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Volume 6.
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' DUSHORE, PA
Preparation for Winter should
include a call here.
jfurnaces
Nothing like them for house warming. Is your spare
room a winter terror ? Putin our new improved furnace
and live in cemfort.
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Have it done now. This is the time for
the plumbing. We'll make the best time and do the best
work for you. 4* -
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 TiClovh, Bicycle IRcpaicing.
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
WILLIAMSPORT, 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 for Waists, in A few Ladies' Tailor Marie Suits in
stripes and corded effect, all good colors, j»ood colors with full flounced skirts and
for 50c, the regular price has been 75c to neat Jackets at one-third ami one-half off
87c. the regular price.
One lot Fancy Waist Silk, large part FLANNEL
of them this season's Btvl*s, worth 90c to An assorted lot of Ladies' French
$1.25, sale price isc. 1 hese are only a I'hmnel Waists all new this season, in
few ol the silks reduced. navy, old rose, reseda, cardinal, etc.
DRESS GOODS. Your choice at one hall the market price.
10 piece all wool Plaids ami Mixed HOUSEHOLD LINEN.
Suitings tor 25c, reduced from ? 0c six . Bleaolied Table Linon
2 pieces 4.Vincl, all wool Grey Serge P ular . J5( . lit for 20.
and 2 pieces 50-inch Suiting, lm>e b en ,{| oac ,f etl All-Linen, good
I.IC now . c. , patterns, 50c iiuality, lor this sale 40c.
One lot ol plain and mixed rrench /', - n ~ . • , • ,
i .. t>4-inch I nbleached lable Linen,which
Dress iioods in brown, navy, greens, nine , . . . , , n
' . , ~ we have considered a bargain at oOc,
greys and fancies. 42 to 48 inches wide. I1()W
These have been 75c to $1.25 all go now 70 inch Unbleached, extra heavy, very
at _____ neat patterns,our 60cqualitv for 50c.
FURS. TOinch Half Bleached I>amask, was
A leading furrier has consigned to us 75c now 07c.
to be closed out, a large line of medium TTvrT-\TTi-nTT7T A"D
and tine Marten and Fox Neck Scarfs UNDlLrlWiliArt.
and Hons, which we can offer vou at Men's Full Fleeced Shirts and Draw
manufacturer s prices. \\ e mention one —large sizes only—the shirts are
item—a Marten Scarf with a cluster ot ( | ou i,| e breasted, drawers re-enforced, were
8 tails, for $8.50, worth at least one-hall KO | (J afl H ) ea ,| ( . r tor 50Cf lIOW 3<j c t o close
more than that. Pox Scurfs 44, 60 and Large men come and see them.
SO inches long l; ur Jackets to close out A , ot ot Men - U(ließ , and ci.ildrens'
at *12.00, worth f-0. Underwear in broken sizes, will be closed
COATS. out at a great reduction,
Ladies' and Children's Cloth Coats, , 0", r entire stock of Men's, Ladies' and
Jackets, etc., will be closed out at a Children s All-Wool I nderwear per
great sacrifice. <» nt oft lhe re «" ,Hr P r,ce -
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.
Republican News Item.
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY."
LAPORTE. PENNA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1902.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF DUBIIOBE, PENNA.
CAPITAL - - #50.000.
SURPLUS - - SIO.OOO.
Does'a'General Banking Business.
B.W. JENNINGS, M. D. BWARTB.
President. Cashier
J. J. & F. H. INGHAM,
ATTORHKTS-AT-LAW,
Legal business attended to
in ibis and adjoining counties
_APORTE, p A.
£ J. MULLEN,
Attorney-et-Lew.
LAPORTE, PA.
owes M COOKTY BOILDIHO
HEAR COURT BOUII.
J. BRADLEY,
ATTORBBT-AT-LAW,
Office Building, Cor.Main and Muncy Sts.
LAPOKTE, PA
J. H. CRONIN,
ATTORBKT'AT -LAW,
BOTART PUBLIC,
orncl OH MAIH STRBBT.
DUSHORE, PA
COMMERCIAL HOUSE
A.VID TEMPLE, Prop.
LAPORL'K - A.
This largo and w«* i appointed house is
the most popular hostelry in this section
LAPORTE HOTEL.
F. 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 • Justiee-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 to.
HOTEL GUY 7
MILDRED, PA.
K. 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 oll tap.
Mates lie<uionabl<-.
LIME
At the OLD OPP KILNS
Located near Hughesville.
This is the pufest 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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I * 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.
Price Reduction on
Closing out Goods now on
EXHIBITION!
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STEP IN AND ASK
ABOUT THEM.
All answered at
Vernon Hull's
Large Store.
BHUpSM) Pa.
PiTEMNJWWr
More Than Twenty-six Oity Blocks
Wiped Oat.
fHE LOSS WILL REACH $10,000,000
Flames Started In Traction Pow* r
House and Swept Through Business
Part of City With Relentless Fury.
Hundreds Are Rendered Homeless.
Paterson, N. J., Feb. 10. —A great
fire swept through Paterson yester
day, and In Its desolate wake are the
ambers and ashes of property valued
at $10,000,000. It burned Its way
through the business section of the
city and claimed as its own a ma
jority of the finer structures devoted
to commercial, civic, educational and
religious use, as well as scores of
houses. There was but small tribute
of life and injury to the conflagration,
but hundreds were left homeless and
thousands without employment
More than 26 blocks of the city hare
been destroyed. The business section
of the town lying between Prospect
street, Broadway, Paterson and Mar
ket streets was wiped out completely.
The residence portion destroyed ex
tended from Pearl street to Market
street and from Straight street to
Carroll street.
What started the fire Is not certain,
but it is thought that one of the feed
wires running into the car barns was
responsible. From the car barns the
flames leaped to other buildings close
by, and these were burned before the
first call firemen reached the scene.
The fire came at Saturday midnight
and was only checked after a des
perate fight that lasted until late yes
terday afternoon. Every city and
town within reach of Paterson sent
firemen and apparatus to the relief of
the threatened city, and It took the
unltod efforts of them all to win the
battle. A northerly gale gave the con
flagration its impetus and carried Its
burning brands to kindle the blaze
afresh at other points. The firemen
made stand after stand before the wall
of fire, but were repeatedly driven
back, and when victory finally came
to them they were begrimed and ex
hausted.
Buildings Destroyed.
A partial list of the properties de
stroyed follows:
Public buildings—City hall, public
library, old city hall, police station,
No. 1 engine house, patrol stables,
high school and school No. 15.
Churches —First Baptist, Second
Presbyterian, Park Avenue Baptist,
St. Mark's Episcopal and St. Joseph's
Roman Catholic.
Banks —First National, Second Na
tional (partially), Paterson National,
Silk City Trust, Hamilton Trust and
Paterson Trust.
Clubhouses —T. M. C. A.. Knights
of Columbus, Progress Club, St. Jo
seph's Hall and Hamilton Club.
Office buildings—Romaine building,
Kate building, Marshall ft Ball's, Cohn
building, old town clock, old Klnne
building and Stevenson building.
Telegraph companies—Western Un
ion and Postal Telegraph.
Theatre —The Garden.
Newspapers—The Evening News
and Sunday Chronicle.
Stores —Quackenbush ft Co., dry
goods; National Clothing company.
Kent's drug store, Klnsilla's drug
store, Muzzy's hardware and general
merchandise store, Marshall & Ball,
clothiers; John Norwood, paints;
Oberg's grocery, Wertendyke's gro
cery, P. H. & W. Q. Shields, grocers;
"The Paterson." dry goods; Jordan's
piano store, Sauter ft Co., pianos;
Feder ft McNalr, shoes; Zcndler's con
fectionery; l.appln's tea store, Ra
gowskl's millinery. Brohal ft Mueller,
shoes; C. E. Beach, automobiles;
Morehead & Son. clothiers; Paterson
Gas and Electric company, Skye's
drug store and Mackintosh's drug
store.
An estimate made from a general
inspection of the smouldering ruins
placed the number of dwellings and
apartment houses destroyed at 600,
and the number of families left with
out shelter at 1,000.
The fire began its work of destruc
tion at the power house of the Jersey
City, Hoboken and Paterson Traction
company, which fronted on Broadway
and extended a block to the rear of
Van Houton street It commenced In
the car shed, and was burning fiercely
when one of the employes detected It.
It was leaping through the roof, and
the gale was lifting it in forks and
swirls when the fire apparatus came
clanging into Broadway, Main and
Van Houten streets. The flremen
tried to hem it In, but it speedily
crossed Van Houten street in one di
rection, Main street In another, and,
gaining vigor as It went, burned un
checked down Into the business dis
trict. Every piece of flre mechanism
in the city was called out, but flre and
gale were masters. A great torch of
flame rose high In the air, lighting
up the country for many miles and
carylng a threat and warning to the
people and property In its path. There
were efforts to rescue furaiturs and
i stock, but the speed" with which "the
Are moved gave the rescuers little
time. Property was often moved to
a place of presumed safety, only to
be eventually reached and destroyed.
The warning to many was brief, and
they were forced to flee, scantily clad,
Into streets glazed over with Ice and
swept by the keen wind.
Three relief meetings were held
yesterday afternoon, the principal one
of which was attended by Governor
Franklin Murphy, Mayor John
Hinchllffe, Recorder George Ft. Senior,
who under the city's charter is Are
marshal. Id a few momenta SBOO was
handed to the mayor for Immediate
use, but the chief magistrate said that
while the city had suffered a terrible
visitation, he was In a position to say
that there was very little distress. The
business section of the city had been
practically wiped out, but the resi
dence portion which suffered waa that
In which well-to-do citizens lived.
Main street waa soon arched over with
a canopy of lire for a block, and then
for two blocks, as the flames fastened
themselves upon building after build
ing. The firemen fought with every
resource of their craft and the Im
pulse of desperation, but the flames
found new avenues in Ellison and
Market streets, and got beyond all
control. Calls for relief went out to
every city in this portion of the state,
and the Jaded firemen labored on
through the hopeless hours of the
morning. The city hall, & magnificent
structure, surmounted by a great
clock tower, situated on Washington,
Ellison and Market streets, finally
caught fire, and with it all of the
splendid business structures that sur
rounded It. They made a great fur
nace of fire that burned with a fierce
roar.
There was a series of explosions
and scores of walls fell when the fire
left them strengthless. Flying fire
brands carried the conflagration over
some buildings and around others, and
it therefore burned In an Irregular
course. These brands finally cleared
the tracks of the Erie railroad and
Ramapo avenue, and, alighting on
Straight street, started another great
area of fire, In which the destruction
and desolation wrought was nearly as
great as In the other.
Second Fire Start*.
This second great fire started at the
angle of Park avenue and Washing
ton street and swept almost un
checked until on these two thorough
fares there was no more fuel. On the
right-hand side of Market street It
encountered Sandy Hill Cemetery as
a barrier to check it, but on the left
hand side at Carroll street It claimed
St. Joseph's Church, a great classic
stone building. It was on this second
great fire that the volunteer firemen
from the outside cities did their most
heroic and effective work. They fell
back only when they had to, and when
the natural obstacle interposed they
seized the chance and stopped the
flre.
The final and one of the most des
perate fights of the day occurred In
mid-afternoon back in the first fire
area at the Hamilton Club, situated
at the corner of Church and Ellison
streets. The handsome clubhouse
caught, and the exhausted firemen
were rallied around It. They were
anilous to save the structure, and,
besides, failure meant that the flre
might take new headway among the
properties ndjoining the clubhouse.
The building was doomed, however,
but a torrent of water kept the flre
to the premises. The four walls of
the clubhouse stood, but the roof col
lapsed and the interior was completely
burned out.
There are many persons supposed to
be missing, but in tho excitement and
fright most of these are supposed to
be separated from their families and
friends. Reuben Isleib, while serving
coffee to the exhausted firemen, was
hit on the head by a falling beam, and
it is doubtful if he lives. He was car
ried away by the firemen. George
Fitzmaurice. a fireman. Is also dying.
Me was driving an engine from I'as
s.aic, when the horses bolted, and be
lore Fitzmaurice could get them un
der control they brought the apparatus
against an electric ,pole, and Fitz
mn'irico, who had not waited to strap
himself in.was hurled out upon hia
head. There is no chance of his
living.
A relief movement for the care of
those unsheltered and unprovided for
has already been organized, and
Mayor John Henchllffe said laßt night
that Patorson would be able to care
for her own without appealing to the
charity of other communities and
states. The great manufacturing
plants of the place are safe, and the
community, temporarily dazed by the
calamity, has already commenced
the work of reorganization and
restoration.
Paterson rests in a valley, and the
conflagration was an Imposing specta
cle from the rim of hills that wall It
In. Columns of flame climbed high In
the air and shed their light for miles.
Hundreds of persons hurried Into the
city before daylight to watch the work
of destruction at close range, and
when the day came thousands more
Joined them. With the crowd came
thieves and looters, but there was not
much pillaging. Under orders from
1.25 P'r. Year
Governor Franklin Murphy, who hur
ried here from Jersey City, Companies
A, C, K and M, of the Fifth Regiment,
N. J. N. G., assembled at their ar
mories and were held as a reserve
force. The police, deputy sherifTs,
hundreds of special watchmen and
firemen united in protecting property
during the day, and when night came
a grim order clearing the streets was
Issued by the city and county au
thorities.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Stricken
With Pneumonia.
MRS. ROOSEVELT AT BEDSIDE
Disease Developed From a Slight In
disposition, and Young Man's Con
dition Is Serious—President In Com
munication With College Faculty.
Groton, Mass., Feb. 8. —The condi
tion of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son
of President Roosevelt, and a student
at Groton School, who Is 111 If pneu
monia, was reported at 9 o'clock last
night as being "as comfortable aa
THKODOP.E ItGOSEVKLT, J&-
could be expected." Those who are in
attendance at the lad's bedside declin
ed to give anything more definite. It
was understood at the school, however,
that the patient showed some improve
ment during the afternoon and early
evening.
Washington. Feb. 10.— Mrs. Roose
velt, wife of the president, left Wash
i ington at 4.50 o'clock Friday after
noon for Groton, Mass., where tneir
son, Theodore Roosevelt. Jr., is lv'i <,•
seriously ill of pneumonia. Bh' ..av
eled In a drawing room car r ~ne reg
ular train of the railroad,
which goes through to Boston without
change, anil arrived at Groton Satur
day morning at 10.30 o'clock.
The first information to reach the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt of the
illness of their son was received at the
White House uy telegraph Saturday
morning. The message was signed by
the president of the college where the
young man is a pupil, and stated in
effect that a slight indisposition had
developed into an acute and sharp at
tack of pneumonia, aud that he wai
seriously ill.
President Roosevelt, accompanied
by Secretary Cortelyou, left for Gro
ton, Mass., over the Pennsylvania
railroad Saturday at midnight. The
president's visit to Charleston hae
been abandoned. He concluded that
ho wanted to be near his sick boy.
The following bulletin was made pub
lic last evening at the White House:
"The president saw his son shortly
after his arrival here. Boy's conditio*
is unchanged, but he is holding his
own well.
"The Hatless Brigade."
A despatch from Groton on Wednes
day last may possibly explain In some
measure the illness of young Theodore
Roosevelt. It was stated that "Teddy,
Jr.." had organized a hatless walking
brigade at the Groton school. He de
cided about a week ago that hats and
caps were useless articles of raiment,
and accordingly discarded his ewa, an
example which was promptly followed
by every one of the 150 boys who at
tended the school. It made no differ
ence how cold the day or how severe
the storm the boys of Groton trudged
about over the country bareheaded.
SLEIGHING PARTY WRECKED
Horse Ran Away and Occupants of
Sleigh Received Severe Injuries.
Phillipsburg, N. J., Feb. 10.—While
John Keanly, Miss Mamie Cartland
and Bertha McCann, of this place,
were returning from Bethlehem, Pa.,
In a sleigh early yesterday morning,
the horse took fright and ran down a
steep hill. In turning a coraer ef a
road the sleigh struck a telephone pole
and the occupants were throwa out.
Miss McCann Is believed to have sus
tained a fracture of the skull. Miss
Cartland received a broken leg and
was internally injured, and Keanly
had two or three ribs broken and also
received a severe cut on the head.
Second British Warship Lest.
Vancouver. B. C.. Feb. 10. —Fears
•re entertained for the safety of the
Kgria. the warship which went In
search ef the mtsrlng Condor. A
studding sail boom belonging to the
Kgria has been picked up on the west
coast. The section of the coast vis
ited by the Egrla Is known as the
"graveyard of the Pacific."
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