Published Every Thursday. Volume 5. S THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE. £ Yes, Paramount issues are plentiful this year. Swe have two. First, we are prepared to sell you ? 112 everything usually found in lirst-class jewelry S I store at very reasonable prices. If we have not I \ the article you want we will get it for you at the J / shortest possible notice if it can be found. v \ Second, we are prepared to do your repairingS £ in a workmanlike manner, also at very reasonableS 112 has been spoiled by others, we shall want plenty V. Xof time to do it in and full price for doing it. / S| Very respectfully, J > RETTEN BUIIY, S 5 DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. C jl d® 3kK» bicylec n repai ß?nT fjrm Done in first lcass order and as 112 Quickly as possible, using good Material and prices right. Will sell you the Best Aaa BICYCLE MADE for %2\ UIMK THE COLUMBIA Line of chain wheels always leads the race, from $25 00, $35-00, and $50.00. The Columbia Chainlet on exhibition now with and see my line, if you contemplate sending for a w heel. 1 as much for your money as you will get elsewhere. _ GENERAL LINE OF HARDWARE, MILL SUPPLU b. STOVES and RANGES, FURNACES. a g rvcn general J ° b oofcs Hardware, DUSHORE, PA. Don iaviiayCj?. 1.50; ipiiiiti* of nil kinds ">i' up,hol»l'y Ii" '- SUBSTANTIAL GIFTS are Photngraiih Albums Nleu|i, hressing und fnllet Article* in eellulohl, very tine, Itibles .Mie to l'.'»0; l'.»sy IliM-klug ( halo, l*nrlur Tables, i ariw't Swii'lht*, TulMUiretts, I'ictiire Kmm I-, ( hiuaware, lilii**wurt-, Silverware, large Hue. We never forget to make you happy In every way as to price and nuality. Confectionary Department. Kxceed* all ft.rmer vuritlen. We give s (M vliil price* f..r llulliilnylliiu-* candles ihcHh, fruit* ete. t 'hrUtmu* tri-C ortiuuifiil, candle*, holders Early buyers have the best chance of selection as they avoid the ureal crowd. Jeremiah Kelly, HUGHESVILLE. Republican News Item. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY." LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 190 ft. We pay $24 per week toman with rig to introduce our Poultry Com pound in country. Send stamp for terms. Royal Mfg. C'o. Dept. 2<». Franklin, Pa. A full line of bed comfortable* at Holcomb A Lauer's. (tood comfortable cheap at Hol comb A Lauer's. Special bargains.in hats at J.W.Buck's Hold's canned meats are unsurpassed for flavor and are all Government insoect ed, for sale at Buscliliattaen's. Von cannot find a finer lied Alaska Salmon no matter what the price you pay 15ct8 a can at Busclihausen's. Lake herring and white fit-li at J.W Buck's. Mr. James McFarlane is agent for the Celebrated Pitkin Paint and Specialties. This is the oldest mix ed paint manufactory in America and their goods are guaranteed not to chalk, crack or peel off when properly applied and to last longer tlum any mixture of Trust Lead and Oil. TJ. KEE LEU. • Justice-of-thc Peace. Ofltccin rootn over store, LAPOKTK, PA. Special attention given to collections. All matters lell to the care of this olfice will lie promptly attended to. CARROLL HOUSE, D. KEEPE, Proprietor. OUSIIORE, PA. One uf tha largest and beat equipped hotels in thin section of the state. I'alilo oi the best, lli.tes 1 .011 dollar per day. barge stables. (JLYSSES BIRD Land Surveyor Engineer and Conveyancer. Relocating old lines and coiners, and draw ing maps a specialty. Will usually la' found at home on Mondays. Charges reasonable. Estella, Sullivan Co., Pa. COMMERCIAL HOUSE7 THOS. E. KENNEDY, Prop. LAPORTE 1»A. This large and well appointed house if tlie most popular hoste.ry in this section LA PORTE HOTEL F. W, GALLAGHER, Prop. Newly erected. Opposite Court I louse square. Steam heat, hath rooms, hot and cold water, reading and pool room,and barber shop; also good stabling and livery, WMP. SHOEMAKER, Attorney-at Law. Office in County Building. LAPORTE, PA. Collections, conveyancing; the settlement ol estates and other legal business will receive prompt attention. A. J. BRADLEY, AVTORHBr AT-LAW, orrtca IN COUNTY BUILDINO NBAa COURT aooaa. LAPORTE, I'A riRMT NATIONAL BANK OF DI'HIIORB, PENNA. CAPITAL - - SSO 000 SUHPLUB . . SIO,OOO. Does » General Ranking Business, B.W. JHNNINDS, M. D. SWARTS. President. C'ashlei 112. J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTOI!M K V.H-AT-LA W, L**gtl hu«inens >itten«le l V/A.7..v.t < think, r*,i; lli#//.v. llt i'imum i rin/ . |> lOnglnnil. The declaration then made showed plainly, he >aid, that Kngland had attempted to extend her rights lie ynnd the immediate vicinity of the canal. During the day speeches were made by Senators Money. Stewart, I''iye uml oth ers. Senator Stewart announced that he was for the treaty without amendment and Senator Money that lie was against the treaty iu any form, lie wanted the canal built as much a* any senator could, he Nilid, but lie considered the pending treaty little less than an insult to the in telligence of the Americati people, lie liad tin doubt that it' proper diplomatic efforts should lie made it would be possi ble to secure the complete abrogation of the t'layton-Hulwer treaty, and that was what lie wanted. The first of the great supply bills, the legislative, e.xeciiti'.e and judicial appro priation bill, was passed by tin- house in record time. The bill carties $'J-i,l!tt'.,- ItiN and has I,'il pages, but there was less than ten niiiiutes' debate upon it. Mr. Hiugham of I'enusylvauia, who was in charge of the measure, tendered his | thanks to the house for the confidence i shown iu the appropriations committee | It requited about three hours for the ! clerk to read the bill. No other business ] w as transacted. Illrii Hill Pnaftetl. WAMIINUTON. lice. H.—The 'num.* | yesterday passed the (trout oleoma g\ rine bill l.y a vote of I!M; to !C. TiM i substitute ..11. red by the minority ..f the ! committee on agriculture, which imposed j additional rcstricii.-us on the snle ot o'e.e ! margarine to prevent its fraudulent sn|. | as butler and increased the penalties for violators, was defeated lij a vote ..f ll.'t to ('hiiiriiiaii I'tivne of the ways and 1 means committee lute iu the afternoon submitted the report of that committee { signed b> all the Republican liieniU s iu fntor of the bill reducing the wii rev enue taxi's about #-pl.iMMi,iNHi. House rna». » \rw> Hill, WASH IN< JT( IN. I 7 The home of reprckeiilatives at the end of a long ■oiling passed the arm.t rc.o gauuutlou bill by a vole of 11lii l>. I:LI. I'hiec llciii.. crats, Messrs. Hall ..| I'emisyli uliia and tlliUerhill ami I'la.ilon ot Ne» Vork. vot ed ultli the Itcp.lbli. an- fol I lie bill and Mr. M.l'all . Hep.. Mas. . with the llcin .K'riils agiiiiist it. iltherwlse ii was a stint purl) vol. Hilt I III'.. rnr Heel. t' II It' A(il I'c. 7 line lino.lied .I'd birs apiece lor sti .ks ami *|u a i...■■ n.l tor I'OMSL 1.e.! was |.a 1.1 111 111. I'm Slock show w lieu S. bWHI I n». liil.l ,V Sol/I.ei gel' ot New V>.| k bolis'lil It K I'lercc's \l.«.i deeu \ngils slit i V.liiili.e foi (| .'rfi . IHOIIIII This was paid for beef .*n lln* hoot, and as IH** «tver lipped 111.- seiile al I . I.HI pounds ill.' p. ice WUs I If*. \vls.tu II Il.'s «lulrH, I.IIMUtN |N. in Seteral relic, ul laud Nelson. Ill.bi.ling his uat.li and lli|ii| of the medals aw aided him. were atolru from the (•i.cllWM'h hospital Mai .11 da) aflei 111. all. udaul» led I'll!' p.. lice kait uu Hat* ot the thn I, POSTOFFICE REPORT. Rrvrnnei of Ikr Department Eiorfd IfIOO.OOn.WMI. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. —Postmas- ter General Charles Emory Smith in his annual report made public hist night, be sides discussing domestic and insular operations in the last liseul year, devotes particular attention to the abuses of the second class mail matter privileges and extension of rural free delivery. He makes the following recommendations for legislation: Compulsory separation by publishers of second class mail mat ter. amendment of the interstate com merce law to prohibit telegraph and ex press companies or their employees from aiding or abetting in the green goods or lottery swindles or any other wrongful scheme carried on jointly by mail and common carriers, punishment of persons who forcibly attempt to enter mail cars or who assault a railway mail clerk while on duty, authority for postotlice in spectors to take out search warrants whenever necessary, an appropriation for constructing inspectors' lookouts in pysi ofliees wherever the postmaster general deems them necessary. The linancial operations of the depart ment for the last tiscal year are shown briefly in the following statement of rev enues and expenditures: Ordinary postal revenue, $100,811tM.'W.44; receipt* from money order business, $1,4. r >s,l-15.85; to tal receipts from all sources, $ 102,354.- ,">7!l.liW: total expenditures for the year, $107,740,207.99: excess of expenditures over receipts, $5,385,088.70. From this statement it will be observed that the revenues have now passed the hundred million mark: also that while the expenditures were over $0,000,000 greater than for the previous tiscal year the deficit for the year 1899-1000 was but #5.385.088, beiug $1,225,088 less than that of the previous year. Several pages of the report are devoted to rural free delivery. LOST IN A LAKE GALE. Crew or Klght (ioea Down Willi Sinking llurue. t.'LKVKI.ANI*. I lee. 10. A special to The I'laiu Dealer from Erie, I'a., says: "In the midst of one of the most bit ter gales that ever swept Lake Erie the iron ore barge Charles Foster, in tow of the Iron Duke, went to the bottom yes terdaj ten miles oft' Erie, and eight per- NIIUS were drowned, including Captain .lohn Bridge of Cleveland. "The Foster was one of the Meet of James Corrigan of Cleveland and for two mouths has been running from Du- i lutli to Erie with iron ore. Iter cargo consisted of 1,504) tons of ore. Youuit Thief funnies Poller, BOSTON, Dec. li. -The taV of Mor ris Anrouburg, the youth who lias con fessed that he stole $8..5'17 from Mrs. Margaret Beck, which has puxzled the poliee from the first, still staggers the otiicials, although the boy lias declared his guilt. It is the first case in police records here where a man or hoy has confessed to having stolen money and has stood rently to take all the punish ment which could bp given for the of fense without making restitution and try ing to escape the full penalty. The po lice have figured it out that if Aatonburg goes to prison for the maximum term of live years without returning the stolen money lie will come out financially as if lie been at work all the lime on a salary of about SI,BOO a year. All evi dence is taken as indicating that Aaron burg has the money safely concealed and intends togo to ptison without revealing its hiding place. A .HlllploMft of lleuil Hollies. SAN FBANCISCO, Dec. 11. The tinusport Hancock lias arrived from Ma uila by way of Nagasaki with a grew somc cargo. It cousisted of the bodies of about 1,500 sailors and soldiers who either died in battle or sueciiuilied to the .'itvagcs of disease in tint Philippines, China, Guam and Honolulu. This is the largest number of bodies brought home since the outbreak of the Spanish American war. The Hancock will like ly remain in General Jauies It. Wil son and b\ Mrs. l.isciilu and hei brothel. I Colonel Liscuwi's leum w- "ill be bin il*d | al Arlington ccmetcrt this afternoon 1 with lull military honors. lon I I'mnlnr In \mr nnt. CHItISTIANIA Dec. s There is a coal fainiue in Norway, the piice having i iseu in pet eelit. lint wltlt*laildill|g the tint that conl Import* ha\c increased Iwe ci lit. The I 'ln I»I nuns papers intiuiale that tin I lilted States would Had ready purchase!» o| > o«| in this ...unli), lie In Ih os Hai tnrilUli lilsts. 1.0.N IM IN. He. 7 A l«>l(ian »yndl ' ale with a capital of i2.iaai.isNi. has |,i, r chased Mi Sw»N I en. aeeonlilig to llae t ..pciihagcu corie»|Miud»Hl of The I'ally F\prea> .'MI coppei ami lead lit 111.-• Mos|illal I or I Mltlrru. U.IIAM He. s ||„ S. „ Tor I Kialc l|o>pilal I'oi lln I'ari of l'ii|.pl. d a.id I let oi In. * I I l.il.llcli i" I a t.psticd iiy ciiaplel tli!l of 111 l.lWs of llsai o. ||.,W ••p. n for ilo ieii | ii..H tiiui treatment of ||||llent s I 111 hospital Is loialed in 'fni I I 1..W a. N V ■ «I I'aiibtii* -i %euin* and ilie Hudson river. Its.nl .no mile hrloa the railroad station It has a.iolnai.ala llilll #..• all. '•"» l • •»>•«** 1.25 Per - • HOSTILITIES WANING Important Captures,but Little Fighting, In the Philippines. INSURGENTS GENERALLY RETIRING. Auierleans I* revi*n te tl From l.anilltig Xear I'll nil an—l,iirice <(uaiitil> nt Ariua, With Printliiw and SiKiial Outfits. Selxeil In Mountalna. MANILA. Dec. 10.—While 1 lie cap tures of supplies ami the occupation of new points ure quite numerous those in volving actual fighting are eouiparatively few. Apparently the insurgents are fall ing hack at all contested points, sacrific ing their possessions in most cases and satisfied to save themselves. A detachment of the Forty-seventh I'nited States volunteer infantry from the island of Ciitumliiunes. off the south east coast of Luzon, relinquished an at tempt to land near I'andan. On anchor ing the Americans were tired upon by tiu riflemen, and after a short engagement they cut the anchor chain and sailed for Catanduanes with two killed and two wounded. The names have not yet been received here. Captain Kichard T. Ellis of the Thirty third voluuteer infantry captured in the mountains near Rarbar a large quantity of Krug, Mauser and Hemiugton ammu nition. together with a signal outfit, a printing press and other equipment. All of this was destroyed. Thirty rifles and several hundred car tridges were secured at Victoria. A detachment of the Fourth infantry captured Major licy of the empire re garding South Africa anil China, the ac tion of the government in causing a dis solution when it did. the conduct of the war against the Boers and.in fact, all the questions vitally affecting the empite were gravely discussed and explained, but dominating all was the opposition's hatred of the colonial secretary. The queen's speech which was read in parliament was the shortest on record. It was as follows: "My Lords and Gentlemen — It having become necessary to make further provi siou for the expenses of the operations of my armies in South Africa and China. 1 summoned you to .hold a special session in order that you may give your sanction to the enactments required for this pur pose. You will not enter on the dis cussion of other public matters requit ing your attention until ilie ordiuaiy meeting of parliament next spring." Value of laaiterlillt Katate Flirt. NEW YOKK. bee. B.—After a long delay the heirs of the late Cornelius Van derbilt have agreed to the appraisement of the estate as made by G. I). Iln> broiick, representing the state comp troller. This uppialseiuent is y.'il!.stN (Ml for the real estate. The figures in sisted oil by the heirs were s4o.Kit!.- Ssti.it;. bui Mr. Ilitshrouck stood firm and has at last gained his poiut. The transfer tax on the Viiuderhilt estate will reach |99U,000. AI read,\ ilu- nwntun have paid into the stale the sum of Stta, which was paid early to get ad vantage of a reduction of .*> per cetit. Comptroller Cider will get a snug sum from 1111- Vlllldc!bill estate. Ills fee will amount to J.YJ.imhi ■Mai-Inn I realll Where II NeliiaKa. ST. I'KTKIIKBI KG. I»ec. in. The Xovoe Vienna. ill an article e\idciitl> ill spired, referring to the recent il i-pa I 11 from !>r. M unison iu I'eking to tin- l.on don Times saying lluit ail tile credit fie securing softened terms i» given by It.-- (Chinese to the ltu»*iau»,, n-marks: "The credit for the exist.ug entente really l»- long*, to Ami-riiji. Kugbiiid Is-grmlg * I'leslilciit Mt Kilili t his j.ist prestige Is cause In- has eniptia-iled America'- friendship for Ku»sia " The Knss an journal legards the ull< rations übieii Anu-riea lia* pi-iii'llieil in the |H-acc pic liniinaries as of tin greatest importance. I una sail t or small I rati. MOW YOUK. I '«■• live lilt I** cockleshell* of the liavj. lime of lllelii Tout Thumb* of war ves»el». ale to lis* el more Ihau llltaai utiles to the I'hilip pine* Tin- rt.ig*hip of tin* oii»quil-i ili-.-t will Im- ilo- giinluint \o us polls and her eohsoils w ill Is the gunlsiat Vb k* tun g. I hi- cniivei tisl > schi l-'ioli. .ind ftie tugboat* Worn pa tuck .net I'iscaiaquii. They art- lo In- *eiil in rciimn* 1 In lie* requ< *t nt Itear Adimial Bcliic> fur »mall tes*els lo do p.iii"i dui> in the I'liilip pines. I natlei Mill al I arae. IXl*l \ VU'OI.I*. I». i II Kaha*. the ri< n|ntl colill. I. tlpon Ih'llin ii>» nut eil ii« .it l-ogal>«,. .1-1. falail} wouieli-%1 Mii'im m«-inl*i i * I ,i •hi iill s posa* Hi « Ugh' The ftiltiiil i* »Uil al iaifa. lU< militia is la pui toll. Number :{||