Republican News liem. Published Every Thursday. Volume 6. HOLIDAYS! HOLIDAYS! ChJistmas comes but once a year Let us greet it with good cheer. We are all ready to help you with a good stock of STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS suitable for Holiday Presents. Come as early as you can and make your selections and get first choice. Very respectfully, BETTENBURY DUSHORE, PA. THE JKVELKB. , fc/viw i|w DUSHORE, PA. Preparation for Winter should include a call here. 112 jfurnaccs. Nothing like them for house warming. Is your spare room a winter terror ? Putin our new improved furnace and live in comfort. flMumbing* Have it done now. This is the time for examinfng the plumbing. We'll make the best time and do the beet work for you. jdtoaMte ,v 4 -« Hardware. 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. (Sencral Job XLClorh, Bicycle IRepairtng. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Black Silk Comforters Black peandeSoie in one ol tlie best At .his time you may want an extra Bilks tor making tall gowns having .he yomlorter we have aoinevery soft luster ol" a sa.in an.l the advantage ''oral etleets sateen or silkoline some one of both sides finished alike so either side "ide plain other both sides hgured at 1.00 can be used. We have good qualities at ,0 75c, si.oo, $1.25 and $l5O. Taffetas Blankets If you are interested in black tanetas .... vou should see the pood tjiialilies we have ''l all descriptions white, gre\, sennet: o.j 24 27 —36 inches wide at 500 to either cotton, part wool or strictly all $1.50. We have some new fancy silks wool. We can sell you blankets Ironi for waists or dresses at 50c, 75c,and SI.OO 50c a pair up to *'.•."><> tor the linest < 'all fornia wool blankets. We keep a full T LI I '««« assortment oft he CELEBRATE!) Ml'N I at) 1 e LinCn <-'Y BLANKETS ill colored and white. 64 and 66 inch unbleached and 70 inch wide special bleached linen in good pat- . ■ . terns at 50c. 72 inches wide unbleached UndCfWcirG and lull bleached table linen very heavy ■quality in a large variety ol neat designs, lor men. women and children in white some excellent qualities for 75c, 1.00 1.25. or natural color, either cotton, lleece lined Napkins in Sand } sizes to match all the part wool or fine Australian wool, we paterns in linens. bave any thing you need. Also Ladies Misses Mack equestrian tight*, natural New Flannel Waists Made of fine French flannel,yokes form- RfkKpQ ■ed with cluster tucks, sleeves and back ■ tucked, others with fancy stitching giving white tioat Fur Robes for babv car a braided effect, we have them in eardm- r j H j, ep a n ; ce nr ticle for a Christmas gilt :Al, olci rone, reseda, navy blue, cadet, etc. j. jr t ) |(> little one; prices from 2.2~> to 4.50. 1.00 to $3.50. The Shopbell Dry Good Co. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE 5 THE PRICE OF LIBERTY." LAPORTE, PENNA., 'iIIUBSDAY, DECEMBER, 2i, 1901. TJ. KEELER. • Jußtice-of-the Peace. Office in room over store, LAPORTE, PA. Special attention given to collections. All matters left to the care of this office will be promptly .attended to. CARROLL HOUSE, D. KEEPE, Proprietor. DUSHORE, PA. One of the largot and best equipped hotels- in this section otthe state. Table ot the best. Rutes 1.00 dollar per day. Largo st.-ibles. (JLYSSES BIRD Land Surveyor Engineer and Conveyancer. Relocating old lines and coiners, and draw ing ninps a specialty. Will usually be found at homo oil Mondays. Charges reasonable. Estella, Sullivan Co., Pa. HOTEL GUY. MILDRED, PA. R. H. GUY, - Proprietor. Newly furnished throughout, special attention siven io the wants ol the travel ing pub. u;. U.i- n.i.ckud with first class wines. I.ij'.or.- .tlx! tly irs. The best beer on the market always on tap. Jfafcx Jtmronable. COMMERCIAL HOUSE! AVID TEMPLE, Prop. LAPORx'E - A. This large and we 1 1 appointed house i.« the most popular hostelry in this section LAPORTE HOTEL. V. W, liALLAGHEB, Prop. Newly erected. Opposite Court house square. Steam heat, bath rooms, hot and cold water, reading and |>ool room,and barber shop; also good stabling and livery, J J. BRADLEY, ATTORBBT- AT-LAW, Office Building, Cor.Main and Muncy Sts. LAPOKTK, I*> FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MJBHORE, PENNA. CAPITAL - - $50,000. SURPLUS - - SIO,OOO. Does'a'General Banking Business. B.W. JENNINGS, M. D. SWARTS. President. Cashier J. J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTORN EYB-AT-LAW, Legal business attended to in ihi» and Adjoining counties _A PORTE, p A. £ J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LAPORTK, PA. orrics in coniiTr BDILDIHO HEAR COURT BOUIB. H. CRONIN, ATTORNEY*AT -LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC. OFFirB Oil MAIN KTRBBT. DUSHORE, PA BANNER SALVE * the moat healing salve in the world. f£f? ? ? ? • # 112 IT'S WORTH WHILE to step in and .osorb 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 fEXHrnmoN 1 ?????? ? '< ? STEP IN AND ASK ABOUT THEM. All answered at Vernon Hull's Large Store. HiUsirrove. Pa. Foley's Honey and Tar tor children,safe,sure. No opiates. LONG APPROVE VERDICT beeretar* of the Navy Disposed of Schley Case. SEVERE REPRIMAND FOR MILES General Mile*' Cincinnati Interview Results In Severe Censure —Admin- istration Determined to End Naval Controversy—Maclay Discharged. Washington, Dec. 23. —Secretary Long disposed of the Schley case, so far as the navy department is con cerned, by acting upon the findings and conclusions of the court of In quiry. The secretary also has de clined the application of Admiral Sampson's counsel to enter upon an inquiry into the question of command and has notified Admiral Schley's counsel of that fact as a reason for declining to hear them on that point. Secretary Long's approval of the majority report was as follows: After careful consideration the find ings of fact and the opinion of the full court are approved. As to the points on which the pre siding member differs from the opin ion of the majority of the court, the opinion of the majority is approved. As to the further expression of his views by the same member with re gard to the questions of command on the morning of July 3, 1898, and of the title to credit l'or the ensuing vic tory, the conduct of the court in mak ing no finding and rendering no opin ion on those questions is approved; indeed, it could with propriety take no other course, evidence on these questions during the inquiry having been excluded by the court. The department approves the recom mendation of the court that no further proceedings be had in the premises. The department records its appre ciation of the arduous labors of the whole court. Court Dissolved. Following is the text ol' the letter sent by Secretary Long to Admiral Dewey, dissolving the Schley court of inquiry: Navy Department, Washington, December 21. The court of inquiry of which you are the president, convened by de partment's order of July 26, 1901, for the purpose of Inquiring into the con duct of Rear Admiral (then commo dore) W. S. Schley, U. S. N., retired, during the recent war with Spain, and the events connected therewith, Is this day dissolved. You will inform the other members of the court and the judge advocate accordingly. Very re spectfully, JOHN D. LONG, Secretary. Admiral Dewey acknowledged Its re ceipt and said that in conformity with the order of the secretary he had an nounced the dissolution of the court. General Miles Reprimanded. Washington, Dec. 23. —Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles has been cen sured as no other officer commanding the American army ever was for giv ing vent to his opinions on the case, which were favorable to Schley, The interview was published in a Cin cinnati paper and attracted considera ble attention officially. The interview referred to was as follows: "1 am willing to take the judgment of Admiral Dewey In the matter. He has been a commander of a fleet, and as such has known the anxieties and responsibilities which rent on a man under these circumstances. He was instrumental in the destruction of one Spanish fleet, and knows and realizes the feelings that encompass an officer under such conditions. 1 think Dewey has summed up the matter in a clear and concise manner, and I believe his conclusions will be endorsed by the patriotic people of the United States. I have no sympathy with the efforts which have been made to de stroy the honor of an officer under such circumstances." General Miles' explanation in part was as follows: "I have the honor to state that my observations had no reference to the action, pending or otherwise, of a co-ordinate branch of the service: they were merely my personal views based upon matters set forth in various publications which had been given to the world, and con cerning which I conceive there was no impropriety in expressing an opin ion the same as any other citizen upon a matter of 3uch public interest.'" The Reprimand. The reprimand in part is contained in the following letter of Secretary Root to General Miles: "Your • explanation of the public statement made by you is not satis factory. You are in error if you sup pose that you have the same right as any other citizen to express pub licly an opinion regarding official questions pending in the course of military discipline. Your duty is to express your opinion on official mat ters when called upon by your official superiors, or In the due course of your ottlciai repui'it, and iei:ouiu.«auaiions, and not otherwise. "A court of Inquiry had been held on the matters In controversy and a report had been made In which one member of the court had d.'s ented in some particulars from the majority, and the report was pending before the reviewing authority. At this point you. the lieutenant general ot the army, saw flt to make a public ex pression of your opinions as between the majority and the minority of the court, accompanied by a criticism of the most severe character, which could not fail to be applied by the generality of readers to the naval of ficers against, whose views your opin ion was expressed. It is of no conse quence on whose side your opinion was. or what It was. You had no busi ness in the controversy, and no holding the office which you did, *0 express any opinion. "Your conduct was in violation of the regulation above cited and of the rules of official propriety, and you are justly liable to censure, which I now express." Maclay Discharged. Washington, Dec. 23. —After a conference with the president, Secre tary Root was designated to make public the request for Edgar S. Ma clay's resignation. The order reads as follows: "Navy Department, "Washington, December 21. "Rear Admiral A. S. Barker, Com mandant Navy Yard, New York: "Dear Sir —I am directed by the president to ask Edgar S. Maclay, spe cial laborer, general storekeeper's of fice, navy yard, New York, to send in his resignation. Very respectfully, "JOHN D. LONG. Secretary." LONG WILL NOT RESIGN Secretary of Navy Says There Is No Truth In Report. Washington. Dee. 23.—Secretary Long's attention having been called again last night to reports that he con templated if igr.'n r T from she cab'net, he again authorized an emphatic de nial that such was not the case. He said there was not a word of truth in the report, and that he had not the slightest intention of resigning. FIRE HORROR IN MEXICO Many Lives Lost In Burning of Mar ket Building. Pan Antonio, Tex., Dec. 23. —News has just reached here of a five in the city of Zaoateeas, in the Mexican stateof the same name.in which about 45 liven were lost. The fire was in the principal market building owned by the city, and broke out in the < ellnr. In order to save as much of the meat stored in the cellars as possible, a large force of men wera ordered by the authorities Into tb ourning struc ture, and while this >rce was work ing the flames hurno their way to the top of the market, ompletely envel oping it. The bui' mg collapsed, the crumbling walls 1 .rying a large num ber of the men in the cellars under the ruins. The latest advices from Zacatecas state tha 15 dead bodies have been taken from the ruins. Among those caught in the collapse w*;re sev ral minor officials charged with the man agement of the building. T'ae moans and cries of those who had not bean killed outright could be iieird. Many of them begged to bo l.i'.lei before the fire could reach them, ao they saw there was no hope of re-cue. Ae soon ns possible an effort was made to get out the bodies of the dead, but the heat drove hack tlv* rrsnis s tor hours, and only fifteen of those who were m rest the outer walls of the buildir could be removed. Exactly how many have been killed cannot be known until the ruins shall be com pletely cleared away, and this work, with the primitive methods in use. will occupy days. Blaze at Cairo, W. Va. Cairo, W. Va., Doc. 23.—Fire threat ened to destroy the entire town here y< st< rday. but the volunteer work of citizens and the fortunaie direction of th<' wind saved it. As a result the Dimlap hotel, several office buildings, r.tores. a tenement house anil a resi dence were destroyed. A freight t. ain ran over the hose and the water sup ply gave out, threatening the entire town, but water was finally pumped direct from the pumping station and the town was saved. Agreement Reached With Brigands. London. Dec. 23. —According to a Sofia dispatch to The Daily Telegraph an agreement has been reached be tween the brigands holding Miss Stone captive and the American lega tion at Constantinople, under the terms of which the brigands are to ac cept $70,000 for the release of Mis.s Stone. It is said the ransom is to be paid on Bulgarian soil, and that Miss Stone is to be liberated in Turkish territory Montreal. Dec. 21. —The American residents of Montreal have subscribed a fund at $9,000 for the foundation of a fellowship on political economy at McGill University, to lie known as tha William McKlnley fellowship. 1.25 Pe. Y INSURGENMRPRISED Nineteen Filipinos Killed Trying to Escape American Troops. SURROUNDED ENEMY AT NIGHT Lieutenant Tilford Routed Insurgent Stronghold Near Batangaa—Many Other Engagements Reported—Reb els Aided By Priests. Manila. Dec. 23.—Captain John S. Parke. Jr., with 30 men of the Twenty first Infantry, encountered CO insur gents last week at Alamlnos, In La guna province. Four 01' the enemy were killed, several g'.ms were cap tured and their barracks was de stroyed. General Bell, who Ik in command of the American forces in Batangas province, Luzon, has praised Lieuten ant James I). Tilford, who while scout ing wit* Troop D, of the First Cav alry. ro. "d an insurgent force In that province. Lieutenant Tilford lo: atei a rebel stronghold on top of a hill near the town of Batangas. He sur rounded the enemy under cover of night and attacked them at daylight. Their surprise was complete. Nine teen insurgents were killed while at tempting to escape. Lieutenant Til ford captured 16 rifles and 500 rounds of ammunition. A detachment of scouts of the Sec ond Infantry also had a small engage ment with the insurgents, in which they killed nine men and cap urad (our. Lieutenant John I). Hartman, of the First Cavalry, during an expedition which lasted several days, encoun tered the enemy six separate times without losing one of his men. He destroyed several barracks. Two priests have been arrested in Batangas province. They are charged with aiding; the insurrection. They were found to have hidden behind the altar of their church appliances for counterfeiting money. Th?y are charged with manufacturing Mexican silver dollars to pay the Insurgent soldiers. LAKE VESSEL WRECKED Struck Bar While Entering Harbor and Is Disabled. Ludington. Mich., Dec. 23.—While entering I.udington harbor on Satur day night during a heavy southerly gale, the Pore Marquette car ferry, No. 16, struck a liar, disabling her machinery and breaking the main feed steam pipe. Great volumes of steam Instantly escaped. Mike Taft was scalded to death and t'.vo other coal passers. whose names are unknown, were also terribly scalded. They now lie in the marine hospital here, hov ering between life and death. Many others who were in the hold of the car ferry received bad burns from tha steam and suffered great hardships during the nine hours which followed before they were rescued. The shock completely disorder ed the machinery of the boat. Left without power, the car ferry drifted against the North Pier, where she pounded heavily, stoving several huje holes in her forward quarter. There upon Captain Thompson ordered the sen cocks opened and liie boat was scuttled in i<et of water. Meat Inspections May Continue. Washington. Dec. 21.—Secretary Wilson stated that discontinuance of the iriicvcseopie inspect'oi.s of meats sent a! ; >ad would n.ean the entire suspension of exports and loss of the .0(0,000 worth of mats annually sold to Germany. Secretary Wilson said he has asked congress to make part of the appropriation for the com ing.year immediately available, and that l\e has no doubt congress will grant this authority. "I have no doubt." he added, "that the nib roscop leal inspections will proceed notwith standing the notice given the packing houses through the bureau of r.nirnal industry."' No Institutes This Week. Harrisburg, Dec. 23. —The otato de partment of agriculture wi.l hold no farmers institutes in Penary 1 a iia during Christmas week. The insti tutes will, however, be resu ,".ed on December 30 and continue without in terruption until early in March. Dep uty Secretary Martin, who has <ha.£i of these gatherings., says the attend ance this winter far exceeds his ex pectations. Two and three lecturers ar« being furnished by the department for each institute. Cutting Trees "For Santa Claua." Pateraon, N. J., Dec. 23. —Many val uable trees have been taken from t.,e parks of Paterson and streets during the past few days, and the park authorities were much con cerned Saturday night Park Super intendent Johnson caught two chil dren hacking away at a tree. "We are taking it home for Santa Claus to hang things on," thejr replied, when he questioned them, "and we have asked him for ever so many things." Number^
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