Published Every Thursday. Volume 5. S THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE. C P Yes, Paramount issues are plentiful this SWe have two. First, we are prepared to sell you | / everything usually found in first-class jewelry | store at very reasonable prices. If we have not 112 \ the article you want we will get it for you at the J / shortest possible notice if it can be found. C S Second, we are prepared to do your Q in a workmanlike manner, also at very reasonableS r has been spoiled by others, we shall want plenty L Vof time to do it in and full price for doing it. / Very respectfully, J \ RETTENBURY, \ 3 DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. DWARE j| fvm) fvjft eicvlec" b'epairTng v Done in first lcass order and as Quickly as possible, using good " Material and prices right. Will sell you the Best BICYCLE MADE for >7O THE COLUMBIAT^ v ' 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 an<l see my line, if you contemplate sending for 11J wheel. 1 will tfive you sis much for your money as you will get elsewhere. GENERAL LINE OF HARDWARE, MILL SUPPLIKS. STOVES and RANGES, PIIRM Plumbing and general job work, rUn IN Estimates given. Hardware, DUSHORE, PA. Shopbell, Gamble & Co., 313 Pine street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA., We are ready in every department for the fall and winter buyers, of Dress Goods, Silks, Jackets, • Tailor made Suits, Capes, Wrappers, Skirts, Petticoats, Waists Underware, Hosiery, Gloves, Notions, Laces, Furs, Domestic Flannels, Blankets, Comforts etc. No more complete stock can be found. All the new est coloring and weaves are here. Everything up to date. Samples sent on application, but state jus.t what is wanted. SILKS. OUR CLOAK DEPARTMENT. We carry the rargwit line of nilks for Thin depuitnient is t»|R'cially attrac- Dresses, Waists and Triiiuniiijis; all the live this season; nil the newest styles arc latest novelties are here. here lor your picking. The length vary Tyrjinoo n/ to suit your taste. Our Tailor wade suit* DRESS GOODS. ar( . H |] up to ilate in style and tnateri This collection covers every new col- , ( ls (Prices Might, too). Fur duckets, oring, and weave; you will lind the best Capes, Scarfs and Collared* are herein assortment here, t'ur Black Dress goods endless variety. Von will not go wrong •are a leading teature and sure to please. here. Every department tilled with the latest. Try us. Shopbell Gamble & Co. Republican News Item. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY." LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24. IDOL TJ. KEELER. ■ Justice-of-the Peace. Ofllcein room over store, IiAPOKTIi, PA. Special attention given to collections. All matters left to the -;are of this office will he promptly attended to. CARROLL HOUSE, D. KEEFE, Proprietor. DUSHORE, PA. One of the largest and best equipped I hotel.- in this section ot the stute. Table of the best. Katea l.Ot) dollar per day. Largo a tobies. |JLYSSES BIRD Land Surveyor Engineer and Conveyancer. Relocating old lines and coiners, and draw ing maps asjieeialty. Will usually be found at home on Mondays. Charges reasonable. Estella, Sullivan Co., Pa. HOTEL GUY. MILDRED, PA. R. H. GUY, - Proprietor. Newly furnished throughout, special attention given to the wants of lite travel ing public. Har stocked with (irst class wines, liquors ami cegars. The hest beer on the market alwaysoll tap. Hates Reasonable. COMMERCIAL HOUSE. THOS. E. KENNEDY, Prop. LAI'OKTE PA. This largo and well appointed bouse is the most popular hostelry in this section LAPORTE HOTEL. P. W, GALLAGHER, Prop. Newly erected. Opposite Court House square. Steam heat, bath rooms, hot and cold water, reading and pool room,ami barber shop: also good stabling and livery, ypt P. SHOEMAKER, Attorney at Law. Office in Couuty Building. LAPORTE, PA. Collections, conveyancing; the settlement of estates and other legal business will receive prompt attention. J. BRADLEY, ATTUKNKY AT-LAW, OirriCß IN COUNTY BUILDING . , KmucvvkT aou»c. LAPOKTE, PA riKST NATIONAL BANK ' OF DUSHORE, PENNA. CAPITAL - - $50,000. SURPLUS . . 9X0.000. Does'a General banking business. B.W.JENNINGS, M. D. BWAKTB. President. Cashier J. J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTOKWKTS-AT-LAW, Legal business nttemletl to in this and adjoining counties _ A PORTE, PA. [T J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LA PORT H, PA. Office over T. J. Keeler's store. J # H. CRONIN, ATTORIET>AT LAW, ROTAKT PUBLIC. OPPICB Oil MAIM ST It MKT. DUSIIORE, PA CHAS.L. PETTIS & CO. Caiiiliuyci'sS'oiiiilryl'riiiliiee, Dressed Poultry, Oame. Pur*. Eggs and BUTTER. 204 Duane St. New York. Write for our present paying prices. REFKRF.XCK. DAXIELSA CO.,Hunker*,a Watt St. All ('oiiinnrcia/ Ai/riiriis, A'.iy»v.**f'«/.« I hater* in /'roriioe in I . S. mill Can- E*tat>li*ta d Truth' 0/ <n< r JO years. Our fee returned if we fall. Any ouc sending sketch aml description of ally invcutiou will fironiptly receive our opiuiuu free concerning he patentability of name. "How to Uhtuiu a Patent" sent u|xm request. Patents secuied through us advertised tor sale at our expense. Patents taken out through us receive Mftrrinl no/i'v, without charge, in Tin: Patint Kicokh an illustrated anil widely circulated journal, consulted by Manufacturers and Investors. Send for sample copy FRCC. Addioa, VICTOR J. IVANS * CO. [Patent Attorney t) Evan* Building, WASHINGTON, o. C IfMIIAVJIo PATENT Good Idus '. I , 1 II may he secured by 11 IV |1 I our aid. Address, U Ji I ■ I THE PATENT RECORD. 11l I II I T Baltimore. Md : HutwcrtptloDi to The l'ateat Heroril It.OU inr auuuin. [tout I'iiharru K|ill ami Kwokr Vuur l ire Ahh), I To quit totincco o.islly uiiil furever lie uiag ! | iietii'. lull ot llli*. nervn ami vltfor, take No'in llin . tin- wonder worker, that make* weak men ■truug. All druggist*, SOu orll. Cure guaran teed llooklol and satnplu fw Address tMerlllig KoMitsly Co, Chicago "r New Voik | FIERCE MRS. NATION J | She Returns to Wichita and! Wrecks Two Saloons. j ARRESTED, RELEASED AND RETAKEN, j I Infuriated Woman Attacked (lie i ! Sheriff iiikl Nearly Overpowered | llllll—Ttiroe Members of tlx* V. C. T. U. Joined In the Kuld. WICHITA, Kan., Jitn. U-'.— Mrs. Car- j rie Nation cttme back to Wifltii 1 . ■ ila.v after her recent incarceration under II smallpox quarantine, and the not result of ten minutes of work liy her yesterilu.v afternoon are two wrecked saloons, the pieces of which are beini; sold for sou venirs. Mrs. Nation was assisted by Sirs. Julia Evans, Mrs. Lucy Wilhoit and Mss. Lydia Muntz, all of the local \V. <". T. U. organization. With hatchets con cealed under their cloaks they entered : Ute saloon of James Iturus on Douglas | avenue and did not leave a complete 1 piece of glass or a working slot machine iu the place. All showcases, both for liquors and cigars, as well as the plate glass windows and doors, were broken into smithereens. Next they went to John llerrig's saloon and had everything in the front of the room, including the plate glass windows, broken when he eppeared with a revolver, placed it at Mrs. Nation's head and said that lie' would blow out her brains if she did not desist. She yielded before the pointed revolver and with her companions went to the Carey hotel bar, where she made her first attack on the saloons of Wichi I la three weeks ago. There three police- j men met her, and she struck at IVtect ive Sutton with a poker. He shoved her ! aside, ami a youth struck him iu the ! face. A policeman struck the youth ' and knocked him down. The police then j overpowered Mrs. Nation and her friends j and took them to the city prison, followed by persons. Chief of Police Cudbon discharged the ! prisoners after they reached the jail atiii I is heartily condemned by the citizens. , The women made him a promise not t«• wreck any more saloons before noun to day. After leaving the city building Mrs. Nation iu the coolest manner began a street lecture to the immediate crowd that hud surrounded the city building, saying that she expected to begin saloon '■ wrecking again at noon today, when her truce with the chief of police expires. Shaking her fist at the crowd, she said. "Men of Wichita, this is the richt arm • 112 (Jo.Wand I am destined to wreck every saloon in your city!" The women procured a wagon and rode through th/- streets singing "Nearer. My God, to Thee," anil other hymns. Th. \ halted iu front of the saloons they hud smashed and held prayer meetings, Th • damage done by the four women is os timate at between $1,500 and S-.immi. Mrs. Nation caused it new sensation last night by slapping Sheriff Simmons i 011 the face, taking hold of his cars and , giving him a rough handling generally. Mrs. Nation was at the I'nion station in the act of buying a ticket to a neighbor ing town when the sheriff pulled at her sleeve, saying, "You are my prisoner, madam." Mrs. Nation turned her face about and, seeing Sheriff Simmons, gave him a violent slap across the face. She followed this up by taking hold of his ears with both her hands and wringing them viciously. The station was full of women, who began screaming, and tre mendous excitement followed as the sheriff, who is a very small man. strug gled with his powerful antagonist. A policeman came to his rescue, and with the aid of some bystanders tlie\ succeed ed iu picking up the woman iu their arms atul placing her iu a cab, which was driven rapidly to the county jail. She in sisted 011 being placed iu the private room for women, but Sheriff Simmons put her iu a cell in the steel 'rotary, where she began to pray and sing hymns. I.nrue <ilft Par Sy rllconc Illiberally. SYHAt'I'SE, Jan. is. Announcement is made that "a frieud" has given X4*ui. mm to the endowment fund of Syracusi university, conditional only upon a like amount being raised among other frieud of the institution. The gilt is luuih anonymously, and Chancellor James li. liny refuses to divulge his name, but it ' is learned from reliable sources that it is John 11. Atchbold of New York, a vice 1 president of the Standuid nil company. Mr. Archbold is president of the board of trustees of Syracuse university and.l close frieud of Chancellor I lay. This } gift follows a long series of annual gift of from $-IO.IMHJ to JSiitl.iHHi made by the same mail iu u similar anonymous man ner. Cnllnni llrnnnilnnted In 1111 n»|». Sl'UlNCriKl.l'. 111-.. Jan. IN. Tin mutest among Illinois liciuiblicaii camli date* for the I'uited States senate came to an unexpected 1 lose b> the unnoiiin c 111 nt that former tiovernor Tanner and Mcii»r». Cannon, llin and t'riiicc hail nithdriiwii from tl.e race. Icaviuß present I'uited States Si i.ntor Ctillom a ualU yvi r. The aiiuouiii ciiti'iit of lloveriim Tanner's withdrawal came lii*i and wa» -Inil l I.\ followed li\ announcements from tile other candidates. Tile exuet causes ! 1 hat led Senator Ctilloin's opponent* t" I leave lii 111 a clear fu Id are not announced I Senator Cullotn was renominated iu 1 an i its last eight by a«ehiiuation. t nraeile l.ll<rar> Far *» racu*e, BYK.\crSK, Jan. I*. Major James K. Melinite has received a letter from Andrew Carnegie *tulinit that if Syra i i ii»e would furnish a good location and | agree to spend a year upon it | lilirar) lie will gin the clij a building to lost VUINMNNI. The lit) will cilllipl) with the eoudilloll*. I • I ! SECOND DEGREE MURDEK. I Slayers of Paternon Olrl Hear Jac/'a Verdict. | PATEUSON, N. J.. Jan. 1!).-Wnlter ; C. McAlister, Andrew J. Campbell and William A. Death, three of the four per | sons Indicted for the death of Jennie Koss ! chieter, a mill girl of I aterson, who was j foully murdered 011 the night of Oct. 18 last, wore adjudged guilty of murder in j the second degree. According to the Now j Jersey law the maximum penalty for the \ prisoners is 30 years' imprisonment. The jury took 14 ballots ami after summoning Judge Dixon and the prisoners filed into the courtroom. They returned at 8:14 | o'clock, having been out 4 hours and 20 mill utes. The prisoners when brought in appear ed very nervous. McAlister seemed more excited than any of the others. He sat biting his lips while waiting. Campbell thrust his hands into his trousers pockets and clinch'd his fists in them. Death looked anxii sly about the courtroom for a moment and then assumed the same at titude as Campbell. When the verdict was announced, the I prisoners exhibited neither elation, relief I or surprise. Judge Dixon thanked the jury and said lie believed the verdict a just one. lie then dismissed the jurors until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. The court then rose and the prisoners were taken back to the jail. When court convened in the morning, ex-Judge Hoffman concluded the sum ming up for the defense, and Prosecuting Attorney Kmley then closed for the slate. Judge Dixon made the charge to the jury, and at 3:45 the jurors left lite courtroom. THE STRONG FAILURE. | Creditor* Advised to Accept a Cnah Settlement ot -10 Cents on it Dollar. NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—Acceptance of i 4(1 ci uts on the dollar by the creditors of \V. 1.. Strong & Co. is recommended by the advisory committee appointed to in quire into the affairs of the firm of j which the former mayor, who died in hist November, was the principal uieni ■ ber. The recommendation is made by Smith Thompson, receiver of C. 11. A !■'. 11. Stott. intimately associated with the business of Strong & Co.. and Eilwaril A. Treat, receiver for the firm of Strong iSit Co. The first detailed information concerning the failure was made public ! last night, when this offer to settle with the creditors was given out. A little more than WOO is the differ once between the assets and liabilities of W. 1,. Strong & Co. The hook ac i counts, the cash in bank, the various , claims represented by note, the interest iu mills now in operation and an insur ance policy on the life of a debtor foot up #781,110.54. The liabilities, which Include secured and unsecured creditors, are #781,415.01, which leave an actnii deficit of #305.0/. The indorsement of Stott's note" for more than #I.OOd,(HH) was the chief cause of the failure of the former mayor's firm. HARLAN ACCEPTED. ■ 'resident'* Sonilnec Pur \tlorney t.enernl off I'orto Itleo ( oiill rineil. WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.—The senate in executive session yesterday continued the nomination of James S. Harlan to lie attorney general of Porto Itieo. The final vote was reached after a diseiissiou of more than two hours' duration and when announced stood 4<"> to 21 iu favor of continuation. All the llepublieans ci»»t their votes iu the atlirmative. and two or three Democrats voted with them. The session was chat notorized by a vplr ited colloquy between Senators Chandler and llawley, in which bitter personal language was used. No business of special importance was transacted by the senate in open session. An executive session of more than two hours' duration was held, and iMi pug -s of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill were completed befo:-e adjournment. The house after devoting some time to District of Columbia business passed a number ot bills under suspension of the ! rules. \ltn Itnekeffcller W e,l*. NEW YOltK. Jan. is. Miss Alia Kuckcl'cllcr. ilaughtci of John l>. Ki« ke fcller. tin richest mail in America, wa marricd at JI:H0 o'clock ve-terday alter noon to E. Parnilee Prentice of Chicago. She is heiress to *sll.l**l,(km. but the wedding, which took place in tin- palatial inline oi' her father at I West Kifly j fourth stieel, was marked b\ quiet «im plicity mid absence of ostentation that usuall> marks the nuptial* of tl" ver\ rich. The first part of the liotieyui i w ill lie passed at the Rockefeller mansion oear TuriytoK'U. At the end of a fort light ilie) will sail fo|- Ijii 'pc. retiiruiug . to Vienna, where tin- bride will resume treatment for hei defective hearing. H>mpalli» t-'vr liners and l-*lU|ilaoa. I.IT I I.E lttM'K, Jan. 22. I'he house spent an hour ye>lerda> ili*cu*siwf a resolution extending »>ui|uiihy to the Filipino* in their "heroic struggle for fieedmn." The re*olulioii was amended So as to include the linels bv ll vole of to o!i and wus then mlnpieit aiunl . lie, is. K\ewpl I lt> I'rn pert», AI.IIASY. Jan. 2. I'ropert* to the value ol' *72;t,414."i 5 2 is I \, mpteil t mil taxation iu the cilic» of the si no, n-e id , ilig lo a le|*»l't submitted t>- the lev *la lure last lliglll b> Coliiptlull' r Knuli! ~U*ISHII %» ill \eerpl I rent,. l.tlNlMiN. Jun 22. !"'• Wiishitntinii coi rcspoinb til of The I lull* Mad «ay» he under»taiid* it I* prin llcalli certain that lit, at Itliliitn will aciepi the amend uieni* Of the I till i'il Stale* .filllie In th* lla.i P.iuiicefote lieat). i 1.25 Per. . TAXATION REFORMS. Three Notable Bills Before the New York Legislature. REPORT ON CHARTER REVISION. Vnx Mens lire* Conlen|il«l« the Tax ation «112 Corporations. Insurance Companies and Savlnirs Hank*. Govrrnor'a lilana Hinbotlled. ALBANY, Jan. 22.—The feature of •lie legislative session Inst uighl was the -ntrmtuetion of Governor OilcU's three tax reform measures and also the mes sage of the executive transmitted in eon junction with the report of the New York charter revision commission. The '.ax liills caused no end of comment, and us their provisions were read it was generally declared that it would lie hard work to dodge the exhaustive and tech nical definitions regarding corporations subject to the uew tax scheme. The tax reform hills above mentioned are as follows: First. —A bill taxing corporations gen erally at the rate of per cent an nually on maximum of capital stock em ployed and further taxing all except corporations doiug a manufacturing busi ness wholly in this state on every div idend over 3 per cent at the rate of one quarter of a mill on every 1 per cent over 5 per cent. Banks, trust companies and insurance companies are exempt. Second.—A bill taxing insurance com panies of all kinds 1 per cent ou all capi tnl surplus or reserve fund in addition lo the tnx now imposed of live-tenth* of 1 per cent on the gross amount of pre miums. Third.—A bill taxing suvii."£* banks I per cent on their surplus. The most important bill, the corpora lion tax bill, declares a tux of 1% per cent annually ou the maximum capital stock of all corporations aud further pro vides that "every cor|H>rati»u. joint slock company or association incorporated un der the law in this state shall pay to the stale treasurer annually a lax to lie computed upon the basis of ihc maximum amount of its capital stock at par. au thorized on Oct. .'ll preceding, aud upon each dollar of such amount at the rate of IVi mills. It' any such corporation, except a corporation wholly engaged iu carrying on manufacturing in this state, i shall in any year declare a dividend or • dividends amounting to more than •"> per cent on the par value of its capital stock, it shall pay an additional tnx. to be computed upon the lasis of the capital stock at par upon which such dividend has been made or declared at the ra»e of one-quarter of a mill for each 1 per cent -if dividend in excess of per cent made or declared during each year •tiding with the .''lst day of Oetn- Mr. \ctv Jer ««•>■ l.ettlsla t ure. I TItKNTON. .lan. 22. —Last night's session of both houses of the legislature j was given over entirely to the introdnc j tion o 1 hills. There were more than ■ lulls presented in 'he two houses. After i the adjournment ttie Pcmocratic senatois I and assemblymen met in joint caucus fur ! the purpose of deciding upon a candidate I to !«■ placed iu nomination at today's clec | tion for I'nited States senator to sue ceed William J. Sewcll. Senator Robert | lludsiwth of Hudson county was made i chairman of the caucus. Owing to the j absence of Senator Cornish and one or I two others no vote was taken, and ad journment was had until today. The vol | ing for I'nited States seuator will take I place iu the two houses today, and to I morrow a joint session will he held. The Republicans of course will vote for tieu era I Sewell, who will be elected to sue | ceed himself. Hr>, l.raar Wauta a Divorce. WICHITA. Kan.. Jan. 22.—Marjr K. Lease has tiled suit for divorce from I Charles Lease in the district court of Sedgwick county. An atfidavit as to the correctness of the allegations set loit ill the petition was made b> Mrs. Lcuv ! ill New York. The petition charges 11. defendant with "lieing guilty of gr..-» ! neglect of duty iu that the defendant has failed in neglect for mole than 12 years pust to support tin plaintiff aud her fain ' ill aud to support tlieln with the or diuary and necessary conveniences of life. Midi as Ihc defendant, as an able bodied man. win competent and capable of supplying and furnishing." AccoMpa liyiug tl,e petition is a waiver signed l>> Mr. Lease signifying his intention of lint contesting it. The* were married at Osage Mission, Kan.. Jan. !Ht. 1*7.'1. and there are four children. Hero ul Three Mara Honored. W KSTCIIKSTKU. Pa.. Jan. is. -Two thousand persona crowded the Asseuibl > 1 building here last uiglil to do homage io Captain Sincdlev l». Ilutlct. the hem of three Mara, aud Ins chum. Captain Hen ry Leonard, who wn» with linn at tic battle of Tien tsin. China. The recep tion was giecu by the p.sqdc of I lie town, aud llurgrss John Thorpe a< led as cliaii man of the uicctitijk A haiiilsoine stooid was iiicseiiied to Captain Huller aud a gohl medal to Captain Leonard. A \otable I arfiT Kaded. Hl'lXt'Y. Ills, Jan. 22. K. » Chilli a L. Conrad, M. I'., is ihad. aged si lie ua* Inll*u in Siberia and educated fur ihc chiyeh and uietlk inn llorllli. went lo llritixh India in IM'fttiil. as the mission aIV who itiiilil heal, was sought after t > thousands of the native*, lie islnbliahid asylums for lepcis aud cpile|rtic* at l.ohordagga, was in Calcutta during lh» sepoy outbreak ami iu IVis cmne to America, settling in itnim » lie est ah lislicd four Nourishing evangelical churches iu this section aud retired about ihree rear* ago. Number %
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