Published Every Thursday. Volume 5. S THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE, 112 X Yes, Paramount issues are plentiful this year. Q SWe have two. First, we are prepared to sell you / everything usually found in first-class jewelry j store at very reasonable prices. If we have not 112 Vthe article you want we will get it for you at the J / shortest possible notice if it can be found. V S Second, we are prepared to do your repairingS Q in a workmanlike manner, also at very reasonableS prices. If we are called upon to do work over C has been spoiled by others, we shall want Sof time to do it in and full price for doing it. 112 Very respectfully, J > RETTENBURY, \ ) DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. C COLES HARDWARE I! MM BICYLEC N REPAimNT Done in first lcass order and as Quickly as possible, using good Material and prices right. Will sell you the Best BICYCLE MADE for jk/Q CdSll. THE COLUMBIAT^ Line of chain wheels always leads the race, from $25 00, $35.00, and $50.00. The Columbia C'hainless on exhibition now with coaster brake. Call and see my line, if you contemplate sending for ajwheel. 1 will give you a* much for your money as you will get elsewhere. GENERAL LINE OF HARDWARE, MILL SUPPLIES. STOVES and RANGES, FI IRN APPQ Plumbing and general job work, r UniNMULO. 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 just what is wanted. SILKS. OUR CLOAK DEPARTMENT. Wa carry the rargeet line <»!' »ilk« fur Thin t*i 1 mt*iit i* npeeiallv mirm lireaaea, Wm«l« an.l Trimming*; nil llie live this season; all tin* newest style* are lateat novel lies are here. here lor vour picking. The length varv nDVQS AJ iAr\q loauil nmr ihir tailor minle suite Ulteiao U*'vUi), trr all new up lu IUII jn iiyl« nnl miitiri TUia collectionoovera evaty new (Mil 1,1. (I'ri. e- itight, too). Fur Jackets. M|ng, ami weave; you will tin.l I lie he-t R„pe«, >eurl« ami Collared* HIT herein axloriiiieiit here, < »ur Hlack |treaa good* eni|l«M> vurii-iv. Yon w ill not go wrong art a loading lealur* and Mire lo please. here. Every department tilled with the latest. Try us. Shopbell Gamble & Co. I Republican News Item. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY." LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY I 1901. T J. KEKLER. I • JuKtice-of-thp Peace. Ottlccin room over store, LAPOKI'K, T.\. Special attention given to collections. All matters left to the care of thisollice will he promptly attended to. CARROLL HOUSE, D. KEEFE, Proprietor. DUSHORE, PA. 0a« of the largest and bant equipped hotel* in this seetion of the state. Table of the beat. Ki.tes 1.00 dollar per day. Largo sinblea. JJLYSSES BIRD Land Surveyor Engineer and Conveyancer. ltelocatlng old lines und coiners, und draw ing maps a specialty. Will usually be found at home on Mondays. Churgcs reasonable. Estella, Sullivan Co., Pa. HOTEL GUY. MILDRED, PA. B. H. GUY, - Proprietor. Newly furnished throughout, special attention given to the wants ot' the travel ing public, liar stocked with llrst class wines, liquors and cegars. The best beer on the market always on tap. Ihites lieaxotmble. COMMERCIAL HOUSE. THOS. E. KENNEDY, Prop. LAPORTE PA. Thia largo and well appointed house is the moat popular hostelry in thia 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.and barbershop: also .good stabling and livery, W P. SHOEMAKER, Attorney at-Law. Office in County Building. LAPORTE, PA. Collections, conveyancing; the settlement of estates ami other legal business will receive prompt attention. J. BRADLEY, ATToaaar IT-LA*, orrica ia COUNTY BUILDING KBAHUovaT aousa. LAPOKTE, "A niRST NATIONAL RANK ' OK M'SHORK, PENNA. CAPITAL - - SSO 000. SURPLUS - . SIO,OOO. Does'a'Oeneral Hanking Business. B.W..JKNNING9, M. I). SWA UTS. President. Cashier J. J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTOHWRTS-AT-LAW, Legal l>usint'.*s attended to in thin and Adjoining counties _ A PORTE, PA. £ J. MULLEN, Attorn oy-at- La w. LAPORTK. PA. Office over T. J. Keeler's store. H. CRONIN, IfOTAHT PUBLIC, orrica 01 MAIM BTRBBT. DUSHORE, PA CHAS.L. PETTIS & CO. Cach Biiyei-sj/i'JICou iiti*v Pruiluee, Dressed Poultry. Game Furs, EKKS and BUTTER. 204 Duane St. New York. Write lor our present paying price-. HKFEIItLS* A'. />.I .V//.7. S'it CO., /!/ ■ eaat ■ulMfaa. WASHINOTON, O. C rnriirss'-sar lilllAlil '"•"'"'viEEv aubwdialoae lu The Paiaat MacurU ,1 uu pet auauiu. Ikwl latme M **4 Unite tan III* A a ay. Yu 14UII toliaeeu uaaily ami fore tar u.at bellii. full of life, uersa anil take No To 11... tne a.null r worurr. taal uiakrs aeak aim »tn ua All Us ortl. Uureyuaraa let 4 IMilnl 4ii4 aaatpla free A44raee j at. iiiu* Meaiatlf lo I'bli'lls "112 Nee Ywt | THE OUEEN'S BURIAI Body Placed In Mausoleum a Frogmore. ! FINAL SERVICE AT WINDSOR I i Colllu IMiicctl on a l.mi I'urrijiue nil* j Followed by King onil Knlxer nntl ■ the lloyal I'umll) IK Its I'er mnnont Iteatliiu I'liiee. | WIXnsOK, Fell. .">«• The kiiijj. Qtti'ei Alexandra. the kaiser siinl the nienilwii I of the royal family attended a service a the Albeit Memorial chapel yesterda* morning. The service was eohducted bj tile liisliop of Winchester ami the ileai of Windsor. The coffin still remains ii St. George's ehapel. The royal servants and police am their wives and children alone were al lowed to view the queen's cotlin liy ordei of King Edward. Punctually at 3 o'clock the tolling o, the curfew bell and the artillery tire an nounced that the funeral cortege lia< sturted. for Frogmore. At 3:30 o'clock the cortege entered Frogmore lodge, anc the coffin finally disappeared from pub lie view. The bishop of Winchester, the dean 01 Windsor, the lord chamberlain and tht lord steward walked in advance of tht gun carriage. Then cauie the king, the kaiser, Kinii Leopold of Portugal, the Duke of Con naught. Princes Henry of Prussia, Chris tian of Slcswick-Holstein and Arthur ol ('ounaught, the ifiike of Saxe-Coburg (•otha, the (irand Duke of II esse the German crown prince, Prince Al bert of Slcs wick-Ilolstein, lViiire Alex under of Battenberg, Prince ol Itattenberg and Prince Adolphe ol I Schaumburg-Lippe. Then followed Queen Alexandra, Priu j cesses Christian and Louise, Henry ol i Battenberg and the other relatives ol I the late queen who are now at Wind sor, followed by the ladies and gentle men of the late queen's household and tin gentlemen iu waiting on the king audi queen and other royal persons. The choir of St. George's chapel me, j the cortege at the steps of the mausoleum. The highland pipers and servants enter ed the building, preceded by the bishop of Winchester and the deau of Wind- \ sor and the choristers. All the mourn ■ ITS were al'oot, the women heavily veiled and the men iu uniform coats, us on Sal urda.v. The gun carriage was the same one as was used on Saturday, but it was hauled j by the artillery horses instead of the | uaud.v sailoi'ineii who dragged it from the station on Saturday. There was an immense crowd nlonu , the entire route of the procession. The service iu tile mausoleum began with the singing of Sir Arthur Sullivan's anthem, "Yea, Tho' I Walk." The coin initial prayer was then read by the Irish-I op of Winchester. The choir sang "Sleep ] Thy I.ast Sleep." and the dean of Wind ; sor lead the rest of the prayers. Then ; followed the anthem. "The Face of Death Is Toward the Sun of I.ire," tin words of which are by Tennyson and the j music by Sir Walter l'arratt. The seiv- ' ices closed with the benediction by tlie bishop of Winchester. SATURDAY'S FUNERAL. Forty thousand men lined the route of the funeral procession through Loudon Saturday. Of these 7.(HH» were police. , and the rest were troops of all arms, 20. 1100 of whom hud been arriving from ail parts of the country throughout Friday night and up to I o'clock iu the morning. In the cortege itself there were rather more than 3.500 persons all told. This is no great number for the funeral escort of a great luouarch through her capitui; but. not counting innumerable members of the British nobility, it included four kings, an emperor, LiO royal princes and in addition the direct heirs to six thrones, nine ruling grand dukes or princes, the kheriive's brother, a queen, seven royal princesses and three royal duchesses. Of the greatness of the multitudes who sow and the even greater multitudes win remained, but saw not, other dispatelie.- have spoken. No coign of vantage was vacant. The trees iu Hyde park were thick with people, and there were one or! two accidents caused by the breaking of overloaded branches. Every roof was crowded. The Women Were not less en terprising than the men iu securing a foothold, however scanty, from which il was possible to look over Ihe heads of' the crowd. Girls and women scrambled! upon wujls and railings and even trees. ' clinging where it seeuied impossible foi , any one except boys, athletes or sailors to hold on, but even tile briefest glimpse of the pa >sing gun carriage WHS consid ered ample rccouipi use fur any exertion Those able to sa.v that they had seen thai went home satisfied. A commemoration -crvicc was held at Si. i'aul's al ,'t o'clock in the afternoon. The cathedral was full within l-"> tiiin tile* after the doors Were opened. The lord mayor and members of tin- corpora lion of the • it\ of London in their robe-, representatives of the Itoyal academy, the Academy of Music and other »««cli tie* privileged to use the prelix "royal" w !»r« prewat, l lie sen lee at Westminster abbey he sail ai 1? o'clock, w 10-u crowds of peopl, al tempting to •eeure admission were re strained b> the police outside the grounds. Cunou 11 • iisoi, conducted u tuoi.l impressive ceremony, consisting cliicM\ of solemn iiiusicaud funeral march vs. Sir Fiodern k Bridge accompanied a band uho.c lirass iustrunt.uts with ilu tliniiileious times of the oigau iu tin dead march in "Haul" awoke every Corner of the tiid abbey and found « sympathetic echo in every heart. Tins was evidenced by the tearful faces of many mimui. Ike \a«t'a Tribal*. MINIMIS, I'eli. Half « million of i til, late Queeli \ Ulntlil'. deli'teU sub ' I" "jects" - lining tno snores or~the SoTent~yeV terday witnessed u majestic and awe in spiring pageant aud bade a last farewell I to their beloved ruler, happy in the cir cumstances of her deuth, sovereign of the L ! greatest naval power in the world and fortunate in the manner of her obsequies. Yesterday's ceremony was a fitting trlb j ute froin a nation owning Nelson for its hero to its dead monarch. All who were K witnesses of the function testify to the i profound emotion it inspired and agree I that the spectacle could not have been " surpassed for splendor and solemn effect. The dominant note in the whole scene wns its grand simplicity and, so far as human utterance was concerned, its si lence. The sud procession glided along in beautiful order aud precision, as though ( moved by some hidden power. No inci (j ileut of anv kind occurred to mar its ij! stately beauty. There wns no accident ol , j any sort ashore or alioat. i i The weather was traditional "queen'i I weather." i j At 1:40 o'clock the procession started I i from Osborne in bright sunshine. •i j The queen's company of grenadiers wi%h the queen's colors, presented armt i, ! and formed in double column, through ! which the gun carriage passed. On tht , lawn facing the entrance to Osborut t House the households of the lute queen i; and of King Edward aud Queen Alexun i dra were formed iu line. Preceded by the queen's highbinders I the queen's pipers took places iiumedi , ately in front of the gun carriage and , played from Osborne House to th? ; queen's gate. II When the procession arrived at Trinity I pier, the massed bauds ceased playing tht ; funeral march, but the drums continued I the mutiled roll as the gun currlage bear j ing the cjlDn was druwu up nt Ihe end j of the pier. Seamen from the royal yachts remov- I ed the collin from the gun carriage to I | the Alberta, the grenadiers forming a I double line down the gangway aud pre senting arms. The cottin wns borne to the chapel on i the after deck. The awnings were thrown up, showing the glittering jeweled scep ter, with two gold orbs surmounted b> jeweled crosses, resting at the bottom of ike pall, the large crown al the head and | the royal standard between. Iu this way the body of the queen was j borne across the sunlit waters amid the j booming of guns. Both banks of the ! river Medina lo the point where it widens : into the Soleut were studded with groups i ol' islanders. A Sew 1.1 nr. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 1.-After n ! hard light of many years the first suc cessful competition to the Standard Oil company's pipe line lias been completed. The new line, which is the I'nited States Pipe line, is now liuishcd ,• the oil fields of McKean county to tidewater in Delaware bay. The final connection was made about 20 miles west of this city, whereby a direct line of 3SO miles from Bradford, Ihe northwestern terminus, to Marcus Hook, the southeastern terminal, is ready for business. There are double pipes laid along the entire line, one foi 1 crude aud Ihe other for rcliucd oil. The ! pipes have a capacity of 20.000 barrels per day.and the management of the com pany state that oil will be shipped bv | Feb. 15. Teat of CoAiprraaed Air I.ocomotlve. HOME, N. Y., Feb. 2.—A party of IS prouiiuent railroad uien came here from I : New \ ork in a special car to inspect the 1 Hurdle compressed air locomotive made 1 lit the works of the Compressed Air i i company of this city. The principal < railroads in this und adjoining states ' were represented by managers, general ■ superintendents, mechanical engineers, i superintendents of motive power, officers I or directors. The air locomotive was op erated drawing a special car on the New York Central tracks to Oriskany and return. It proved very satisfactory. This type of locomotive is designed to draw trains on elevated, underground or suburban roads and is made to run 2,* to 50 miles on one charge of air. Aufl-vfeaull Aicltation In B|»aia. VALENCIA. Spain, Feb. 4. —The unti- Jcsuit demonstrations which begun ill Madrid iu connection with the anticler ical play "Elcctra" have spread to Va lencia. Yesterday crowds gathered iu front of the Jesuit Church of the Sacred Heart, where a continuation of children was iu progress, und shouted "Liberty forever!" and "Down with the Jesuit*!" A Jesuit who was leaving the church was hooted, and then the crowd marched to the Jesuit college and sloued Ihe windows and doors, still shouting "Down with tin Jesuits!" Finally the demonstration was dispersed by gendarmes. Wiariiualn In < omiuUaliiN. SAN FIi.YSCISCO. Feb. 5. The bat tleship Wisconsin, which was constructed ■it the I'uion Iron works, was formally placid iu commission yesterday, fuptuiu ! 1 (cider taking coiuuiuud. The usuul cere monies were observed. AIMHII tun rilleo Were placed on the Wisconsin, mid within the next two w eeks she will leave for her lil-t cruise under the llug. her de» filiation being tin Mexican court, when she will eiivage in drill and target prac tice. Hunt. I IrcMlailon. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. The month ly circulation statement Issued by the comptroller of the currency shows thai at the close lit liusiiii s« Jan. 3. nail, the total circulation of national bank note* was It,'!lit,Tl2.l3*l, an increase for the year of *!iti,7"il.!»lo un 4 an increase fur' the mouth ot *»i.iiSt'.7-'«;. The loiul cir- i t Illation based Oil I'uited Wale* bonds ! ukiouiiled lo *II.YT'.'I.STV an imicii.c for Ihe year uf »ln."i,,Vi|,7vi. W Ire IMmml II urn I'll VKW IIAVEN. I'll. | File from an iinkiiowo eft Use ,ii-»|ru> i-d the iaigc plant of the \ u Iioiia l Wire «uiu|iau> at Fail iluveu )e*letda>, ciilailiiig a piop«rt| .. ~ ■ lima led ui »a.'."ii*ai , 1.25 Per. . STARVING IN CHLNA. 1 People Driven to Cannibalism by Hunger. TWO PROVINCES SORELY SJRICiEJ. Shenal. to Which the Ckiatn Cairt Fled, liar of the AMleted Plant. Children Slain by I'arrntN—W«. men Sold by Haakaadt. PEKING, Keb. 4. —received here from Kingnu-fn all tfrvr that the famine in tho provinces of Hhanai and Sheiiai in one of rlie worst in the history of China. All information on the «üb ject iti necessarily from Chinese Hotirrna and is fragmentary, but the stoiies are nil to thtf same effect, picturing a condi tion of affairs that is calculated to nrouqe the sympathy of the world for tin- strick en people. It it> estimated thai two-third* of the people aie without sufficient food «r the means of obtaining it. The weather is bitterly cold, and this adds to the misery of starvation. There is little fuel in ai ther province, and the people are tear ing out die woodwork of their house* to build fires to keep themselves warm. Oxen, horses, dogs aud other animal* used by the farmers to uid them in their work in ordinary times have praetieallv all beeu sacrificed to satisfy huuger. tor three years the crops have been failures in both provinces. There *ev more or less famine in previous seusou*, and the people were in poverty wheu the winter began. Their conditiou has since been growing steadily worse. Letter* state that cannibalism is practiced now to a considerable extent. Li Hung C'haug, in conversation with Mr. Conger, tho Americau minister, stat ed that the people Wele reduced to eating human flesh. Many of them were sailing their women and childrn to obtain uioney with which to buy food for the remain ing members of their families, lufanti cide is alarmingly common. Parents, driven iusane by want and the appeul* ol their chiidreu for food, which they are unable to provide, kill the little ones rather than listen to their cries of dis tress and see their sufferings. \\ hili* the famine is said to be worst in Shnusi, it is almost as bad in Sheusi, which is particularly interesting now be cause it is in that province thai tl(r court bus taken refuge. The court is lit erally surrounded by these horrors. It i* little wonder that the emperor aud em press dowager are ready to sacrifice al most everything to bring alwrnl conditions that will enable thetn to return to Pelting. First Joint Meeting. PEKING. Feb. s.—Today will 1* heU the first joint meeting between ttte for eign < nvoys and the Chinese plenii>oten tiaries. Only Li Iliuig ('hang aud Prince Chiug have plenipotentiary rights. ' The other Chinese have merely the statu* of advisers. HIK Hallway Deal. XEW YORK, Feb. 2.—Another rail road transaction, reaching, it is Itelieved. much farther in its ultimate result* than any of the deals which have thus far marked the closing of the old aud the be ginning of the new century, became known just u few minutes before the closing of the market yvsterday after noon, when the transfer of the control of the Southern Pacific company into the hands of a syndicate in which l.'uion Pacific iutcrests predominate was an nounced. The transaction completed the last link necessary for the establishment Of u transcontinental railroad uurler » xliiKlo control. This control i» at prei ent vented in E. H. Ilnrriiuau. The new route included the following tine.-, iu .-ill of which except thi- Southern Pa elfic Ml. liarrituaii i* officially connected: Starling at Sau CrKUriim, miming over iht Central Pat-lib- and Ihe Southern Pacific direct to Oicdeu. theuee, liral. over rlic Union I'acitii- to Katiaaa City and lln-ill* over the Chicago and Alton to or, aecond, bvtt the I'nion Pa cific to Omaha mid theuve oyer the Du buque and Sioux Cit.v branch of the llli uoi» Ceulral direct to Chicago, where tin' Baltimore and Ohin cotiuertK dini-l to lliu A thin tie »cahoartL. % i'ofUii It end. Kor Tntalv Iran. NYACK. X. Y., Keb. -Twenty year* ago Mi. lia.-I \Vul»h, a well known arhool master in Picrinoiit, a bachelor and a very eccentric man. |>iu< ha>ed bia coltiu and toiulMtoue and ever •in. Moody at Ilotieat wn» wrecked aud hi -14-year-ohl daughter fatally htjiin-.l Tiuk Miirn-ll »a- killed iind liia iw>. daughter* acrioo«l> injured at Uattan. wli. tr a uillllla-r "I bullae* were wrecked. At |Viiloii an i.il mill wa* a n*.'ki M'lil.'nrvtJ to Im- hanged at Camden Feb. • !•»» erui.i Yimiilh'." wa> tail here, and IBT whiimii U ll Iht- flalt'li.ni-'t' »a,liuii "hi w»uld a*t to the governor'* home ut KluaUtb tMlrlaarrllr lealalalliia, KI'IIIMiI llll.li 111. Ki-li I Iu Ih. keiiale i 1 bill ha* lain Introduced Utah iuh M a an-tit uii'Uin.r to >ell or 1111114 nil tbe •late am cigarette* or cigarette pa |*r. Number 37.