Republican News Item.
Published Every Thursday.
Volume ii.
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/A\\ our knowledge: :i!l <"ir loner experience; all our V
for line w itch ;ind jewelry repair- Q
j j ing is for sale. l>i", 1 il lie* jobs,simple jobs, hard^
jobs everything in our line we are ready to do and^^
,112 do better th in you ever !i iI it done before. We'ye
I \ made a special study of superiority. We excell
112 charging but moderately for it.
Very respectfully J
}7 RETT EN BURY . S
QOLES HARDWARE jj|
GOOD^
9 ™ E FINEST i^ E,oF
BICYLEC N REF^IPING rY '
Done in first lcass orde and as
Quickly as possible, us) \ good
' Material and prices right.
Will,sell you the Best Aaa a4^U
BICYCLE MADE for J2v VuMn
THE COLUMBIA "
Line of chain wheels always leads the race, from
$25.00, $35-00, and $50.00.
The Columbia Chainless 011 exhibition now with coaster brake, ( all
and seejmy.line, if you contemplate sending for a wheel. 1 will give you
as much for your money as you will get elsewhere.
GENERAL LINE OF HARDWARE, MILL SUPPLIES.
STOVES and RANGES,
FURNACES. Sn b i!'esg?ven eneraljob W ° rk '
; Gofes Hardware,
DUSHORE, PA.
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine street,
WILLI AMSPORT, PA.,
The leading Dry Goods, Notion, Cloak and
Suit House in Williamsport.
Preparation have been going on for ..nering
merchandise, new and up to date. „ .<?nt depart
ments. We can assure yo" " ..o better selected
stocks to be found e'°'
A LIST OF DEPARTMENTS.
Linen Department. Hosiery and Gloves.
Everylbmg in
SSk ssur ""
Domestic Department. Muslin and Knit Underwear.
Muslins, sheetings, pillow casingß.out- Muslin underwear occupies u large
ing, tickings, shirtings, cretons, silkolines, space, as this department
prints, percals, flannels blankets,comforts, er each vearj Youl get the style, the at,
skirting, etc.,this department is complete, the material, the making tor the price 01
nothing wanting. mu&lin. A\ by not buy» ready made. KDI
underware, all grades at all prices.
Dress Goods and Silks. Corsets.
This department lias taken more room 25 diilerent kinds found here. We are
to display the stock; it's larger than ever. Bur( . ( 0 please you; price, 50c to $2.50, all
All the new things you'll iinil here. the new stripes*
Notions and Fancy Goods. Cloak and Suit Department.
.... . , . .11 J Ins department is larger than ever.
I Ins department would make a Inrge Here vO ,, tin j Tailor Made Suits, Skirts,
sized store in itself. Here you will find Waists, Jackets, Capes, Wrappers, Petti
small wears, laces,purses,dress trimming, coa( ;lni , j ren Dresses,
gimps,hruids veilings, nelts. toilet articles Tj)(> newrHt Blv i efj !or Spring and Sum
goape, stamped linens and lancy goods. mpr |IQW rcft( j y j, 01l ' t f a ji t0 visit the
Ready 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 THE PRICE OF LIBERTY."
LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY, JULY. 18. 1901.
T J. KEELER.
I . Justice-of-the Peace.
Offleeln room over store, LAPORTE, PA.
Special attention given to collections.
All matters lell to the care of this office
will lie promptlyjattended to.
CARROLL HOUSE,
D.KBEFB, Proprietor.
DUSHORE, PA.
One of the largest and best equipped
hotel!! in this section ot the state.
Talile of the best. lUtes I 0U dollar per day.
Large stnblcs.
[JLYSSES Blßti
Land Surveyor Engineer and Conveyancer.
Relocating old " ueii and coiners, anil draw
ing maps .specialty.
Will usually be found at home on Mondays.
Charges reasonable.
Estella, Sullivan Co., Pa.
HOTEL GUY.
MILDRED, PA.
B. H. OU V, - Proprietor.
Newly furnished throughout, special
attention given to the wants of the travel
ing public. Bar stocked with llrst class
wines, liquors and cegare. Ihe lient beer
on the market alwayson tap.
lUttc* Iteusonali/«.
COMMERCIAL HOUSET"
THOB. hi. KENNEDY, Prop.
LAPORTE PA.
This larg. and well appointed house 1»
the must popular hostelry iuthis section
LAPORTE HOTEL.
F. W. GALLAGHER, Prop.
Newly erected. Opposite Court
House square. Steam heat, bath rooms,
hot and cold water, reading and pool
room,and barber shop; also good stabling
and livery,
P. SHOEMAKER,
Attorney at Law.
Office in County Building.
LAPORTE, PA.
Collections, conveyancing: the settlement of
estates and otlin legal business will receive
prompt attention.
4 J. BRADLEY,
ATTORNBY IT-LAW,
Office Building. Cor.Main and Muncy Sis.
LAPORTE, PA
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OK DUSHORE, PKNNA.
CAPITAL - - $50,000.
suHPLua - - ato.ooo.
DoesTa'Oeneral Banking Business.
B.W.JENNINGS, M. D. SWARTS.
President. cashier
J. & F. H. INGHAM,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Legal business attended to
in this and adjoining oounti.i
_A PORTE, p A.
[T J. MULLEN,
Attorney-at-Law.
LAPORTE, PA.
orrica M COUNTY IUILDINS
NICAR COURT 800.8.
J # H. CRONIN,
ATTOKWIT'AT -LAW,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
orrica ON MAM STRBET.
DUSHORE, PA
| • | IT'S WORTH
WHILE
to step in and absorb a little
General Knowledge that is to
be found in a really down to
date General Store.
The new things for Spring
and Summer are now on
IEXHIBITIONI
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STEP IN AND ASK
ABOUT THEM.
All answered at
Vernon Hull's
Large Store.
HlUagrovei Pa.
BIG STEEUME ON.
Acting on President Shaffer's Ord
ers, Thousands Quit Work.
WORKERS SANGUINE OF SUCCESS
Fifty Thousand Miners Near Pittsburg
May Assist the Amalgamated Asso
ciation, It is Said —The Situation In
the Smoky City.
Pittsburg, July 16. —President Shaff
er's strike order Issues Saturday night
to me Amalgamated Association mem
bers in the employ of the American
Steel Hoop company, the American
Sheet Steel company and the American
Tin Plate Company was generally
obeyed this morning and the great
struggle between the Amalgamated As
sociation and the steel companies Is on
in earnest.
"The strike was not of our seeking."
said President Shaffer today. "It was
forced upon us. We were not con
tending for wages, but for principle—
for self preservation. We have our
forces thoroughly organized and there
will be some surprises In store. Orders
will be promptly obeyed by all our
men. But there will be no trouble.
Labor organizations have changed.
The Amalgamated Association is not
the association it was 20 years ago,
not even live years ago. The men arc
more readily controlled; In fact we
have our men under control."
Pittsburg will be a pretty lively
strike center. The most Interest at
taches to the Painter's mill on the
south side and to that of Lindsay and
McCutcheon in Allegheny. Doth mills
are controlled by the American Sheet
Hoop company and have hitherto been
aggressively non-union, and much de
pended upon the action taken by the
men in these plants. The Painter
mill Is to be made the fight of the
strike. The mill is not only an im
portant one, but the steel hoop com
pany has for years succeded in thwart
ing the efforts made to unionize it.
It is said that 50,000 miners em
ployed In the many mines of the Pitts
burg district are willing to lay down
their picks, walk out of the mines and
assist the Amalgamated Association
of Iron and Steel Workers In their
fight against the steel trust. Patrick
Dolan, district president of the United
Mine Workers. Is authority for this
statement, and If necessary the miners
will Immediately quit work.
President Dolan said the members
of the miners' organization In the
Pittsburg district were in favor of the
strike and enthusiastically declared
that If the occasion demanded every
member of the union in the United
States would contribute to support the
steel and Iron workers and that the
men In this district would quit work
upon request to help the strikers in
their fight.
"I deplore this steel strike." he said,
"for It will be the greatest in the his
tory of the country, perhaps causing
hardship for thousands. Hut the men
are standing up for their rights, and
the officials of the steel trust know this
better than anyone else."
BRYANISM IN OHIO.
Still Democrats in that State Who
Were Not at Columbus.
Cleveland. July 15. —On July 31 Ohio
Democrats who believe in Hryan, the
issues which he represents and that
the recent Democratic convention ig
nored, will assemble in Columbus and
make up a state ticket. Ten men met
yesterday morning In a down town of
fice building in this city and decided
that a bolt should be made. The at
tendance at the conference was larger
and represented a greater area in the
state than was expected by those whq
called the meeting.
A formal statement of principles
was submitted to the conference and
was adopted. This will be printed and
sent throughout the state to those who
are known to be faithful to the Ne
braskan. A convention was decided
upon to be held at the Great Southern
hotel on the last day of July. To this
convention may come all those who
sign their names to the declaration of
principles.
EIGHT HOURS LAWFUL.
Court Sustains Comptroller for Refufr
Ing to Pay Delinquent Contractor.
New York, July 12.—The court of
appeals has decided that the eight-hour
provision in the labor law Is consti
tutional. This decision was handed'
down in the case of Eugene Lentllhou,
who has the contract for the removal
of the Bryant Park reservoir, the fu
ture site of the public library.
The facts in the case were that Con
troller Coler refused to audit or pay
Lentllthou $16,919.81, the amount earn
ed under the contract for the removal
of the reservoir, on the ground that
he failed to comply with the labor law
in two respects—that he compelled or
allowed his employes to labor more
than eight hours a day and that he
did not pay his mechanics working
men and laborers the prevailing rate
Df wages as required by the labor law,
CHILI'S PRESIDENT DEAD.
I Ser.or Federl Errazurls Succumbs Te
Feeble Health.
| Buenos Ayres, July 13. —Senor Fed
erl Errazurls, president of Chill, who
LATE PRESIDENT
had been in feeble health for more
j than a year, is dead.
The late Senor Errazurls was elect
| ed president of Chili, June 25, 1896,
; for a term of five years, which began
j September 18, 1896.
EPWORTH LEAGUERS STRANDED
! Pickpockets Rob Twenty of Money and
Tickets in Colorado.
Glen wood Springs, Colo., July 15.
I The thoroughly organized gang of
pickpockets operating at Colorado
Springs is responsible for a party ot
about twenty Epworth Leaguers be
coming stranded here. Men and women
alike have been robbed, not only of
every cent they had with them, but
of railroad tickets as well, and unless
! the railroads will issue tickets back
• home on their proof of having pur
chased and paid for rides to San Fran
cisco and back, they will be compelled
to ask aid from the county authorities.
Among those robbed are Dr. J. H.
Wilson, wife and daughter, and Mrs.
H. It. Hailngton, of Dover, Del.; Dr.
Wilson's wallet containing tickets for
the party, drafts on San Francisco
hanks and baggage checks being stolen
In the crush at the rtepo in Colorado
Springs. Major S. K. Hooper, general
passenger agent of the Denver and
Itlo Grande railroad, authorized the
; Glenwood Springs agent to furnish
passes to Ogden to stranded passen
gers. who desire to continue their jour
ney west.
I SIX PICNICKERS DROWNED
Tragic End to Day'. Outing of Hebrew
Gamahl Haad.
Savannah, Ga.. July 15. —The He
brew Gamahl Haad held its annual
picnic at Daufuskle Beach yesterday.
Between 3 ami 4 o'clock in the after
noon a number of the picnickers went
Into the ocean for a surf bath. A
strong southeast wind was blowing
and the tide was at flood. Fifty yards
off shore is a shoal. Between the shoal
and the shore is a sluice. The party
was bathing on the shoal. Finding the
tide getting rather high, the bathers
concluded togo nearer shore. Almost
at once they found themselves in the
sluice, over their heads, with moun
tainous waves pounding and a sweep
ing current running. Out of twelve
; who started across six were drowned.
The dead; Mrs. Abe Dickstein. aged
23; Annie Kronstadt, aged 10; Ida
Kronstadt, aged 16; Leah Silverstein,
aged 17; Annie Horowitz, aged IS:
Isaac Zacht, aged 22.
The bodies of the unfortunates were
swept out to sea. Mrs. Diokstein's
.corpse was found floating in the surf
an hour after the tragedy, but nono
of the others has been discovered.
But One Admission Fee.
Trenton, July H. —Vice Chancellor
Reed yesterday filed an opinion per
manently enjoining the owners of the
steel pier and Young's pier at Atlantic
City from charging any fees or admis
sion charges except a single admission
at the entrance from the boardwalk
to those piers. The decision was given
in consequence of suits instituted by
the municipal authorities of Atlantic
City who elaimed that under an agree
ment the pier companies had obligated
themselves not to charge more than
a single admission to any or all parts
of the piers,
June Bugs Darken Zanesvllle.
Zanesvllle, 0., July 15. —Zanesvllle
was almost entirely In darkness last
night as a result of the visitation ot
June bugs In countless numbers. Elec
tric light globes are filled and the
lights were completely smothered by
the ashes of the burned bugs. The
hotel offices were infested with auch
swarms that it was necessary to close
the doors notwithstanding the intense
heat. In several instance, church serv
ices were interfered with. The rlvor
bridges were almost Impassable to
pedestrians. The atmosphere about
the lights was filled with clouds of live
Insects and floors were covered to a
depth of several inches by dead ones.
1.25 P er * Year
Number 10
«ROUGHT_NOT BROKER
Hot Wave Still Beats Meroilesalj
Over Western Corn Belt.
KANSAS CROPS MAY BE LOST.
Unless Rain Falls Shortly the Loaa
Will Be Terrible—Element of Flra
Adds Danger—Texaa Saved by a
Heavy Storm.
Washington, July 15. —Reports to the
Weather bureau show that the hot
weather continued yesterday in 19
states and territories of the great corn
belt, the Ohio valley and various por
tions of the south. There seems to be
no immediate evidence of abatement
except in the south and southwest
where local thunderstoms may oause
some moderation. The states affected
include Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, lowa, Missouri, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Lou
isiana, Arkansas, Oklahomo, Kansas,
Nebraska, South Dakota. North Da
kota, Colorado, and Michigan.
From Kansas City come the news
that yesterday was a repltition of the
past two weeks, with reports frone
many places in western Missouri, Kan
sas, and the territories of temperatures
over the 100 mark. At most placea
the sun shone mercilessly with not
a cloud nor a breeze to break its rays.
With no relief in Bight fears for the
Kansas crops are fast b«comlng reali
ties, and scarcity of water and gener
ally dry conditions make the element
of fire a most serious one. What the
real damage to corn, the crop most
affected, will be, Is problematical, but
It is probably safe to say that hall
the crop will be lost. The supply ol
water is short in almost every direc
tion and the shipment of cattle and
hogs to the market to save them must
continue.
St. Joseph, Mo., dispatches state that
the entire corn and oat crops In that
section are ruined. No amount of rain
will now be of any benefit to those
cereals. The fruit and vegetable crops
are also complete failures and the
pastures have dried up ao that the
farmers are paying enormous prices
for hay and feed.
Reports that reached Lincoln, Neb.,
last night indicated that rain fall®
within two days will save the corn
crc.p, although injury to the plant
began yesterday, and another day of
heat and drouth will work considerable
damage to the crop.
Reports from Indian Territory show
that cotton is being injured by the
drouth that has prevailed in Chick
asaw Nation for the past five weeks.
Unless rain falls within the next few
days crops will be cut short. About
60 per cent, of the corn crop has al
ready been ruined. There will be no
marketable corn. The crop of other
grains Is a total failure.
Professor W. M. Hayes, of the Min
nesota state agricultural experimental
farm, reports that the hot weather is
doing a great deal of damage to wheat
In southern Minnesota, and that chinch
bugs are very numerous and are con
tributing to the destruction. He be
lieves that but a small crop will be
harvested In that section.
Iron Mountain, Mich., caps the cli
max with the statement that yesterday
was the hottest day of the year there,
the thermometer registering 110 in
the shade at 1 o'clock at Qulnesce.
Jules Noels was sunstruck, and at
Floodwood an Indian died from the
elTects of the heat.
The only encouraging feature from
the southwest was the news that the
drought In Texas, where at Denlson
ensued a terrific rainfall of over two
hours' duration, the volume of rain
being almost equal to a cloudburst.
The storm was accompanied by a wind
of almost tornado force. Reports Indi
cate that the rain is general in that
vicinity. It came just in ,lme to save
tho cotton crop. It will benefit the
fruit crop and furnish stock water,
which had entirely failed, causing
much distress. It will also benefit
lowland corn. The Southern Method
ist Episcopal Church at Denlson. re
cently erected at a cost of $15,000,
was partially demolished, and a num
ber of small houses in the northern
portion of that city were blown over
and wrecked. Shade trees and window
glass all over the city were demol
ished. A tornado Is also reported to
have passed over the Chickasaw Na
tion.
Kittridge Succeeds Kyle.
Pierre, S. D.. July 12. —Governor
Herrled yesterday appointed A. B.
Kittridge to All the unexpired term
fo the late United States Senator
Kyle. Kittridge is a native of New
Hampshire. He removed to Dakota
in 1885. For a long time he was
former Senator Pettlgrew's trusted
lieutenant. In 1896 the two parted
company on the money question.
Kittridge was the Republican National
committeeman from this state In 1892
and 1896.