Published Every Thursday. Volume 6. )We Leave it to ? \ Your Judgment \ That the man that has been able to hold theV 112 fort in Dushore for 22 years is the man that can / V give you the best satisfaction, both in repairing your V £ Reliable Prices on Reliable |c ( Our friends and patrons will always be wel- / c come and assured of honest treatment as long as we v. Very respectfully, J the JEWELER.^ Coles Hardware, DUSHORE, PA. I' k Preparation for Winter should v include a call here. jfurnacee. Nothing like them for house warming. Is your spare room a winter terror ? Putin our new improved furnace and live in comfort. i " plumbing* p* Have it done now. This is the time for examine the plumbing. We'll make the best time and do the boat work for you. Marbware. special low prices prevail here. No danger of infer iority. Our hardware line is as good as can be made. Steam Fittings, Stoves and Ranges, Farm Tools, Etc. General Job Moth, Bicycle IRcpafdng. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. At this season of the year every one thinks of heavy underwear. We are offering some decided bargains in Men's, Ladies' and Children's Clothing, fleeced lined and j fine, all wool underwaer. heavy cotton fleeced lined shirts and drawers to match at MEN S 39 C( W ell worth 50c. natur il merino shirts and drawers, well knit, perfect shape, MEN'S at 76t . an( j sj.oo. fine Australian, all wool, natural color shirts and drawers MEN'S full fashioned, very soft and nice, at 1.25 and l.»>r>. Jersey ribbed, full fleeced line vests and pants, these are ex - LADIES t ril good values for 25 and 50c. white and natural wool vests and pants, the l«>tter qualities LADIES' are f u u fashioned and made by the best manufactures; we can please you if you are looking for flne qualities at 75c, 1.00, 1.25, LADIES' UNION SUITS. We keep a full assortment of the celebrated ONEITA SeamlessCombiimtion Suits in white and natural. They are perfectly elastic fitting like a c IN OUR CLOAK AND SUIT DE^AjKTMENT. What we show, you will be the very latest the market is producing in Jacketß, Raglans, Tailor Made Suits, Walking Skirts, Fur Jackets and'Cflfpes, "Neck Scarfs and boas with muffs to match, Misses and Children's Jackets, <-oats and furs. See our line before buying, if you want to save money. The Shopbell Dry Good Co. .vepubiican News Item. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY." LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, I't, 1901. TJ. KEELER. • Justice-of-the Peace. Office In room over store, LAPORTE, PA. Special attention given to collections. All matters led to the care of this office will be promptly fatten dec! to. CARROLL HOUSE, D. KBEPE, Proprietor. DUSIIORE, PA. One of the largest and best equipped hotels in this Bection of the state. Table of the best. Rites 1.00 dollar per day. Large stubles. ULYSSES BIRD Land Surveyor Engineer and Conveyancer. Relocating old lines ami coiners, and draw ing mui*s a specialty. Will usually be found at home on Mondays. Charges reasonable. Estella, Sullivan Co., Pa. ~~ HOTEL GUY. MILDRED, PA. R. H. GUY. - Proprietor. Newly . furnished 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 always on tap. ltatea liemonabte. COMMERCIAL HOUSE DAVID TEMPLE, Prop. LAPORTE PA. This large and well appointed house is the inoat popular hostelry in this 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 barber shop; also good stabling and livery, J." BRADLEY, ATTORHBT-AT-LAW, Office Building, Cor.Main and Muncy Sts. LAPORTE, PA FIRST NATIONAL BANK OK DOSHORE, PENNA. CAPITAL - - 850.000. SURPLUS - - #IO.OOO. Does'a'.General Banking Business. B.W. JENNfNGH, M. I). SWARTH. President. Cashier T\ J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTORHST9-AT-LAW, Legal business attendod to in this and adjoining oounties _APORTE, PA. £ J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LAPORTE, PA. orrioa in cobwtt bbildiimi HEAR COURT HOVBB. H. CRONIN, ATTORNEY*AT -LAW, HOTARY PUBLIC. OP rid OR M AIR BTKSBT. DUSIIORE, PA BANNER 8A LYE ' the moat healing salve In the world. {*>}???? J • it IT'S WORTH WHILE to step in and absorb a little General Knowledge ♦' at is to be found in a really Dwn to date General Store. The new things for Spring and Summer are now on lEXHpTIO^ ? ????? ? ? ? STEP IN AND ASK ABOUT THEM. All answered at Vernon Hull's Large Store. HDlagrdvet Pa. Foley's Honey and Tar tor children,smfe,Mure. No opiates. LAST WEMTON Republicans Carried Philadelphia by 43,667 Plurality. FUBIONISTS SWEEP NEW YORK Republicans Carried Pennsylvania by a Greatly Reduced Majority—Tha Result in New Jersey—Democrats Carry Maryland—Other States. Harrisburg, Nov. 7. —While the Re publicans carried the state of Penn sylvania by a handsome majority, the feature of the election was the im mense drop In the size of the usual plurality. Whereas the usual figure has been 110,000, the result of Tues day's vote shows that William P. Potter won by a margin of 46,336 in his flght for Judge of the supreme court. Frank G. Harris was electei state treasurer and incidentally given a vote of greater confidence, with a plurality of 48,368. The total vote for the leading candi dates for state treasurer and supreme court justice follows State Treasurer. Harris, Republican 433,488 Coray, Fusion 385,126 Harris' plurality 48,368 Justice of the Supreme Court. Potter, Republican 431,443 Yerkes, Fusion 385,107 Potter's plurality 46,33 majority of '..l>. He was the onl;, Democrat ! the field who gained s victory, the Ticpubllcans having swep: that town. Franklin Murphy, Ropubli can candidate for governor, had a ma jority in the twelve wards of Cam den of 3,500. All the Republican can didates for councils and freeholder* were elected. FUSION'S SWEEP IN NEW YORK Low's Plurality la 29,864 —Jerome Elected District Attorney. New York, Nov. 7. —Complete re turns from every district of Greater New York give Seth Low, Fusion can didate for mayor 294,992, and Ed ward M. Shepard, Democratic candi date, 265,128, making Low's plurality 29.864. Edward M. Grout, Fusionist candi date for controller, received 299,713 votes, and V.'iliiam LauU, 'his Demo cratic opponent, 254.737, making the plurality of the Futlon'.st 44,C7d. Retinas from every election distriii in New York county «?ive AVil ia;u Yravers Jen. me, FusionLt, a lead of 15,880 ov>>r !K\ i-y \Y. Demo crat, in the race for the district at torneyship. The of ths two fol lows: Jerome, 163,95!); ITngcr. 148,079. Complete returns show the elec tion of the following justices of ths supreme court: Morgan J. O'Brien, Democrat and Fusionist; Samuel Greenhaiim, Fusionist; James A. Blanchard, Fusionist; John Proctor Clarke, Fusionist. Clarke, who got the smallest plurality of any of the men elected, headed Charles W. Day ton, the nearest man to him on the judicial ticket, by 6,116 votes, and beat Robert A. Van Wyck, the present mayor, by 29,080. In the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, the following are the totals for mayor: Low (Fusion), 143,951; Shepard (D.), 136,192. In the borough of Brooklyn: Low, 105,512: Shepard, 84,074. In the borough of Queens: Low, 12,- 095; Shepard, 12,602. In the borough of Richmond: Low, 6,750; Shepard, 6,046. Virginia. Richmond, Va., Nov. 7 —Virginia has given 30,000 majority for the Demo cratic ticket. Colored men who voted were very few. The Republicans gain two senators and eight members of the house, leav ing both branches of the legislature overwhelmingly Democratic. lowa. Des Moines, la., Nov. 7.—lowa has elected A. B. Cummins, the Republi can nominee for governor, by a plu rality of 92,000, and the legislature, which will elect two United States senators. The Republicans are sur- 1.25 P er - Year prised at itie iarge plurality, which exceeds thut for president last year. Thrilling Escape From Death. Uniontown. Pa., Nov. 11.—I. N. Deighley, master mechanic at the Con tinental Coke Works, had a thrlllim; escape from an awful death. He was standing on the cage at the tnp of the tipple, 380 feet from the bottom of the shaft, prying with a crowbar, when the cage suddenly dropped from under him. He clutched the crowbar and hung over the mouth of the shall, but could not escape. The crowbar was slipping when he attracted he'.p by hiß cries. Rural Delivery In Delaware. Dover. Del., Nov. 11. —The establish ment of the rural free delivery for Kent county will probably not be or dered until the last of December, but It is thought that the systen) will be In operation by Christmas. Congress man Ball is keeping in touch with tho residents of this section and holding conferences, in order that the appoint ments of carrlars may be made in a business-like way. Fatal Accident on Warship. Athens, Nov. 11.—A terrible gnn ac cident occurred on Saturday or. boara the British battleship Royal S)V«reirrn outside of Astake harbor. An artil leryman forgot to close the breech b fore the gun was fired. One office/ and six artillerymen were killed out right, the bodies being terribly mu tilated, and the captain and thirteen sailors were seriously injured. LI HUNG CHANG IS DEAD The Famous Statesman Died Sur rounded By Wife and Children. Pekin, Nov. 7. —LI Hung Chang dlad at 11 o'clock this morning. The wife ot Eari Li and his two sois and daughter were with htm when the end came. The end was quiet. His vitality slow ly ebbed. For a time he lost conscious ness, but he showed great tenacity, rallied at. midnight, became semi-con scious. partook of nourishment and ap peared to recognize his relatives. Tho foreign doctors left him early Welnes day, saying that nothing more could be done. His personal physician, Dr Watt, then took charge. The contro versy between the foreign and Chinese doctors had no effect on the patient, because he was already beyond hope of recovery. The flames of the procession of pa per efllgies. "hairs and horses burned in the courtyard oi the yamen to car ry his spirit to heaven, told the crowd of officials who were gathered in the narrow street outside the yamen that the end had come. Soon afterward a procession appeared bearing a costly coffin of teakwood, beautifully lac quered. This coffin Li Hung Chang took on his trip around the world, and he brought 't from Canton when he came to Pekin to settle the "Boxer" troubles. Since that time it had been kept in a temple here. Horse Thief Publicly Whipped. Dover, Del., Nov. 11. —William ft. Decker was publicly whipped in the jail yard on Saturday by Sheriff Prank Reedy for horse stealing. The sen tence was 20 lashes, which was tho lightest that could be given under the statute which provides for the punish ment of horse thieves. Decker is a middle-aged man and very frail, and It was feared that the flogging would cause an attack of hnart failure, to which he is subject. Sheriff Reedy, however, applied the lash quickly and rapidly, and Decker was soon back in his cell. The prisoner," who appeared to lose his nerve entirely when tak<.-:t to the post, becaiae composed aft-r the ordeal was over, and thanked thfi wardens for their care. Record Frico For Cal'.lc. Chicago, Nov. B.—Cicely, a short horn cow, recently of the Queen Vic toria herd in England, was sold hei>) yesterday for $5,000 to J. J. Robblns ft Sons, of Horace, Ind. The animal cost Queen Victoria $4,000 a few y:& i ago. Twenty other cows and bnl'i realised an average price of $!,32 1 . These are record figures tor shot .- horn cattle for the past 25 years. Trolley Car Attacked By Mob. Scranton, Pa, Nov. 11. —A trollev car on the Luierne street line n<--r Eighteenth street, yesterday afternoon wits attacked by a mob with sti ne;. The non-union conductor, John Kre:- der, of New York, was struck on tli.i head by a stone and badly injur* •: He had to be taken to a hospital. Ail ! the windows in the car were smash..! j and the trolley poie broken. Shot His Hand Off. 1 Annapolis, Md., Nov. 9. —Harry M. Revell, son of the late Dr. Harry M. Revell, of Anne Arundel county, are dentally shot his right hand off wnu-i squirrel bunting. He was pulling h<* gun after him, when the trigger In some vines and the weapon wts discharged. Davy, W. Va., Nov. 11. —John Isaacs ; aad Homer Frowbell, white, and Tom Toleman, colored, all miners, were killed near here by the accidental ex plosion of several kegs of powder In | a shaaty. Number 27