Republican News Item. Published Every Thursday. Volume 6. {Worth the Pricel ) V YOUR SAVINGSAREWELL P WHEN YOU EUY RELIABLE JEWELERY. X Nit wears and gives pleasure for years and 112 always worth the price paid for it. Our many j vears of business at the same stand with the same * of keeping noth : ng but reliable jewelery / a testimonial of what our goods stand for. > We intend that this store shall be first in vourC 3 thoughts when that buying reliable jewelery ques- p tion come up. Our prices have reached the bottom V j scale, they can nowhere be made lower for the J C same grade of goods. 1 Always Ready for Repairwork. 3 P Nothing but the best in repair work leaves our \ hands. To get values come here after them. S Very respectfully, C \ RETTENBURY, < S DUSHORE, PA. T HE j DUSHORE, PA. Preparation for Winter should include a call here. If unt aces. Nothing like them for house warming. Is your spare room a winter terror ? Putin our new improved furnace and live in comfort. flMumbing. i Have it done now. This is the time for examine the plumbing. We'll make the best time and do the beet work for you. ■ IHavfcware. 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. (Beneral Job TKAorh, Bicycle IRepairing. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLI AMS PORT, PA. MID-WINTER CLEARANCE SALE. This means a saving on a good many articles that you have either a present or future need for. SILKS. TAILOR-MADE SUITS. One lot of Fancy Silk (or Waists, in A few Ladies' Tailor Made Suits in stripes and corded effect, all pood colors, {rood colors with full flounced skirls and for 50c, the regular price has been 75c to neat .Jackets at one third and one half oil 'B7c. the regular price. One lot Fancy Waist Silk, large part FLANNEL WAISTS, ot them this season's stvlts, worth 00c to \n assorted lot of Ladies' French $1.25, sale price 75c. These are only a Flannel Waists all new this season, in few ol the silks reduced. navv, old rose, reseda, cardinal, etc. DRESS GOODS. Your choice at one halt the market price. 10 piec s all wool Plaids and Mixed WATST PT OTW^ Suitings for 25c, reduced from 50c. six J»l™ThTd fS'e Linen, 2 pieces 45-inch all wool (.rev Serge ~ and 2 pieces 50-.nch Suiting, have hen Or ,^ lot Fu „ |s| eacl ; ed All-Linen, good (OC now' 50c. . , p . patterns, 50c quality, tor this sale 40c. One lot of plain and mixed trench G4 . illC '| l Ta hle Linen,which Dress Goods in.brown, navy, greens, Hue we | l(lve co , lsill ered a bargain at 50c, greys and fancies. 42 to 48 inches wide. now 4;,,.. These have been 75c to #1.25 all go now 70-incii rnbleached. extra heavy, very &oc. neat patterns, our 00c quality for 5 c. FURS. 70-inch Half Bleached Damask, was A leading furrier has consigned to us 75c now 67c to be closed out, a large line of medium HOUSEHOLD LINEN. and fine Marten and Fox Neck Scarfs Men's Full Fleeced Shirts and Draw and Boas, which we can offer you at ers —large sizes only—the shirts are manufacturer's prices. W'e mention one double breasted, drawers re-en forced, were item—a Marten Scarf with a cluster ot sold as a leader tor 50c, now 39c to close 8 tails, for $8.50, worth at least one-half out. Large men come and see them. more than that. Fox Scarfs 44, 60 and UNDERWEAR 80 inches long. Fur Jackets to close out 1 |. t y,,, ■ ■ „ ..,,1 VI,;I t» n .< ~ . r.i\ 1 Jot ot Men s, liHuicH <111(1 ' t ilrct h at $12.50, worth S2O. IT , - , , • 1 . 1 ' Underwear 111 broken sizes, will be closed COATS. out at a great reduction, Ladies' and Children's Cloth Coats, < >ur entire stock ol Metis, Ladies' and Jackets, etc., will be closed out at a Children's All-Wool I nderwear 10 per great sacrifice. ce,lt l 'ie regular price. The Shopbell Dry Good Co. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY.' LAPORTE. PENNA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1902. FIKST NATIONAL BANK OF DUSHORE, PENNA. CAPITAL - - $50,000. SURPLUS - • 810.000. Does'a'General Banking Business. B.W.JENNINGS, M. D. SWAKTS. President. Casliier T J. & F. H. INGHAM, ' * ATTOHHKTX-AT-LAW, Legal business attsn<!e<l to in tliis ftml adjoining counties _ A PORTE, PA - I I £ J. MULLEN, Attomoy-«t-L«w. LAPORTE, PA. orrtc* M COUBTT NNIIDIK# KBARROUUT HODSB. J. BRADLEY, ATTORNEY AT-LAW, Office Building, Cor.Main and Mtmcy Sts. | LAPOKTE. j J # H. CRONIN, ATTORN LAW, HOTAKY PUBLIC. OPricß OH MAIM STKIBT. DUSHORE, PA COMMERCIAL HOUSE. AVID TEMPLE, Prop. LAPORI'K . A This lnrgi* and we\i appointed house is the most popular hostelry in tliis section "TAPORTE 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 J. KEELER. I • J ustice-of-the Peace. Office in room over store, LAPORTE, PA. Special attention given to collections. All matters left, to the care ot this office will be promptly .attended to. HOTEL GUY. MILDRED, PA. R. H. GUY, - Proprietor. Newly 'furnished throughout, special attention given to the wants ot' the travel ing public. Bar stocked with first class wines, liquors and cegars. The best beer on the market always on tap. Jtutex Reasonable. LIME At the OLD OPP KILNS Located near Hughesville. This is the purest lime on the ridge. We will compete with any dealer on car load lots delivered on the W. &N. B. R. R. with our own cars, giving purchaser ample time to unload. All correspondency will receive prompt attention. Address, A. T. ARMSTRONG, SONESTOWN, PA. ra ? ? ? ? • • I 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 no" on ?????? ? ? 1 STEP IN AND ASK ABOUT THEM. All answered at Vernon Hull's Large Store. HUUgrove* Pa. 17 DEAD INRY. WRECK Collision of Passenger Trains in New York Central Tunnel. HEARTRENDING SCENES OCCUR Suburban Train Plunges Into Another and Plows Over Human Beings. Many Victims Crushed to Death In the Dark. New York, Jan. ft—ln the New York Central railroad tunnel, that burrowß under Park avenue, this city, two lo cal trains collided yesterday. Fifteen passengers were killed and twice that number were injured. A dozen of the latter were seriously hurt, and the roster of the dead may be ex tended. The dead are: Albert M. Perrin, B. D. C. Foskett, A. E. H. Mills, E. C. Hinsdale, Mrs. A. F. Howard, Frank Washburn, Williams Leys, Theodore Gorgardo, William Fisher, William Howard, Oscar Meyorowitz, Franklin Crosby, Ernest F. Walton, H. G. Diamond, Charles B. Mars. All of the dead are trom New Rochelle. ex cept William Leys, of B. Altman & Co., New York. It was a rear-end collision between a South Norwalk local, that ran in over the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad and was halted by block signals at the southern en trance of the tunnel, and a White Plains local, that came by the Har lem branch of the New York Central railroad. Most of the death, injury and damage was wrought by the en gine of the White Plains train, which plunged into the rear car of the mo tionless train and was driven through to the middle of the car, smashing the seats, furnishings and splitting the sides as it moved forward. The victims either were mangled In the mass of wreckage carried at the pilot, crushed In the space between the boiler and car sides or scalded by the steam which came hissing from broken pipes and cylinders. The engine, in its final plunge of 40 feet, carried the rear car forward and sent twisted iron, broken timbers and splinters crashing into the coach ahead. Lights were extinguished, and from the wreckage and darkness came the cries of the Injured and calls for assist ance by those who escaped. Within a few minutes the work of rescue, marked by heroism and sacrifice, be gan. Alarms that brought every avail able ambulance In the city, the police reserves of five precincts and the fire men ol' the central-eastern district of Manhattan, were Bounded at once. With police, firemen and surgeons came a score of volunteer physicians and half a dozen clergymen. Scenes of Horror. Ladders were run down the tunnel air shafts and the firemen and police attacked the debris with ropes and axes. Passengers already had rallied and were trying to release those Im prisoned In the debris. Father Smith and Rev. Dr. Walkley, chaplains of the fire department, crawled in over the wreckage and ministered to the dying. Lieutenant Clark, of the lire department, forced his way to the point where Miss Rice and Miss Scott lay, and stood in water that scalded the flesh from his limbs until the two women were released. T. M. Murphy, a passenger, both of whose legs were broken and still held by the timbers, volunteered to remain as he was until those around him were assisted. Two policemen and Chaplain Walkley reached Mrs. Howard, and the chaplain gave her a stimulant. The policemen were cutting away tho seat which held the woman down, when a pipe broke. The scalding steam drove them back, and when the rescuers returned Mrs. Howard was dead. Engineer Arrested. Responsibility for the disaster Is unfixed, but Superintendent. Franklin said that so far as he had been able to discover. J. M. Wischo, engineer of the White Plains train, Is to blame. It Is declared that when the South Norwalk train stopped a flagman ran back Into the tunnel, and, besides placing a torpedo on the track, en deavored to flag the oncoming train. The tunnel was beclouded with steam and smoke, while the snow, which fell through the air shafts, tended to ob scure the view. Engineer Wischo and Fireman Christopher Flynn were ar rested. Investigating the Wreck. New York, Jan. 11. —District At torney Jerome and the state railroad commissioners resumed their investi gation of the tunnel horror yeste. day. The district attorney, Railroad Com missioner Baker, Assistant District Attorney Garvan and Superintendent Franklin, of the railroad, made a trip of inspection through the tunnel. The parly left the Grand Centiul ri a tlon on a locomotive with no ear at tached. At the end of tho district attorney's trip through the tunnel one of those who had accompanied him said they had found the atmosphere fairly clear I most of the way, but at Ninety-sixth I street they were enveloped In a cloud of smoke and steam so dense that nothing coma be seen! On the re turn trip the tunnel was clear. At Sixty-third street the green light showed plainly, that being the cau tionary signal before entering the block below, and the observation en gine slowed up until the red danger light was seen at Fifty-ninth street. The bell rang, but the torpedo did not explode. The engine was stopped, and the railroad officials explained that the little mogul, or observation engine, was not heavy enough nor its wheels large enough to explode the torpedo as a big passenger locomotire would do. The big engine came up and was run through the block. Again the torpedo failed to explode. Four more times the big locomotive was run through the block, and not once did the torpedo explode. The rail road officials explained this by saying that the mechanism throwing the tor pedo Into place bad been pressed out of order, so that the flange of the wheels did not touch the torpedo. WIBKER LEAVES PRISON Released On SIO,OOO Bail—Depew On Safety of the Tunnel. New York, Jan. 13. —Engineer John M. YViskcr was released from his cell In the Tombs on Saturday, the New York Central Company having secured bail in the sum of SIO,OOO for him. The National Security Company signed the bail bond. Former Congressman IKAINKKB WltXAl. Jefferson M. Levy also offered to fur nish bail for the accused engineer, but the bond was signed before Mr. Levy had an opportunity to make good his ofTer. Wlsker showed in marked way the effects of his confinement and the strain he has been under. As he came down the prison corridor on his way out of the Tombs he was made the recipient of many expressions of sym pathy. It is said to be the intention of the railroad company to give Wisker a life position in the yards, and that he would enter upon his new duties as soon as the coroner re leased him. The death list caused by the New York Central tunnel accident was yes terday swelled to 17. Winfleld Slutze, who had submitted to the amputation of one of his lege, died at the Flower Hospital. He lived at New Rochelle. Richard Molineux, another New Ro chelle man, who is at the same hos pital, is reported to be in a preca rious condition. The other patients are progressing favorably. Electricity May Solve the Problem. Senator Chauncey Depew. who ar rived home on Sunday, will not goto Washington to-day. as planned, but will stay ovei until to-morrow to have a conference with President Newman, William K. Vanderbilt, H. McK. Twom bley and other managers and directors of the New York Central railroad re garding the accident in the tunnel last week, especially to discuss electrical and other improvements for that un derground passage. If electricity is to solve the tunnel problem the senator seems inclined to piu his faith to a powerful motor. "Wo all thought," said the senator, "that with the use of electricity the chances of accidents would be reduced to a minimum. But we all have read of the rocent accident in the Liverpool tunnel. Then there was something wrong with the third rail; in an in stant the train was on fire and 26 peo ple were killed. That shows what may happen with a third rail." Btecl Trust May Get Another Plant. Jollet, 111., Jan. 13.—1t is unofficially reported here that the United States Steel corporation has purchased the Fox Pressed Steel company's works, and that that plant will resume this week under new management. Offi cials here cannot confirm the rumor. The Fox plant has been Idle since last summer on account of labor troubles. The mill has the latest improved ma chinery, employs several hundred men and makes steel cars and trucks. Washington .Jan. IS. —The Hon Hen ry C. Payne, of Milwaukee, who is to succeed Poet mater-General Charles Emory Smith In the cabinet, reached here last night from Wisconsin. He was accompanied by Mrs. Payne u4 his niece. Miss Jones. 1.25 Per. Year. THE WEEKJNCONGRES Nicaragua Canal Bill Ma w Be Be fore Senate This Week. CUBAN RECIPROCITY IN HOUSE Philippine Tariff Bill and Ship Subsidy Bill May Come Up In Senate During the Week—The Pension Appripria tion Bill In the House. Washington, Jan. 13—The really Im portant work of the house of repre sentatives aside from the Nicaragua Canal bill is still in the committee stage, so that there Is little of Import ance to be considered during the pres ent week. To-day will be given to bills affecting the District of Columbia. After that the pension appropriation bill will be passed. Although this meas ure carries übout $139,000,000, it fol lows the department estimates and does not Involve any serious issues, so that after a brief explanation its passage usually follows promptly. The ways and means committee has a few minor bills on the calendar, for the redemp tion of revenue stamps made worth less by the repeal of certain features of the war revenue act. With the dis posal of these bills there "will be little to engage the attention of the House, and there promises to be several pe riods of adjournment, during which time the committees will perfect the larger measures to be brought before the house. The chief Interest of the week will center in the headings on Cuban reciprocity, to begin at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning before the ways and means committee. The hearings will continue for several days, and it is expected that General Wood and others prominent in Cuban affairs, as well us the interest opposed to reciproc ity, will address the committee. In the Senate. The senate is still without any defi nite plan of fiction for the future, and the indications are that the present week will witness a greater display of activity in the senate committee rooms than in the senate chamber. There are very few matters of importance on the calendar, but enough to engage attention for a few hours each day until Thursday, when the senate proba bly will adjourn for the week. Among the measures which there will be an effort made to get out of committee during the week are: The Nicaragua canal bill, the Philippine tariff bill and the ship subsidy bill. The indications are that the Nicara gua bill will be reported practically as it passed the house, and thai the ship ping bill will not be materially amend ed, but the Republican leaders have practically decided to make a material reduction of the tariff on Philippine imports. It. is not probable that the discussion of either of these questions will begin for some time. The utmost that is to be expected in that direction is a preliminary arrangement for con sideration. Which of the measures shall receive first attention Is not yet determined, and considerable rivalry is likely to develop for precedence. All of the three measures will be de bated at some length when taken up in the senate. OFFER OF PANAMA CANAL CO. Its Secretary Appears Before the Sen ate Committee. Washington. Jan. 13. —The offer of the Panama Canal company to sell its property to the United States is being considered by the president. He will not make any recommendation to con gress In the premises until the Isth mian Canal commission passas upon the proposition. M. Edouard representing the Panama Canal company, appeared before the senate committee on Inter oceanic canals on Saturday. M. Jules Booufve. of the French embassy, wis also present. The meeting v.'as hcM behind closed doors. M. I-ampre was questioned ar. length by the members of the committee. He said the offer to sell for $40,000,000 had been made directly from Paris, and not by him. He said It was his under standing that the proposal included both the franchises and the property of the Panama company, but net the money in its treasury, of which there is about 16,000,000 francs. M. I-ampre was Questioned especially concerning the title of the present Pan ama company. He replied that they had made their purchase through the liquidator of the old company, and that the transfer was regular. Old-Time Showman Dead. Detroit, Mich., Jan. 11.— J. M. French, the oldest showman and at one time one of the wealthiest horso owners in the United States, died at his home in this city on Thursday night. He was 71 years of age and was known as the original 40-camel hand wagon man. He owned J. M. French's grand circus and Egyptian caravan. Number^
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