good to
choice. K3> v 4itlStV«C.
MIDDLETOWN, N. v.. Oct. !).—IU*.
Charles Beattie, D. D.. has just complet
ed 30 years of his pastorate of Ihe &k.--
oml Presbyterian church here. During
ihis time he has delivered 3,000 ser
inoiis and made 3,000 other addresses i
uud 20,000 pastoral calls. This church 1
U Dr. Beattie's lirst aud only pastorate. [
Mine lold to KuMllalintoß.
It A K Kit CITY. Or.. Oct. H.-A dis
patch from London -tales that the Bed
Itoy mine, near this city, ban been sold to
an KuulUh syndicate. It is said the pur
i hu»v price is in em-ess of S'J,OOO,OOO.
Kootball flayer nisManred.
MIDDLETOWN. V V.. Oct |». n
in-111-ved that Frank Yucuui of ihit cily, ;
who was iujurud iu a football game at
West Point Saturday while playing right
tackle for Pennsylvania State college,
u ill hi- disfigured for life. Ills cheek
luiie was crushed, uud lie was otherwise
bruised.
NOTED SOUTHERNER DEAD.
Captain Kell of the famous Confed
erate Ship Alabama.
SUNNYSIDE, Ga., Oct. o.— Captain
John Mcintosh Kell, adjutant general of
Georgia and one of the most noted men
in the south, died at his home near this
place last eveniug at 0:30 o'clock. He
had been in bad health for a long time.
He was 77 years of age. At the uge of
10 Kell was appointed a midshipman in
the navy. He served with distinction in
the Mexican war and was present nt
Mount Airy, Cal., when the United
States flag was hoisted over the terri
tory. He was later au officer in Com
modore Perry's expedition to Japan.
In October, 1850, he married Misß Ju
lia Blanche Monroe of Macon. A brief
service at Norfolk and IS months at
Pensacola constituted his only duties
on shore while a member of the United
States navy. Upon the secession of Geor
gia Jie tendered his services to his na
tive state and in May, 1801, reported for
duty to Captain Raphael Semmes at
New Orleans, where he served with the
Sumter. Later he was with Captuin
Semmes as executive officer of the Ala
bama, the famous Confederate cruiser.
LORD ROBERTS TO RETURN.
Will Leave South Africa Soon—He
treat of the Boers Reported.
LONDON, Oct. 8. —Lord Roberts, The
Daily News announces, will leave South
Africa during the last week of October.
The authorities have decided to limit
the number of colonial troops who are to
be the queen's guests in London to 500.
It is estimated, according to the l'ieter
maritsiburg correspondent of The Daily
Mail, that from 4,tH)O to 5,000 Boers
have retreated from Pilgrim's Best,
northeast of I.ydenburg, with four Long
Toms and L' 2 other guns. The corre
spondent understands that their Long
Tom ammunition is almost exhausted.
TrylnK to Surround Boers.
CAPE TOWN, Oct. it.—'The Boers
now occupy Wepener, as well as ltoux
ville and Fickshurg. in Orange River
Colony, and the British are attempting
to surround them. The Cape house of
assembly has passed to a second reading
a bill to raise a loan of £."i00,000 to insure
the immediate payment of half the losses
sustained by private persons through the
war.
Floods In Meaieo.
TAMPICO, Mexico, Oct. B.—The Pa
uuco and Tames rivers, which empty into
the gulf at this place, are on one of the
biggest rises in their history, and great
damage has been wrought by the Hoods
in the populous and cultivated • nlleys
above here. At one point ueai -Lbila
station, ou the line of the Mexican Cen
tral railroad, the Tames river is over 50
miles wide oud has swept to destruction
hundreds of houses occupied by Mexican
farmers and laborers. Many cases of
drowning are reported. All the tribu
taries of these rivers in the south and
eastern parts of the state of Sau Luis
Potosi are out of their banks and have
washed away whole villages and ruined
thousands of acres of growing crops.
To Rebuild the Main.
NEW YOKK, Oct. 0.-The North Ger
man Lloyd steamship Main is to be re
built by the Newport News Shipbuilding
company and wilt be towed to thut place
from the Erie basin. The rebuilding wili
cost over $1(00,000. Two of the super
structure decks have been removed, and
the vessel floats very high in the water.
She will carry with her the shells of 80
or 40 metallic lifeboats that were de
stroyed in the fire. These will be dump
ed overboard as soon as the ship gets
outside. All the anchors, ventilators,
pulleys and other material of vajue have
been taken from the burned ship aud seut
back to Germany on the Bremen.
Iron Workers Submit.
DANV..LE. Pa., Oct. 8.-The em
ployees of the Danville rolling mill held
a meeting Saturday night and decided to
accept the 25 per cent cut in their wages
against which they struck last week. The
puddlers will now be paid $3 a ton for
their work instead of $4, the price for
merly paid, aud a proportionate cut in
wages will be made in the other depart
ments. The reduction ufTc ts several
hundred men. The fires were >. rted and
work resumed today.
Delaware's Population.
WASHINGTON, Oct. o.—Tho consul
bureau announces that the population of
Delaware iu 1900 is 184.73.1 us against
108,498 iu 18!M>, representing uu increase
since 18JH) of 10,242. or U.O per <*ot.
The population of Delaware iu 1700
was 50,000, from which it appears that
the population iu 1000 is u little mora
than three timea the population reported
in 1700.
Uue Time Slave Dlea. Aged IOC.
NEW YORK. Oct. 5. The death is
announced of Benjamin Prine, 100 year*
old, of Port Richmond. S. I. Prine was
born u slave in ltichmond. S. 1.. In th«
family of David Van Pelt, ile was
twice married and is survived by fout
children and seven grandchildren.
Mark Twain t'salas Hum*.
LONDON. Oct. i>. Samuel 1,. Clem
eiis (Mark Twnliu. who, with his family,
leaves for the United States today, told a
representative of The Daily Mail yester
day that it was more than likely that he
would revisit Kngluinl next summer.
Poller Mast lisp Colonisation.
NEW YORK, tici » Chief Devery
has issued uu order to |Nilice coiuinaud
ers "to take prompt uud thorough action
with regard to au> complaint that may
lie made to you of colonisation, illegal
11 gist ration uud voting." The chief calls |
attention to the letter written to him by
Htutc Hti|terilili-iidcut of Khi'tioUs McCul
lagli and orders Investigation of its
cksrees
1.25 Per* •
Number l\
MIBICANSDECLINE.
Will Not Join Expedition to
Pao-ting-fu.
CITY READ! TO YIELD TO ALLIES.
Kjialana Abandon Railroad Joint
Construction and Operation Fa
vored by I'haAre—Trlada De
feat Imperial Troop*.
LONDON, Oct. !>.—A dispatch from
Peking says:
"The American troops will not partici
pate in the expedition to Pao-tiug-fu.
General Chaffee has the assurance of l.i
Hung Chang that if the allies desire I'ao
ting-fu the Chinese will readily surrender
that city. Li Hung Chang has given the
woe assurance to the other generals.
"The Americans believe that revenge
and military display are the only objects
of the expedition, and they hold that it
will retard the restoration of peace.
"The Russians are understood to have
pructically abandoned the railroad and
to have stopped its reconstruction. Gen
eral Chaffee favors the return of the rail
road to its owners and its reconstruction
aad operation on a joint international
basis.
"The first re-enforcements of German
troops have arrived here."
The Shanghai correspondent of The
Times, wiring Oct. 7, says:
"It is reported that French troops hold
Lu-ko-chiao, 011 the Lu-hau railway. The
Russians and Germans hold the I'ei-tang
forts and have also taken Tong-shan and
the Kai-ping mines, thus monopolizing
the coal supply in north China.
"It was expected that Count von Wal
dersee would maintain an even balance
between the powers, whereas the actual
result of the operations places all the
strategic positions in the hands of other
nations. A strong feeling prevails that
the situation is daily becoming more
gloomy."
"Five thousand Triads," says a dis
patch to The Daily Telegraph from Can
ton, dated Oct. 7, "have defeated the im
perial troops and occupied several places
between Mirs bay and Deep bay. They
are now moving southward. The viceroy
today dispatched Admiral Ho and Gen
eral Tong to jp|K>sc them."
The Times publishes u report that Em
peror Nicholas recently decided to recall
the Russian troops from Manchuria aft
er Mukden had been occupied.
By an imperial decree issued at Tai
yuen-fu, capital of the province of Sh.in
si, dated Sept. 2K, Emperor Kwang Sll
denounces the Boxer movement and des
ignates for punishment nine ringleaders.
He acknowledges his own fault and re
bukes himself, but he places the chief
blame upon the princes and nobles who
participated in the movement and pro
tected it.
Prince Tuan, Prince Chung, Prince
Tsai Lira, Prince Tsai Ying, Duke San
Ivang, Yung Nieu. president of the cen-
Mrate. and Chao Shu Chiao have been
named to negotiate with the powers.
According to the Shaughai correspond
ent of The Times, wiring Oct. ">, it is
announced that Huai Tapu, nephew of
the empress dowager, who was dismiss
ed by Emperor Kwang Su in 181)8, lias
succeeded Prince Tuan in the tsung-li
yauien and has also been appointed gen
eralissimo of the Chinese forces, replac
ing General Yung Lu.
Where the Troop* Will Winter.
PEKING, Oct. it.—General Yauiuguchi
will retain 10,000 Japanese troops, 2.OtH»
of them at Peking and the others at Ta
ku and along the liue of communications.
Eight thousand Germans will pass the
winter in Peking and 1.500 Russians.
The number of British troops who will be
retained has not yet been decided. Sir
Alfred Gaselee will probably keep a bri
gade. The allies are storirrf supplies for
six months. Count von \V .Idersee's head
quarters will be the It/.dings in the im
perial pleasure ground., outside the Pur
ple City.
Dynamite Mr nine Rsplodea.
EVELETH. ! n.. Oct. B.—Seven*
thousand live ho. -red pounds of dyna
mite in the powder magazine of the
Spruce mine, about liulf a mile from
town, blew lip. A hole 100 feet square
and i!f> feel deep marks the spot where
the magazine stood. The force of the ex
plosion was so great that there is not a
piece of glass over a foot square within
u radius of two miles of the mine. Prac
tically every window and mirror in Eve
leth was broken. The loss in the town
is estimated at #.'lo.l*lo. The explosion %
was plainly felt 12 utiles away.
The Windward Falls to Hetarn.
ST. JOHN'S. N. F„ Oct. H.-The fail
ure of the Peary exploriug steamer
Windward to return from the north leads
local observers to believe that the ex
plorer will not attempt to get hnck this
fall. Probably the season just passed
was an ope* one in the far north. Should
that have been the case l.ieutenuut Pear.v
is Ukely to have taken the Windward
into some high latitude, hoping to use her
in a further expedition next season. This
would mean thai lie has uiude 110 special
record during Ihe present year.
Tarnado Kills a Family.
ST. PAI'L. Gel. 8. The tornado which
killed two pcrsous Saturday night at Hi
wabik wiped out a family of six two
utiles north of that town. The family
consisted of the husband slid wife and
four children. William Marowits, the
husband, was found dead half a mile
away. William Uillatrum, one of the in
jured, has since died, making nine death*
thus far reported.
1.l DtCNHI KU. Get. m General Mill
ler's force has been pursuing the lloer*
through Pilgrim's Itesi and Krugwrspost
Re is now near Ohrigstadt and Is slid
inarching northward. Ttic Hoer* now
here have wade • stand.