Republican News Item. Published Every Thursday. Volume 6. c K-xpert ? > Repairing-! 1 ii■ ill i■■ i!■ rxirmT^jcrrmui i -'nrnanrnmiiiii nmmmmm* / All our knowledge; nil our long experience: all our \ for doing line watch nnd jewelry repair- Q } ing is for sale. Big jobs, little jobs,simple jobs, hard} £ jobs everything in our line we are ready to do and*\. fdo better than you ever hid it done before. We've \ \ made a special study of superiority. We excell whiles V charging but moderately fur it. ,■" * p |Q Very respectfully S & RETTE N BURY S 5 DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER, -A jQOLES HARDWARE FINEST LINEJOF b!cylec n repairing" ■' Wfl Done in first lcass order and as i Quickly as possible, using good Material and prices right. fean&*s S2O casb. THE COLUMBIA ii Line of chain wheels always leads the race, from &25.00, &35.00, and $50.00. * The Columbia Chain*™ on exhibition now and seejmy.line, if you contemplate sending for a wheel. « > as much for your money as you will get elsewheie. OTTPPT TES GENERAL LINE OP HARDWARE, MILL SUPPLIES. STOVES and RANGES, . riIDMAPPQ Plumbing and general job work. rUnNALIIO. Estimates given. Gores Hardware, DUSHORE, PA. TheShopbell 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 depart ments. We can assure you H ere is no better selected stocks to be found elsewhere. A LIST OF DEPARTMENTS. Linen Department. Everything in table linens, napkins, j of a jj kinds for men, women and towels, towling, craslis, liuen sheeting, cliil( j ren Everything in the hosiery line everything in the linen line. oan f oul)( j ) ierf . Domestic Department. Muslin and Knit Underwear. rSgfSpSrS XEfif.etc.,this department is complete, jjj« ni'ade" Knl! nothing wanting. underware, all grades at all prices. Dress Goods and Silks. Corsets. This department lias taken more room 2 5 different kinds found here. We an to display the stock; it's larger than ever. BUre to please you; price, 50c to f-.&U, a All the new things you'll find here. the new shipes. . A, ~ . Cloak and Suit Department. Notions and Fancy Goods. This department is larger than ever This department would make a large jj ere , ou Hnd Tailor Made Suits, Skirts jized store in itself. Here you will find Waists, Jackets, Capes, Wrappers, Petti small wears, laces,purses,dress trimming, cofttH) !UR I Children Dresses. vimi>s, braids veilings, netts, toilet articles „ ewcs t styles lor Spring and Sum soaps, stamped linens and fancy goods. pier now ready. Don't fail to visit tin lieady 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 go d. sent C. O. D. with privilege to examine. ; The Shopbell Dry Good Co- "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY." LAME, PEIA., THURSDAY, ALGUST, 1, 1901. TJ. KEELER. Justice-of-the Peace. Oflleeln room over store, LAPOKTK, PA. ■Special attention given to collections. All matters left to the care of tliis office will he prom ptlyjat tended to. CARROLL HOUSE, D. KEEFE, Proprietor. DUSIIORE, PA. One of the largest and best equipped hotels in this seetion of the state. Tal>le of the best. lUtes 1.00 dollar per day. Large stiililea. (JLYSSES BIRD Land Surveyor Engineer and Conveyancer. Relocating old liues and coiners, antl draw inR nmi« as|n-cialty. Will usually foe found at home on Mondays. Charges reasonable. Estella, Sullivan Co., Pa. HOTEL GUY. MILDRED, PA. B. H. GUV, - * Proprietor. Newly •furnished throughout, special attention given to the wants ol the trave ing public, l'.ar stocked with first class wines, liquors ami cegars. Ihe best beer on the market always on tap. J{atex Reasonable. COMMERCIAL HOUSE. - THOS. E. KENNEDY, l'rop. LAI'ORL'K PA. This largo and well appointed house is the must popular hostelry in this sei-tion LAPORTE HOTEL. F. W, OALLAQUEB, Prop. Newly erected. Opposite Court House square. Steam heat, hath rooms, hot and cold water, reading and pool room ,and al»o gooil Htabling and livery i P. SHOEMAKER, Attorney at Law. Office in County Building. LA PORTE, PA. Collections, conveyancing; the settlement of estates ami other legal business >*lll receive prompt attention. J. BRADLEY, ATTORMBY AT-LAW, Office I'.uilding, Cor.Main anil Muncy Sfs. LAPORTE, rA FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUSIIORE, PENNA. CAPITAL - • #50.000. SUBFIjUU - - #IO.OOO. DoesV/ieneral Hanking Business. U.W..J ENNINGS, M. LI. SWARTH. President. Cashier JJ. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTOHHBYS-AT-LAW, Legal business attended to in this and adjoining counties .A PORTE, PA £ J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LAI'ORTE, PA. orricß M COOHTV BUILDIBO NBAR COURT HOUSE. J H. CRONIN, ATTORHKT.AT -LAW, BOTAHT PUBLIC. owes on MAM STRBBT. JUSIIORK, ? ? ? | • | IT S WORTH WHILE to step in and absorb a lit General Knowledge that is be found in a really down date General Store. The new things for Spri and Summer are now on ?????? ? ? STEP IN AND ASK ABOUT THEM. All answered i Vernon Hull Large Stor Hlllagrove, Pa. j CERVERATOBE CALLED! Spanish Admiral as a Witness at Scalev Court of Innuiry. CAPTAIN EULATE MAY TESTIFY Precept Mailed To Admiral Dewey To day—Nithlng Hat Been Heard From limberley So Far—Session May Lit for Montha. Washinjton, July 27. —It is said to day that 112 Admiral Schley desires it, I Judge Adiacete General Lemly will call upon Adndral Cervera and Captain Efu- ! late of tk Spanish navy as witnesses. Of course the court of inquiry has no authority to compel their attendance and it is more than doubtful whether j they wotld respond to a summons, but the >pportunity will be afforded. Genera Lemly is now proceeding with thepreparatlon of his case. He will exaaine all documents and pre pare a :st of witnesses. The court probably will sit for several months, more thn likely until after congress meets InDecember. He has not decided who tie witnesses before the court will be. The' may be taken from the navy, from th< army or from civil life—for undoibt*Jly some of the newspaper corr*pcndents will be called. Tb precept to the court, which th« nav department has been preparing forsveral days was given to the public lasOight. It is a document addressed to dmiral Dewey, as president of the cott, instructing him concerning the meters to be investigated. While it dints that the "entire matter" of Ad miij Schley's conduct during the oper atic in West Indian waters shall be instigated, making use of the very wols employed by Admiral Schley in hirietter to Secretary Long, it also selts certain distinctive acts of the ret admiral concerning the facts and pnriety of which it calls for partic ult investigation. These points cover brfly Admiral Schley's alleged delay wi. the flying squadron at Cienfueges, th'slowness of his progress toward Satlago after leaving Clenfuegos, the reognide movement toward Key Wit, the effectiveness of the boni bdraent of the Spanish fleet at the rifies used in the reconnoisance of V? 31, the state of the coal supply in'arioua ships when he telegraphed th 1 department that he would return to»ey West, the loop of the Brooklyn atfantiago, the accuracy of his re p<B, and matters relating to the con tfersy between him and Commander ylgson over the alleged colloquy, ch is said to have taken place aboard i Brooklyn when the loop was made ring the naval engagement off San igo. With the exception of the last ro counts, the others practically sum ? the criticisms of Admiral Schley's >nduct made by Secretary lx>ng to le senate, which the secretary ehar jterlzed as Schley's "reprehensible induct." One of the important points 1 the precept is the direction to the aurt to report in its conclusions "all le pertinent facts which It may deem o be established, together with its pinion and recommendations In the iremlses." No word has been received from Idmlral Klmberly who, it was report d, had writtfc to the department say ng that his hi Ith made it inadvisable 'or him to av.efnpt to serve on the lourt. He will not be officially noti ced of his selection as a member of the sourt until he receives the precept which was mailed to him yesterday. A copy of the precept also will be sent to Admiral Dewey and Rear Admirals Benham and Schley. Newport. R. 1., July 27.—"Schley's call for a court of inquiry," said Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, "is what every one in the navy has been hoping for throughout the past two years. Navy officers have wanted to see this whole question cleared up and Admiral Schley's character vindicated, if he can be proven to be innocent of the charged made against him." Clevelanders Help India's Children. Cleveland, 0., July 29.—1n response to appeals by Rev. Mark Muller, a mis sionary to India, 50 boys and girls In that far ofT country will be cared for until maturity by the contributions of Clevelanders who are in attendance at the annual session of the Seulah Park ;amp meeting, a religious resort a few miles east of this city. The sum of (15 will keep a child for a year. An Unsuccessful Suitor's Revenge. Muncie, Ind., July 29.—Peter Till- I bury, an iron worker, called at the home of Kate Phinney last night and threw carbolic acid into the face of Mrs. Mary Terrey, a guest, destroying her eyes and burning her neck, breast ind arms frightfully. The man had pleadd with the woman to marry him for years. Some one hurled a stone through < me of tha windows of the forward day coach of a Baltimore and Ohio railroad train at Ridley station yesterday, atrik ing Mrs. A. D. Mullluix. Her injuries are not serious. { STRIKE NEARING AN END. ! Agreement Between Steel Officials and Men Expected This Week. Pittsburg, July 29.—The strike of the steel and tin workers of the Amal i gamated Association against the linit i ed States Steel corporation will prob | ably be settled this week. The con ference held in New York Saturday j between the officials of the United | States Steel corporation and President Shaffer and Secretary John Williams, of the workers' organization, has re sulted in paving the way for renewal of negotiations between the two con ! dieting Interests. It is said that a : basis for such a conference has been arrived at. This basis is still locked ; up in the minds of the officials of the j two organizations and will not be di vulged until later this week. If the basis is satisfactory to the general executive committee of the Amalga- I mated Association the conference be , tween the association and the manu facturers will proceed at once. If, on the other hand, the basis is not what the Amalgamated Association will permit to be considered as negotiable grounds the strike will be continued with the same vigor as at present and with in definite time for its ending. NEW MAINE LAUNCHED. Receives Her First Introduction to the Water In Philadelphia. Philadelphia, July 27. —The new bat tleship Maine was launched from Cramp's shipyard at 10.45 o'clock this i morning. Miss Mary Preble Anderson, of Portland, Me., gracefully broke the bottle of wine and christened the mag- I niflcent new ship. Thousands of spec tators cheered wildly as the ship glided Into the water. Miss Preble is a de scendant of the Preble family, which became famous in the naval annals of this country. The Maine is a sister ship of the Ohio, recently launched at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, and of the j Missouri, at the Newport News ship- j yard. Her keel was laid in the spring of 1899, and the contract price of the hull and machinery alone is $2,899,000. Her complement is 35 officers and 511 men. IS McGRAW A TRAITOR? Said To Be Dickering With the Na tional League. Chicago, July 27 —The Tribune to day said: "The breach iietv;een Presi dent Johnson of the American League and Manager McGraw of the Baltimore club, which has been gradually widen ing since early in the season, has be come a hopeless chasm. McGraw is charged with a scheme to disrupt the ! American League. Ever since McGraw j was suspended in May he has been nursing his wrath and even threaten ing civil war openly. "The latest charge against McGraw is that he is scheming to turn his club back into the National League, with four others, in a movement to increase the National's circuit to twelve clubs next year. McGraw de nies the charges. CHOATE AS A MEDIATOR. Rumor That Kruger Ha 6 Asked Ameri can Ambassador's Services. London, July 29. —"United States Ambassador Choate has left London for Holland," says The Daily Express, "not for a holiday, but —so rumor says—at the invitation of Mr. Kruger, who desires him to act as a mediator in bringing about a settlement. "It would naturally be supposed that a settlement could not take place with out the irrepressible Dr. Leyris. but if Mr. Choate has gone to Holland Dr. I.eyds has left the country for Brus sels, starting Saturday." No importance is attached to this rumor by The Daily Express, for the paper refers to it editorially in a face tious vein as a "South African goose berry." Porto Rico Sprucing «(Jp. San Juan, Porto Kico, July 29. — Events have already proved that the tax law drawn up by the legislators of this island will provide ample means for the island's requirements. This indicates that Porto Rico is more prosperous than it was a couple of years ago. Steady improvement has been made since the day General Miles lauded at Guanica three years ago. The people are in better physi cal condition and work with more spirit. Plantations that went un worked for a long time are beginning to show signs of prosperity. Made a Fatal Dash for Liberty. Monticello.Fla.,July 29. —Simon Wil liams. condemned to death for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Hawkins, and sentenced to hang August 3, made a daßh for liberty yesterday afternoon. He shot Deputy Sheriff Kilpatriik in the chest and succeeded in reaching the street. The deputy followed, how ever, and after a 200-yard chase shot Williams dead. The deputy is in a critical condition. Fell Six Hundred Feet. Geneva. July 29. —Frederick Horrli, •t Geneva, Switzerland, while picking tdelweiss, fell 600 feet into a valley. x.25 Per. Year PBATTS DAY IN Jill Wpst Chester's Alleged V7ito Mur derer Preserves Indifference. MRS. FARRER TE.LL3 OF VISITS Little Willie Wi3e Says He Heard a Woman Crying, and That There Was Blood on Pratt's Forehead and His Finger Nails. West Chester, Pa.. July 20. —William H. Pratt, ehjrged with having mur dered his wile, spent y< terday in jail. His air of stolid indifference is still maintained, in contrast to his outward eaim was the stormy mood o£ the "other woman," Mrs Nettie Farrer. She is filled with wrath at William H. Pratt, and she expressed her mind with vigor .is she sat in her brother's parlor in West Market street. "A man who will tell the lies Pratt told me ought to be in jail," declared Mrs. Farrer, with decision. "He has been coming to see me sin Apr.!. Oh, no; he did not call on me while my husband was living. It is since I have been a widow that I received his attentions. I never would have let him come had he not assured me his wife was going to die. You see, 1 thought it was all right lor him to come, that bei irue lie would soon be a widowe) /way. "I never \j to see his l'ace aga 11. If he killed/ wife 1 certainly hope he will get k ust deserts. H • ought to be killed \ ictly the same way he killed her, il lie did it. He always seemed to want me to think he was kind to his wife, but he certainly did convince me that she was about io die." Another figure that will occupy a large place in the Piytt < ase is that of tow-headed little W' 'if \ ise, on.' of the berry pickers on the farm at the time Mrs. Pratt was killed. Here is his story: "Me and Georgie McGrogm he's ii years old —went to Mr. Pratt after dinner to see if he didn't want sonv berries picked. Him and Wilbur wci" in the yard by tile barn when w;> found him. He told us togo to work, and we went into the corn field and picked il'.ii* the fence, ,'i'hen wo heard somehod ... asil we stopped picking and listened. " 'There must be soni body hurt up there,' I said to Georgie. "Then we started to the house. We could still hear the crying as if some one was hurling. We could hear 'Oh, papa, papa! Oh! Oh! Oh' It sounded like Mrs. Pratt. "Then Mr. Pratt came out of the house and said 'Put the berries on the bench, boys, and come back to morrow. and I'll pay you He said Mrs. Pratt was sick and he was going for the doctor. "He came to the pump and washed his hands and lace. There was blood on his forehead, just over the nose. There was blood all around his finger nails. He washed the spots off. "He had on his dirty clothes when he sent us to pick berric When wo came back he had on a better suit. When we first saw him he wore gray pants and a dirty white shirt. When we came in with the berries he wore black pants and a black coat buttoned tightly. I could not see his shirt When we went to pick berries the horse was not harnessed. When we came back from the field it was stand ing, harnessed. He just hitched up and went, away." "Georgie came home wildly excited," said Mrs. McGrogan. "lie was too lit tle to know what had happened, but he had an incoherent story about Mrs. Pratt's screams and declared the dogs were killing her. We had had trouble with dogs, and Georgie associated them with trouble of any sort." S. P. Reid, one of the leading attor neys will assist the corn nr. in wealth.' Heroes, Both of Them. Louisville. July 2!). -!t devei'm th;'l Max Belovltch, the cigar n, ;i:;ti:u-inrei, who lost his life in the tie that de stroyed the Badgely-G ra ham photo graphic suppl) store 1 . ;v Saturday, dashed up the stairs to t-.'.v,' the l.t • of a young woman, to whom tie u i greatly attached and who, he though'., was in a flat above. Policeman J::uies Pardon, who also lost his life, wen! upstairs in the burning buiiding tu an effort to save Relovitch Record Breaking Trip From Dawson. Victoria. B. C , July 20 The 31 earner Islander from Skag\vay ;• -su-rda; brought passengers wh.> came from Dawson here in less than six days, breaking past records. She brought 170,000 in gold Record 3reaking Euncli of Cigars. New York, July 29. The N'i v l'ork and Porto Rico com; in;, 's :u earner Ponce, Captain Sargent, arrived yes terday from Porto Rico. She brought 575,400 cigars, said to be th largest shipment of manufactured tobao brought to this port by any steanie Number !■>
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