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 <l«-|>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., /!<niAi rx,t; Wall St.
AH Cuiniin ri'inl . I t/iiirh s, /'.'.i/o', .is< 'u'k
/hn/ii.i in J'riMliin iii I . S. aiul ('mi- ,
mill, /Ai hiMiji/ml J'l'tulf <>/ <nt riO 1
yeur.i. |
Our lee returned il »e (ail. Any otir sendina
■kt-K-li aud driK riptiou of illy iuvention will
ptouiptlv iceeivt our opinion tree vouccrniua
the (uU-utatalily ol sain*. " How lo OUain a i '
Palcat" miil II|».II request. Hutenis »r.uied ;
thiouah us adveiliwd lor s.ile at our eapeuae.
I'uteutu Ukru out through us teeeive i/irriiil '
naiiee, without charge, ia TMK PA mar Hacoan, 1
ail illunlratcd and widely eireulalrd jouiuai,
kouaulitd I'V Maiuifaeturers sud luvc»loi«.
bcud lor sample copy mil. AlMiiu,
VICTOR J. IVANS * 00.
I Ma leaf AUoratyt. >
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bellii. full of life, uersa anil take No To
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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<t- had them
in hi* apartments. where he livad alone.
Sunday night hi- iked at tin- age of 7 s
yiais, and III' will Ih- buried in Ibe coltm
which lit- Hi-lifted a wore of veara ago
and have tin- limitation* plit.iil a' hia
If rare.
Tornado la Temaa.
COOpKlt. Tex., Kelt. I A tornado
did great damage in the w.-Ht.ru p.irti'tu
of Itelta i-ount.v. The home of Jaun->.
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*.'k<H), t.iit
no i.ue u a* hurt.
WualU llle In l*lar* «( Milk.
TKKXTi'X, I'eh. I Mr*. Xim*jr, an
aged »|ii-ilualUt of i urn.leu, t-aiiir in
Trent.'U in mi't it.\t'liini \ .e.rhtv* forth.
|IUI|HI»I' of I'lli ring lii rtrll to la- executed
iu thf place of 11 ill. who l>i 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.