Republican News Item. Published Every Thursday. Volume 5. S THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE. £ X Yes, Paramount issues are plentiful this year. SWe have two. First, we are prepared to sell you j / everything usually found in first-class jewelry I store at very reasonable prices. If we have not 1 \ the article you want we will get it for you at the J r shortest possible notice if it can be found. v S Second, we are prepared to do your repairing/ Q in a workmanlike manner, also at very reasonableX prices. If we are called upon to do work over C has been spoiled by others, we shall want plenty }of time to do it in"and full price for doing it. J V Very respectfully, J \ RETTE IN BURY, > } DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. C COLES HARDWARE || LINE'.OF Wmftrnt Done in first lcass order and as Quickly as possible, using good Material and prices right. Will sell you the Best J»>%A BICYCLE MADE for Jk/O VdMK THE Line of chain wheels always leads the race, from $25 00, $35-00, and $50.00. The Columbia Chainleas on exhibition now with coaster brake. tall and see my line, if you contemplate sending for ajwheel. 1w 1 kin > a« much for your money as you will get elsewhere. GENERAL LINE OF HARDWARE, MILL SUPPLIES. STOVES and RANGES, FURNACES. P*sgfven generalJ ° b work ' Gofes Hardware, DUSHORE, PA. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA., The leading Dry Goods, Notion, Cloak and Suit House in Williamsport. Preparation have been going on for months gathering merchandise, new and up to date, for the different depart ments. We can assure you tl ere is no better selected stocks to be found elsewhere. A LIST OF DEPARTMENTS. Linen Department. Hosiery and Gloves „ . . . , no,.Wins Kid gloves, knit gloves, fabric g oves. Everything in table line , P > hosiery of all kinds for men, women and towels, towling, crashs, linen sheeting, ~, Everytbing in lh e hosiery line everything in the linen line. can bp found f iere Domestic Department. Muslin and Knit Underwear. Muslins, sheetings, pillow casings,out- Muslin underwear occupies a large inc, tickings, shirtings, cretons, silkolines, space, as this department has.grown larg er in U, percals, flannels blankets.comforis, er each year. \ou get the style, the lit, skirting, etc.,this department is complete, the material, the making lor the price of. nothing wanting. muslin. Why not buy, ready made. Knit _j nni underware, all grades at all prices. Dress Goods and Silks. Corsets. This department has taken more room 25 different kinds found here. We are to display the stock; it's larger than ever. BUre ( 0 please you; price, 50c to $2.50, all All the new things you'll find here. the new shapes. t Notions and Fftnev Goods Cloak and Suit Department. Motions ana r ancy wooas. This department is larger than ever. This department would make a ] large jj ere you lill(1 Tailor Made Suits, SkirU, eized store in itself. Here you will find Waigl j ac k etgi Capes, Wrappers, I'etti tmiall wears, laces,purses,dress trimming, coa(s ftnd Children Dresses, gimps,braids veilings, netts, toilet articles Thp neweßt stv)eg )or Spring and Sum eoaps, stamped linens and fancy goods. m er now ready." Don't fail to visit the Heady to Wear Department when in town. To the out of town customers, samples sent on applica tion, state kind of goods wanted. Ready to wear goods sent C. O. D. with privilege to examine. The Shopbell Dry Good Co. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS ' HE PRICE OF LIBERTY." LAPORTE. PENNA., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 14.1901. TJ. KEELER. • Justice-of-the Peace. Oftlee ill room over store, LAPORTK, PA. Special attention given to collections All m&tters left to the care of this office will be promptly attended to. CARROLL HOUSE, D. KEEFE, Proprietor. DUSIIORE, PA. One of the largest and best equipped hotels in this section ol the state. Table ot the host. Rues 1.00 dollar per day. Large atnblea. (JLYSSES BIRD Land Surveyor Engineer and Conveyancer. Relocating old lines and coiners, and draw ing maps aspccialty. Will usually be found at home on Mondays. Charges reasonable. Estella, Sullivan Co., Pa. HOTEL GUY. MILDRED, PA. B. H. GUY, - - - Proprietor. Newlyjffurriished throughout, special attention given to the wants of the travel ing public. Bar stocked with first class wines, liquors and cegars. The best beer on the market alwavson tap. Rates Reasonable. COMMERCIAL HOUSET THOS. E. KENNEDY, Prop. LAI'ORTE PA. This large and well appointed house it the most popular hostelry in thi« section LAPORTEHOTEL. P. W, GALLAGHER, Prop. Newly erected. Opposite Court [louse square. Steam heat, bath roome, hot and cold water, reading and pool room,and barber shop; also good stabling and livery, P. SHOEMAKER, Attomeyat- Law. Oifice in County Building. LAPORTK, PA. Collections, conveyancing; the settlement of estate* und other legal business will receive prompt utteutiou. J J. BRADLEY, ATTOHRKT AT-LAW, orricß ta coubty buildub bbakcouut souse. LA POhTE, l'A FIRST NATIONAL BANK OK DUSHORK, PENNA. CAPITAL - - $50,000. SURPLUS - - 810.000. Does'a General Banking Business. B.W..JENNINGS, M. D. HWARTS. President. Cashier J. & F. H. I INGHAM, ATTOUMBYB-AT-LAW, Legal business attended to in ibis and adjoining counties -A POHTE, PA. £ J- MULLEN, Attomey-at-Law. LAPORTE, PA. Oftice over T. J. Keeler's store. J # H. CRONIN, ATTORWET*AT -IAW, BOTAUY PUBLIC. OFFIca OB (All STRUT. DUSIIORE, CHAS.L. PETTIS & CO. Cacli Buyepss^liCountryPt'oduce, Dressed Poultry, Game. Furs, Eggs and BUTTER. 204 Duane St. New York. Write lor our present paying prices. REFERENCE. DANIELS & CO.,Bankers,G Wall St. All Commercial Ayencie#,Express (Jo's Dealers in Produce in I'. S. aiul Can ada, Established Trade of over SO years. Our fee returned if we fail. Any one sending sketch and description of any invention will promptly receive our opinion free concerning the patentability of same. 41 How to Obtain a Patent" sent upon request. Patents secured through us advertised for sale nt our expense. Patents taken out through us receive tpecial notice, without charge, in Tub Patent Record, an illustrated and widely circulated journal, "consulted by Manufacturers and Investors. Send for sample copy FREE. Address, VICTOR J. EVANS ft CO. (Patent Attorneys,) Evans Building. WASHINGTON, D. C IV Villi 41110 PATENT Good Ideas Li [lll VI IuILUIJU THEPATE u.s, E rv Subscriptions to The Patent Record 11.00 per annum. Don't Tobacco Spit art Smoke Tour Mft Away. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netle. full ot life, nerve and vigor, take No-To- Bat. the wonder-worker, that makes weak men atrong. All druggists, Wo or »l. Cure guaran teed Booklet and sample free. Address Starling Remedy 00, Chicago or New York. THEMENTAKEAHAND! "Joints" Must Go. j j AS ULTIMATUM TO SALOON KEEPEHS | Keeper* of 111e.'.-.nl lienor!* In tli« ' Oil) t>lven Five lliijh to 1)1;- poNe of Stock mill Ciojie— A Houkliih' M::r» Meet lii w. TOI'KKA. I'l l). 11.—T!:r< e thoiw'l Uialc citizens of Topcku i.i un u iug here have decided that the numerous "joints" of the city must close their places. They issued an ultimatum giv ing the "jointists" until Friday next at 12 o'clock noon to quit business. If this shall not be done, warning was given ' that 1,000 armed men would immediate- | ly move ou the "joints" and icniove | them by force. This action is the result of the crusade started in Topeka less ; than teu days ago by Mrs. Carrie Nation. ! The meeting yesterday afternoon was a remarkable one iu every respect. It was culled by u committee of the Law Enforcement league and was attended by nearly all the prominent business men of the city. A feeling of intense earnest ness pervaded the meeting. Conservative men who have hitherto advocated mod eration in the dealings with the lawless element insisted iu uumistukuble terms thut the time hud come when putieuo ; hud ceused to be a virtue and thut the people of Topeku should tuke the law in I their own hands. The meeting was opened with prayer. ' After a few short, snappy addresses, j which worked the audience to a high de- j gree of enthusiasm, an ultimatum wu* ; proposed and passed umid the loudest I cheering. The ultimatum, which was : adopted by a rising vote, follows: "To Those Immediately Engaged In the I Illicit Business, Whether Wholesale or ' Ret ail: "We have to say thut the long contro-J versy of the, public with you nui -i now J come to an end. * You nave openly und persistently defied our laws, you have j made yourselves the agents of even great- j er criminals outside of the state, who j huve supported you in your unlawful | traffic; you have galhered about you a i criminal element that is a perpetual I menace to the safety of the community | and have'maintained places that engeu i der and encourage all vices; you have in- ! troduced the most corrupting and deinor- ; alining factors and influences into our local politics, and for years you have scorned all appeals and warnings that have been presented to you by the virtue loving people of the community, "Now we feel that the time has conic when we must speak to you peremptorily. We cease now to endeavor to persuade. We command. You must stop this law less and iniquitous business and stop it at once, and we hereby notify you that we must have unquestionable evidence absolutely satisfactory to the committee of public order which we today consti tute that all your illicit goods, together with all the associated fixtures and fur nishings of the places where your un lawful business has been carried on, shall have been removed and shipped from tin city before 12 o'clock noon, Friday, Feb. 15, l'.MIl, Upon the strict and literal ob servance of this demand we shall insist, and if it shall be disregarded we will take whatever measures are necessary for its rigid enforcement. "If a long outraged public shall be com pelled to resort to the fundamental right of self vindication against criminals and their abettors, the grave consequences to evildoers which may result from such a resort must rest with the detiers and mil , lifiers of our laws and the obstructors if j our governmental machinery." Twelve hundred men signed their names to cards pledging themselves to be I ready at a moment's notice to join flic army which has been recruited to stamp out the joints by the time the limit set by the ultimatum expires, SOME BRIGADIERS. President'* Nomination* Confirmed. Leo unil Wilson Added. . WASHINGTON. Feb. 12.-The senate held two brief executive sessions yester day for the consideration of the nomina tions for the office of brigadier general sent in by the president under the army reorganization act. At the first session the nominations to that position which had been favorably reported upon were recommitted to the committee oil military affairs. During the afternoon there was a hurried meet ing of the committee, at which favorable reports upon all the brigadier nominations before the committee were ueted upon, nnd at the second closed session of the senate they were all reported. These fa vorable recommendations Included not only the nominations heretofore reported, but also the nominations of Generals Wood. Grant anil Hell, which had been previously passed over, and also those of Generals Fitz-llugh Lee and James 11. Wilson, whose names were sent to the senate yesterday. When the nominations were reported.'Senator lVttigrew object ed to favorable consideration, and they went over until today under the senate rule. It is understood that there will be a change in the order in which the nomina tions were made, which will relieve them of the criticism that was made on ac count of the high relative position the original ussignments gave ccrtaiu officers. Country Homes Looted, MIDDLETOWN, N. Y„ Feb. fl.-Tht police of this place have been notified ol systematic robberies occurring in tin country districts south of here by tneL claiming to be washing machine agents In pretending to display their goods tin men divert the attention of the occupantt while accomplices rob the premises. WILMtLMINA WfcLKS. All Holland Celebrates the Happ> Event. THE IIAGUE. Feb. B.—Queen Wil helmina's marriage to Duke Henry of Mecklfiiburg-Schwerln, who yesterday beearae Prince Hcinrich of the Nether lands, 'was a huge family affair. All Holland that could came to The Hague to participate. Those who staid at their homes in other cities and villages of the kingdom celebrated with parades, dec orations and banquets. Never was seen a more beautiful and happy wedding. The popular belief is that it is a love match, like that of Vic toria and Albert, and this gives a ro mantie coloring to the event which Is generally lacking in royal marriages. The ceremonies were the same simple and unritualistic rites of the Reformed church by which the humblest of Queen Wilheltninu's subjects are married. The whole spirit of the affair was plain and democratic, although the costly gowns and jewels and the showy uniforms ot - *"♦ ■ QUEEN WILHELMINA. distinguished personages, high officials of the kingdom, the army and the navy nud representatives of the people in par liament and the municipalities furuished a regal stage setting. The venerable pastor administered to the bride and groom a caution that their high positions would not shield them from the common sufferings and sorrows of Immunity. Queen Wilhelmina made a very win ning and human bride. She blushed and became confused over the ceremonial with the ring, us all brides are supposed to do, while her happiness and pride over the enthusiasm of her people were plain ly deeper than u mere mutter of form. I'riuce Heinrlcb was an awkward but stalwart and manly figure. EU«:»*r he was forgetful or badly tralued in the part, for the pastor had to give him two or three hints us to how to curry himself. Those sitting near enough to hear the re sponses describe him as saying, "Jah. niein burr," when he should simply have replied "Juh." The scene as the royal couple stood with clasped hands before the chaplain in n circle of brilliantly arrayed personages, Including their relatives and people com posing the highest families of Holland Oiul the neighboring German principali ties, almost beggars description, the mass es of variegated coloring rendering more effective the blue, gold and white banked up high against the walls of the church It was wonderfully gorgeous. The build ing itself Is a cathedral In size, but is plain as a Quaker meeting house in its furnishings, GENERAL RUGGLES DEAD. Had tbe Honor ot Uruftlnß the First Hepublleiin I'lutform. SPRINGFIELD. Ills., Feb. 11.-Gen oral James M. Ruggles, one of the found ers of the Itepublicau party, who drafted the first platform on which the Republic an party was founded, is dead at Hop ping sanitarium, Havana, aged 81 years. General Ituggles was born March 7, 1818, In Richmond county, 0., and was of noted ancestry, his great-uncle beinp Brigadier Timothy Ruggles, whp wa> president of the first congress that evet met iu America in New York in 1755. A great-uncle, John Ruggles. was three times elected United States senator from Maine, and another, Benjamin Ruggles was first United States senator from Ohio, serving 18 years from 1818. Hi. father. Judge Spooner Ruggles, was state senator in the Illinois legislature from Ogle and Winnebago counties in 1842. General Ruggles was the uutlior of th€ first drainage law in Illinois. He was a scholar anil able writer. In religion lit was a pronounced spiritualist. He leavet four sons. _ Important Hnflwar Kill. HARRISBURG, Feb. 12.—Senatoi Sproul of Delaware county, chairman ot the senate committee on railroads, has in troduced n bill into the senate which i» ot great importance, considering the vari ous consolidations and projects for con solidnting railroads having lines through this state. The constitution of IVnnsyl vania, adopted in 1874, expressly forbid* railroad corporations from absorbing oi acquiring parallel or competing lines, and the Sproul bill looks toward providing ii, the statutes of the state the constitution ul provisions and putting them in distinct form. Equal Pay For the Sexe«. BOSTON, Feb. 12.—Typographical tin ion No. 13 has won its first point In tht fight for equal pay for men and women employed in composing rooms. Hereoftei the state printing office will pay its mult nnd female compositors equal wages. Thif is assured for the reason that the con tracts for state printing as drafted bj state officials stipulate that men and wo men shall be paid equal wages for a I working day of nine hours. 1.25 Per. . Number 38 LIVELY DAYJN HOUSt Spirited Debate Over Senate's Action on Revenue Bill. CONFERENCE FINALLY ASKED FOR. Snlser of X»w York Talks For tkt Boern and la Hemlnded of a So t'all«d lit* lie tit—Secretary HeatU Attacked. WASHINGTON, Fob. 12.—Yesterday was by far the liveliest during the pres ent session. A very interesting debate over the constitutional limitations of the power of the senate over revenue legisla tion initiated by the house was precipi tated when Mr. Payne, the chairman of the ways and means committee, brought in the resolution of the committee to dis agree to the substitute proponed by tho senate as an amendment to the war reve nue reduction act and to ask for a con ference with the senate. Mr. Tawney of Minnesota championed the cause of the house and its paramount • lights over revenue legislation, but was unfortunate in not bringing forward a resolution to return the bill to the sen ate with the declaration that the senate had transcended its powers in substi tuting nn entirely new measure for the bill of the house. The subsequent debate showed that had this course been adopted the proposition would have commanded a large vote. Instead, however, he insisted upon a division of the resolution, and after the first portion—to disagree—had been adopted he made the point of order that the second motion was not in order be cause the senate in its substitute had in vaded the constitutional prerogative of the house. The result was that the mem bers were not confronted with the direct issue, and the house voted 2&i to 3H to ask for a conference. Later in the day during the considera tion of the diplomatic and consular ap propriation bill an impassioned pro-Boer speech by Mr. Stllxer of New York drew iruiu Mr. Malum of Pennsylvania u re cital of the i-..:.xii>-» of a fund of about $1,200 for the benefit of the widows of Boer soldiers at n meeting held in (his city ut which Mr. Sulzer presided. Ht declared thut after the "terrapin *nd cold bottles got in their work" only $lB was left for the Boer widows. This stung Mr. Sulier to reply at length. He said he had no connection with the expenditure of the fund, to which he had contributed $175. and a very lively row followed, the climax of which was reached when Mr. Sulzer liad read nn anonymous letter which made a sensational personal attack upon Mr. Perry S. Heath, late assistant postmas ter general, who was secretary of the Kepublican national committee during the recent campaign, charging him with being Neely's sponsor and then denying it after the arrest of Neely and also mak ing allegations against Mr. Heath in con nection with government deposits in a New York bank. Mr. Sulzer charged Mr. Heath with being responsible for the circulation of the stories about his connection with the fund for the Boer widows. Shortly after the senate convened the naval appropriation bill was passed. The shipping bill then was taken up and kept before the senate during the remainder of the e,v""Utive day. Mr. Caff cry (Dem.) of LouH -tjied the floor through out the W ..position senators made out the session. A Fiendish Itolitiery. MANSFIELD, 0., Feb. 11.—One of the most dastardly robberies ever perpe trated in this part of the country was committed near McKay, a hamlet iu Ash land county, about midnight Saturday night. Six masked robbers broke into the residence of John Duncan, a wealthy farmer, bound ami gagged Mr. Duncan andithe four other members of the family and after ransacking the house demanded of the farmer that he disclose to them where his money and other valuables were secreted, and on his refusing to do so they applied matches to his feet, tor turing him as well as the others until the location of the money was disclosed. The thieves evidently knew that Mr. Duncan had considerably money at home, as he was suspicious of banks. They secured $450, four watches and other valuables, after which four of the robbers, leaving their victims still helpless, stole a team of horses and a bobsled and made their es cape. The other robbers went toward Loudonville. The Mansfield police have been notified, and every effort is being put forth to find the guilty parties. Died Krorn Hlccna»he. BALTIMORE, Feb. 12.—Mr. D. H. Hammet. a resident of Thurmont. a small town on the Western Maryland railroad, is dead at the Johns Hopkins hospital from hiccoughs. Mr. Ilammet's hiccough ing spell began seven days ago. but he did not become annoyed until simple reme dies failed to do any good. The family physician was called in. but Mr. Hani met's hiccoughing continued. Other phy sicians were summoned, but the disease defied all their remedies. On Friday Mr. Hammet came to the Johns Hopkins hos pital j»nd entered as a private patient. For three days the skill of the Hopkins physicians has been exercised, but" in vain. The sufferer was relieved to some extent, and on Saturday the physicians thought he was getting I tetter, but he had • relapse. Killed by an Icicle. i BUFFALO, Feb. 12.—Franklin Gard ner, 8 years old, was killed while enter ing the'door «112 the Suuday school attach ed to St. Louis' church, at Main and Ski ward streets. An icicle that had hang over the doorway and which weighed ful ly 25 pounds fell on the boy's head and i fractured his skull. Death came a shod time after in the Fitch hospital.
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