Republican News Item.
Published Every Thursday.
Volume 6.
P YOUR SAVINGS ARE WEL'/. INVESTED?
\ WHEN YOU BUY RELIABLE JEWELERY. X
rlt wears and gives pleasure for years and is £
V always worth the price paid for it. Our many N
112 years of business at the same stand with the same 112
t principles of keeping nothing but reliable jewelery/
is a testimonial of what our goods stand for. j
112 We intend that this store shall be first in yourC
when that buying reliable jewelery ques-
\ tion come up. Our prices have reached the bottom C
\ scale, they can nowhere be made lower for the s
S same grade of goods. \
Always Ready for Repairwork. S
/ Nothing but the best in repair work leaves our ?
X hands. To get values come here after them,
112 Very respectfully, c
} KETTEMBURY, i
J DUSHORE, PA. THE jewelsr.
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DUSHORE, PA.
Preparation for Winter should
include a call here.
jfurnaccs.
Nothing like them for house warming. Is your spare
room a winter terror ? Putin our new improved furnace
and live in comfort.
flMumbirtG*,
Have it done now. Thi6 is the time for examine
the plumbing. We'll make the best time and do the beet
work for you. **
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.
<seneral Job IClorh, Bicycle IRepairing.
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
WILLIAM SPORT, 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.
One lot of Fancy Silk for Waists, in
stripes and corded effect, all {rood colors,
liir 50c, the regular price has been 75c to
87c.
One lot Fancy Waist Silk, large part
ot them this season's styles, worth 90c to
$1.25, sale price 75c. These are only a
lew of the silks reduced.
DRESS GOODS.
10 piec s all wool Plaids and Mixed
Suitings lor 25c, reduced from 50c.
2 pieces 45-inch all wool (irev Serge
and 2 pieces 50-inch Suiting, have b eti
75c now 50c..
(>:ie lot of plain and mixed French
Dress (ioods in brown, navy, greens, blue
greys and fancies. 42 to 48 inches wide.
These have been 75c to $1.25 all go now
at 50c.
FURS.
A leading furrier has consigned to us
to be closed out, a large line of medium
and tine Marten and Fox Neck Scarfs
and Moas, which we can offer you at
manufacturer's prices. We mention one
item —a Marten Scarf with a cluster ot
8 tails, for $8.50, worth at least one-half
more than that. Fox Scarls 44, 60 and
80 inches long. Fur Jackets to close out
al $ 12.50, worth S2O.
COATS.
Ladies' and Children's Cloth Coats
Jackets, etc., will be closed out at a
great sacrifice.
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.
TAILOR-MADE SUITS.
A few Indies' Tailor Made Suits in
good colors witli full flounced skirts and
neat Jackets at one-third and one-halfot!
the regular price.
FLANNEL WAISTS.
An assorted lot of Ladies' French
Fhinnel Waists all new this season, in
navy, old rose, reseda, cardinal, etc.
Your choice at one half the market price.
HOUSEHOLD LINEN.
Six pi c,es Half Bleached Table Linen,
our regular 25c <|iiality, lor 20.
One lot Full Bleached All-Linen, good
patterns, 50c quality, for this sale 40c.
()4 inch I'nhleached Table Linen.which
we have considered a bargain at 50c,
now 45c.
70 inch I'nhleached. extra hetjvv, very
neat patterns, our COc quality for 50c.
70 inch Half Bleached Damask, was
75c now 07c.
UNDERWEAR.
Men's Full Fleeced Shirts and Draw
ers —large sizes only—the shirts are
double breasted, drawers re-en forced, were
sold as u leader lor 50c, now 3flc to close
out. Large men come anil see them.
A lot of Men's, Ladies' and Childrens'
Underwear in broken sizes, w ill be closed
out at a great reduction,
(>ur entire stock of Men's, Ladies'and
Children's All-Wool Underwear 10 per
cent off" the regular price.
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY."
LAPORTE. PENNA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1902.
First national bank
OF DUBHORE, I'ENNA.
CAPITAL - - $50,000.
SURPLUS - - SIO,OOO.
Does'a General Banking Business.
B.W. JENNINGS, M. D. SWARTS.
President. Cashier
J. J. & F. H. INGHAM,
attoi:hets-at-law,
Legal business nttemloil to
in this and adjoining oor.ntien
_ A PORTE, p A
£ J- MULLEN,
Attorn ey-at- La w.
LAI'ORTE. PA.
OrPICR Ilf COUWTT BDILDIHB
HKAnCOI'HT HOUSB.
J. BRADLEY,
▲TTORNBY AT-I.AW,
Office Building, Cor.Main and Muncy Sis.
LAI'OKTR, P A
H. CRONIN,
ATTORN LAW,
BOTAKY PUBLIC.
orrii a on main sthbkt.
DUSHORE, p A
COMMERCIAL HOUSE?"
A.VID TEMPLE, Prop.
LAPORiIi - A
This largo and appointed house i?
the uioßt popular hostelry in thie section
LA PORTE HOTEL.
P. W, GALLAGHER, Prop.
Newly erected. Opposite Court
House square. Steam lieat, bath rooms,
hot and cold water, reading and pool
room,and barber shop; also good stabling
and livery,
T J. KEELEIt.
I • Ju.stice-of-the Peace.
Office in room over store, LAPORTE, PA.
Special attention given lo collections.
All matters left to the care'ot this office
will lie promptly attended to.
HOTEL GUY.
MILDRED, PA.
R. H. GUV, - Proprietor.
Xewlv '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.
ltates lledsonaltfe.
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.
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• • 112 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.
Price Reduction on
Closing out Goods now on
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STEP IN AND ASK
ABOUT THEM.
All answered at
Vernon Hull's
Large Store.
Hlllagrove» Pa.
60 KILLED BY EXPLOSION
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Working People in Spanish Spin
ning Mill Buried in Ruins.
ONE HUNDRED WERE INJURED
Explosion Took Place In the Even
ing, When the People Were Eating
Supper In the Mill—lnjured Were
Carried Five Miles to a Hospital.
Barcelona, Jan. 20. —The explosion
of the boiler of a spinning mill near
Manresa, Saturday, destroyed half of
(he village of Puente de Vilumara.
The hospital at Manresa is filled with
the injured. Sixteen mutilated bodies
of working people buried in the debris
have been recovered. These include
the manager of the spinning mill and
his two sisters. Of the persons in
jured fifty are not expected to re
cover. Tbe dead include many chil
dren. The queen regent has wired
her condolences.
The boiler exploded in the evening,
when the mill hands, many of whom
were accompanied by their wives and
children, were eating supper before
commencing their night's work. The
buildings of the mill collapsed entire
ly and the debris was hurled In all
directions, destroying other buildings
and killing aud injuring the people in
the vicinity. Owing to the darkness
the work of extricating the victims
proceeded with great difficulty. During
the work of rescue there were heard
the groans of the victims whose mu
tilated limbs were pinned down by
the ruins.
A long line of carts and carriages
was engaged In conveying the injured
to the Manresa hospital, five miles dis
tant.
Sunday morning the inhabitants
went among the ruins, seeking the re
mains of friends and relatives, while
the priests in the open air adminis
tered the last rites of the church to
the dying.
It is now estimated that 60 persons
were killed and 100 Injured.
The search at the scene of the
explosion was continued during the
day by members of the Red Cross So
ciety and officials. Heads, arms and
legs, separated from the bodies, and
unrecognizable, blackened corpses
were found. The village of Puente de
Vilumara Is desolated.
FEMALE INSURGENT CAPTURED
For Six Years Bhe Commanded Eight
Hundred Filipino Troops.
Manila. Jan. 20. —A report has been
received here that a dug-out canoe, in
which 11 men of Company I, of the
Second Infantry, were traveling, is
missing and is probably lost. It Is be
lieved that the men either perished
or were captured.
General Wade has cabled from Cebtt
that 3G5 Insurgents surrendered on the
island of Bnhol last Friday. The au
thorities here say that this statement
is astonishing if accurate, as the se
cret service had failed to learn of
the existence of any such body of in
surgents on Bohol.
An important capture was made in
l.aguna province, Luzon, when eight
men of the Eighth Infantry captured
a woman insurgent named Aqueda
Kahabagan. She recently commanded
an Insurgent force of 800 men, 300
of whom carried rifles, while 500 were
armed with bolos. For six years past
she has been leading insurgent bauds
against the Spaniards and the Ameri
cans.
General J. Franklin Bell is still
active in Batangas province, Luzon.
A recent engagement in this province.
In which the insurgents were defeat
ed with severe loss, resulted in the
wounding of one American officer and
the killing of one private.
Brakeman Burned to a Crisp.
Johnstown, Pa., Jan. 20. —One brake
man was killed and his body burned
to a crisp and another slightly in
jured in a freight run-in yesterday
morning on the Pennsylvania railroad
at Portage, this county. The dead
man is John McFarland, of Mahaffey,
Clearfield county, and the injured
brakeman is Harry McClain, of Cone
mau»fc.- McFarland's body was found
In the wreckage of the cabin of his
train, burned to an unrecognizable
mass. It is supposed the dead man's
lantern set fire to the debris.
Admiral Schley Shot a Deer.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 20—Admiral
Schley's hunting party returned yes
terday afternoon from St. Catherine's
Island. The party secured a large
bag of game. Admiral Schley is
credited with having brought down
one deer. It was his first deer, and
a member of the party said the admi
ral was more excited when he pulled
the trigger than when off Santiago.
The weather during the hunt was su
perb. Admiral and Mrs. Schley left
this city for Washington this after
noon.
Baltimore, Jan. 18.—James Richard
Bon, colored, aged 52 years, was found
frozen to death yesterday in the base
inent of his home in Waters court.
There were no traces of food or Are
having been there recently.
LINEMAN'S AWFUL DEATH
Hit Burning Body Hung From Splk*
On the Pole.
Philadelphia, Jan. 20. —With smoke
and flames issuing from his body,
Oeorge Clarke, a Bell Telephone line
man, hung suspended Saturday after
noon, from an iron spike near the
top of a tall pole, while a crowd stood
on the pavement watching his death
agony. An electric current of 3,500
volts had passed through the doomed
man.
Clarke was making a telephone con
nection at the top of the pole at Wil
ton avenue and Jefferson street, West
Philadelphia, when his elbow came in
contact with the heavily charged wire.
The explosion-like sound was heard
several squares away, but death was
not instantaneous.
Clarke's body writhed in agony for
a moment, and then he fell from the
top of the pole to a point about 12
feet below, where his belt caught in
one of the iron spikes of the pole, and
there he hung suspended, with smoke
and flames issuing from his body.
Thomas Attwood, another lineman,
and J. P. Fern wood, a helper, got the
body down with ropes, and when it
reached the pavement there were still
some signs of life.
A woman who was passing said she
was a physician, and was asked to take
the case in hand.
"He is just dead," she said, as she
concluded her examination. The body
was removed to the morgue.
"1 was standing outside my door,
two blocks from the telephone pole,
when the accident occurred," sasid
Mr. Wilson. "I heard a report which
I thought was an explosion. I saw
the man hanging on the pole and
helped to get him down. I can't ac
count for the sound of the explosion.
It was a most peculiar sound and sent
a chill through me." Thomas L.
Uoettlgler, a grocer, said: "The explo
sion, or whatever it was, startled
everyone in the neighborhood. My
mother-in-law, who was In my house,
fainted with the fright."
PRINCE HENRY PLEASED
Says There Is a Sailor's Friendship
Between Admiral Evans and He.
Berlin, Jan. 20.—Prince Henry of
Prussia, in talking over his plans of
travel with United States Ambassador
White at the dinner given on Satur
day night by Baron Von Richte
hofen, the German minister of foreign
affairs, said he was especially pleased
with President Roosevelt's selection
of Rear Admiral Robley L>. Evans
to receive him in the United States,
as there was an old sailors' friendship
between them.
Prince Henry, who is considerably
taller than Emperor William, will be
surrounded on Ills trip to the United
States by very large and tall men.
Admiral Von Tirpitz, the German
secretary of the navy, who will ac
company the prince, gives the impres
sion of being more than six feet tall,
while General Von Plessen. a mc-mber
of the emperor's military household,
is equally tall. Vice Admiral Von
Seckendorff, who will also be of the
I party, is six feet two inches tall and
very large of form.
NEWS FROM MISS STONE
Reliable Reports Say Brigands' Cap-
Are Well.
Constantinople, Jan. 20. —Reliable
news has been received here that
Miss Ellen M. Stone, the captive
American missionary; Madame Tail
ka, her companion, and the latter's
baby are well. Negotiations, which it
is expected will result in the early
aud sale return of the captives, are
in progress. John G. A. Leishman.
the American minister here, is now
directing the negotiations. He de
clines to say anything for publlcr.ilon,
but admits there is ground for the
above report.
Korea's King Will Pay Prince'* Debta.
Washington. Jan. 20. —Prince Eui
wha. the second son of the king of
Korea, against whom a suit has been
filed by Wolf Brothers & Co., of New
Yorl and Philadelphia, to recover
130,000 claimed to be due on a prom
issory note, through an Interpreter
said no defense would be put in. He
said 'he money had been borrowed
and spent. The interpreter said the
king had been Informed of the mat
ter and no doubt, would send the
money to pay the debt.
Old Soldier Frozen to Death.
Path, .\*. Y., Jan. 20. —The lifeless
body of Dennis Donovan, aged 74
years, an inmate of the Soldiers'
Home, was found yesterday under an j
old store house a short distance from I
the Erie depot. He had apparently j
been dead for several days, and the \
body was frozen stiff. He went to
Rochester on January 8 for examina
tion by the pension board, and was
probably returning to his home when
he crawled uuder the shed and was
frozen to death.
. -.ttsDurg, Jan. 20.—The Pittsburg
committee of the McKlnley Memorial
Association has raised $30,000 for the
fund, and Vice President William Mc- j
Conway thinks this amount will be
doubled before Jan. 29. the last day ,
contributions will b« received. The |
largest check received from any one
neraun waa 13 OOt
1.25 P er - Year
i'M(niv.WKii.mo
Terrible Fatality Attended Shock
in Mexican Town.
MANY HOUSES ARE IN RUINS
Stone Roof of Parish Church at Chlt
pancingo Fell In, Killing Several.
People Are Camping Under Tree#
Around the Town.
Mexico City, Jan. 18. —One of the
most terrible catastrophes ever re
corded in the state of Guerrero in re
ported to have occurred late Thursday
afternoon, when an extremely violent
earthquake shock was felt at Chilpan
eingo, causing a groat loss of life and
injuring many persons. Details from
the stricken district are very meagre,
but reports received here indicate
that probaoly 300 persons were killed
and as many more injured. It is
known that the state capitol, the par
ish church and many business houses
and residences are in ruins, and there
is much suffering as a result of the
awful seismic disturbance. One of
the edifices that suffered most was
tne Federal Telegraph office, which
explains the scarcity of news that, has
reached this city.
The number of deaths was greater
in the parish church than in any single
place, as a crowd of worshippers
were gathered there for the afternoon
service. The solid masonry-walled
roof came toppling down on the wor
shippers. as if it had been wrenched
from its bearings by a thousand
strong hands. Several people were
killed there.
The war department has ordered
the troops in the neighborhood to co
operate in the work of rescue. Until
this work is completed it will be im
possible to learn accurately the num
ber of victims. It is believed, how
ever. that this i3 one of the most de
structive shocks that has occurred in
Mexico. The greater part of the peo
ple of Chilpancingo are now camping
out under trees around the town,
which is five days' journey from the
national capital.
Earthquake shocks were felt in
i many other cities and towns, ,'n Mex
ico City the earthquake took place at
3.15 Thursday afternoon and was of
such violence as to shake the most
substantial buildings. The Pan-
American conference was in session
at the time and many of the delegates
were greatly alarmed. The first
movement was very sharp. It was
followed by an easier movement,
north-northeast to southwest. The
duration was 55 seconds. The dam
age in the city war, only slight.
The state of Guerrero has always
been the focus of earthquakes. Re
ports received here state that the
shock was very severe at Chilapa. No
casualties are so far r' ported from
there.
FATAL CRASH ON B. AND O.
Two Dead and Two Injured In Head-
End Collision.
Parkersburg, W. Va., Jan. 20.—Two
freight trains met in a head-en.l colli
sion on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, six miles north of here, yes
terday, killing the engineer and fire
man of one train and injuring the
brakemen on each train. Ten cars
were piled up, and both engines were
almost demolished. The dead are:
Engineer William Sorrel, of Parkers
burg: Fireman Oscar Shiiik, of Vin
ton, O. The injured are: J. \V. Woods,
brakeman, of Newark, W. Va., and
S. V. Shelburne, brakeman. of Rad
ford, Va.
Sorrel had orders to pass at Vienna
Siding, but he was relieving his fire
man. who was new and exhausted, and
passed the siding without knowing it.
Gold Discovered In Indiana.
Columbus, Ind., Jan. 20. —Evidence
of gold, silver and coal was discovered
recently at Waymansville. and sam
ples were sent to Professor J. F. Stan
ton, principal of the miners assay
office at Denver, Colo. A c. rti3ca.e
from him .shows an assay of 2.f>o
ounces of gold and GOof silver, whit li
will yield $54.10 to the ton. On the
strength of this assay a company has
been organized to develop t, e dis
covery.
President Commuted Sentence.
Washington, Jan. 18.—The president
commuted the sentence of William N.
Boggs, formerly teller of the First Na
tional Bank of Dover. Del. In 189S
Boggs was sentenced to prison for *
term of five years for embezzlement,
but was kept in jail one year Itefore
sentence was pronounced. The presi
dent commutes Boggs' sentence to ex
pire April 25, of this year, thus giving
him the benefit of the time spent in
jail.
Received Poisoned Candy By Mail.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 20. —Fred 3.
H. Grant, of this city, received a box
of candy by mail. The odor excited
his suspicion. He took the candy to a
physician, who said it had been sat
urated with belladonna and digitalis.
Grant has had some domestic troubles,
but he has no idea who sent him the
poisoned candy.
Mer3li