Republican News Item.
Published Every Thursday.
Volume 6.
> Worth the PriceP~s\
/ YOUR SAVINGS ARE WEL?. INVESTED^
\ WHEN YOU BUY RELIABLE JEWELERY. yj
/ It wears and gives pleasure for years and
V always worth the price paid for it. Our>many Xj
r years of business at the same stand with the •> same 112 j
principles of keeping nothing but ieliable jeweleryVj
(112 is a testimonial of what our goods stand for.
/ We intend that this store shall be first in 1 your
when that buying reliable jewelery ques
< tion come up. Our prices have reached thetbottom C j
{ scale, they can nowhere be made lower ♦for the V,i
y same grade of goods. \ :
? Always Ready for Repairwork. J <
} Nothing but the best in repair work'leaves
\ hands. To get values come here after*them. {
(' Very respectfully, <
> RETTENBURY, %]|
J DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. <£
CO HARDWARE^
Special Low Prices Now Prevail
Wire fencing for farm, garden, lawn and poultry
netting. Lawn mowers, wheel barrows, tin ware,
woodenware, garden and farm tools, dairy supplies
washing machines, wringers etc, of the latest in
ventions. Paints, oils and varnishes. Mill sup
plies and tools of all descriptions.
1 NECESSITY*
est ' ww e * s as near
Bicycle Tires, Lamps, Brakes and Sundries.
Sporting goods, fishing tackle, guns, revolvers and
equipments. Roofing, spouting, plumbing, piping
and fittings. Bicycle repairing and general job work.
Sdinuet
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
White Goods:
Wo arc now showing our complete line of new white goods for waists,
dressers and children's wear. The designs have never been prettier nor
styles more varied than we are showing this season; besides the fine shier
materials that are all ways in style. There are many new lace effect
stripes etc. White piques and cords in all qualities. I
Embroidries
New embroidries and insertions suit
able lor trimming waists dresses or under
wear, these come in all over. Edgings
and insertings from half inch wide to
flouncing widths in a variety of neat pat
terns.
Sheets and Pillow
Cases.
ready for use. What's the use of cutting
and sewing when the made up article can
be hail at about the same price you would
have to pay fur the material. Sheets from
15c to GOe pillow cases 8c to 20c.
A. « 4 .
Our complete line of New Spring
Dress Goods and Silks
Now Ready.
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.
Bed Spreads.
We have received several casesol' white
bed spreads: these have been bought at
a very low price, and tor that reason we
can sell you the best spreads yon will see
(or the price which range from ti'.lc to 3.50
At 89c we have a lull size crochet spread,
marseilles patterns neatly hemmed and
ready tor use regular dollar quality.
New Wash Fabrics.
are ready they come in the prettiest com
bination you ever saw. and are de»e-ving
of your early inspection. Now is th time
to buy wash goods and have them made
up and ready for the warm season. New
colorings and designs in Lawns, Dotted
Swiss Muslins, Batistes, Dimities, Madras
and Ginghams.
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"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY."
LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY, MARCH, li, 1902.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF DUSIIORE, PENNA.
CAPITAL " " SSO- °°2'
SURPLUS - - #IO.OOO.
DoesVGeneral Banking Business.
B.W..JENNINGS, M. D. SWARTS.
President. Casnier
J. & F. H. INGHAM,
ATTONMBTS-AT-IIAW,
IRFGUL busine 1 attended to
in this nnd At. \ining counties
_ A PORTE, PA
£ J. MULLEN,
Attorney-«t-L«w.
LAPORTE, PA.
owes IW COUHTV BOILDIH#
WKAB OOUBT HOUM.
JF TITRADLEY,
" ATTORNEY AT-LAW,
Office Building, Cor.Main and Muncy Sta.
LAPORTE, PA
J H. CRONIN,
ATTOBKKT-AT -LAW,
HOTAHY rOILIG.
OrriCß O* MAI* HTKIIt.
DUSHORE, PA
COMMERCIAL HOUSE.
AVID TEMPLE, Prop.
LAPORL'E - A.
This largo and we l l appointed house ii
the mcißt popular hostelry inthii geotion
LAPORTE HOTEL.
P. W, GALLAGHER, Prop.
Newly erected. Opposite Couri
Ilouse square. Steam heat, bath rooms,
hot and cold water, reading and pool
room,and barber shop; also good stabling
and livery, _
T J. KEELER.
I . Justiee-of-the Peace.
Office in room overstate, LAPORTE, PA.
Special attention given to collections.
All matters left to the care of this office
will be promptly.attended to.
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 clasf
wines, liquors and cegars. Ihe best bee!
on the market aiwavson tap.
Hates lleamHiible.
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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• • | 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
I^hliblTlON|
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STEP IN AND ASK
ABOUT THEM.
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All answered at
Vernon Hull's
Large Store.
FLOOD DAMAGE IS HEAVY
Reports From Most River Points
Say Water Has Receded.
COAL MINES ARE STILL CLOSED
Many Towns Are Recovering Normal
Conditions and Resuming Business.
Conditions Along the Sucquehanna
Are Yet Very Serious.
Philadelphia, March The Schuyl
kill river was again within its banks
and close to its normal condition last
night. Today the railroads which
skirt the shores of this river resumed
operations. Service to Pottsville and
Reading over both the Pennsylvania
and Reading railroads from this city
is again in full operation. The de
struction wrought by the storm was
so great that many industrial estab
lishments along the river's banks will
be unable to resume work for several
days.
All reports from up-river points
carry the information that great dam
age was done. The various towns,
now that the water has receded, are
rapidly recovering their normal condi
tion. Electric light plants, street rail
ways and water companies are resum
ing work as best they can. The big
iron works at Pottstown, which suf
fered considerably from the swollen
waters, partially resumed operations
today, as did also numerous other in
dustrial plants located along the upper
Schuylkill.
At Pottsville rail fell heavily all day,
which resulted in again sending the
river up slightly at that point, but
no further damage is apprehended.
Not one coal mine in Schuylkill coun
ty resumed operations today. Most
of the mines were flooded by swollen
mountain streams.
Two Drowned In Flood.
Scranton, Pa., March 3.—lncessant
rain yesterday caused the Lackawanna
to begin to rise again, and in five
hours it had increased its depth 30
inches. It had receded five feet prior
to this. Joseph Gallagher, a 11-year
old hoy, was drowned by falling from
a bridge into the river, and James
O'Malley, a miner. 35 years of age,
who has not been seen since Saturday
morning, 16 supposed to have lost his
life in crossing Kc-yser Creek on his
way home from work.
SUSQUEHANNA STILL RISING
Entire Towns Are Under Water and
Several Lives Have Been Lost.
Wllkesbarre, Pa., March 3.—A heavy
rainfall and rush oi water from its
upper tributaries caused the North
Branch of the Susquehanna river to
rise rapidly yesterday. At 1 o'clock
this morning the gauge showed 31
feet 3 inches above low-water mark,
equaling that ol' 18(55, which has al
ways been known as a record breaker.
The water is over the banks of the
river from Pittston to Nanticoke and
resembles a vast lake. Nearly one
half of the city is under water. At
West Moor, Fire Wood and Riverside
nearly all the residents vacated their
houses. The water had reached the
first stories and was gradually going
up to the second. Those who lln
gered too long had to bo removed In
boats.
Two hundred families living in the
lowlands in the town of Plymouth had
to leave their houses hastily yester
day, the water covering the first
floors and putting out the 'fires. At
Nanticoke several houses were swept
away by the rushing waters, and the
people living in them had a narrow
escape with their lives.
Reports from the mines show that
many of them were flooded, and It
will take some days before they can
be pumped out. This will curtail the
output of coal.
Nine lives have been lost so far. Tho
casualties for the past 24 hours were
three. William P. Reilly hired a cab
from Richard Beckert to drive him
across the river to his home In Lu
zerne Borough early yesterday morn
ing. The carriage, horses and occu
pants were caught in the swift cur
rent on the roadway above the North
street bridge and carried down stream.
The horses were quickly drowned.
Reilly was drowned before help could
reach him. Beckert landed on a big
cake of ice. Two men started after
him in a boat and after floating around
on the ice for an hour he was res
cued. The other victims were un
known.
The damage to property is already
estimated at $1,000,000.
Much Damage at Harrisburg.
Harrisburg. Pa., March 3. —The sec
ond and t,hird piers of the famous old
Camel 3ack bridge, on the Harrisburg
side, were washed away by high water
yosterday morning. The bridge was
built in 1816, and was probably tho
oldest bridge across the Susquehanna
river. Much damage has been done
by the high water in and about Har
risburg. The Pennsylvania railroad's
steel bridge at Roekville is in danger
and the company is sending its trains
over the Cumberland Valley bridge at
Bridgeport. The Pennsylvania Steel
Works, at Steelton, and the iron and
steel mills in South Harrisburg have
been forced to close down on account
of water in the flywheel pits. South
Harrisburg is under water, and many
of the families in that locality are
living in the upper stories of their
homes. About 200 persons sought,
safety in the school house at Lochiel.
Still Rising at Sunbury.
Sunbury, Pa., March 3. —A 13-foot
flood in the Susquehanna river at this
plHce threatens the town with serious
damage. Dack water has flooded the
lower or central portion of the town
to a depth of from four to six feet,
and the residents were last night
forced to seek sneuer on too high
lands, leaving their household effects
to the mercy of the water. The river
is still rising and is within a few
inches of overflowing the bank. To
protect their bridge which spans the
Susquehanna river, the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad company has
placed upon it a train of cars loaded
with iron. Although no fatalities have
been reported as yet, many narrow
escapes from drowning have occurred.
THE WEEK IN CONGRESS
Important Measures Before the Na
tional Legislature.
Washington, March 3. —In accord
ance with Saturday's decision, the sen
ate took up the ship subsidy bill to
day and will continue to hold its place
as the unfinished business until dis
posed of. There is, however, no dispo
sition for the present to press the mat
ter to the exclusion of all other busi
ness, so that it probably will be laid
aside temporarily at different times, to
permit the consideration of other mat
ters, including Senator Hoar's bill for
the protection of the president against
assault. The legislative appropriation
bill will bo reported during the week
and will take precedence in its own
right, if Senator Cullom, who will
have it in charge, decides to ask the
senate to take it tip, as lie probably
will.
The subsidy bill will not be debated
for so great a length of time as was the
measure of the last congress. There
will be a number of speeches on It,
however, before it is allowed togo to
a vote. Senator Frye, chairman of the
committee on commerce, who will
have the bill in charge, will explain the
measure when it is taken up on Wed
nesday. Senator Clay will address the
senate from the Democratic point of
view, and probably will be followed
by Senators Turner, Vest, Mallory and
other Democratic senators. Senator
Turner has abandoned his announced
intention of reviewing President Pro
Tern. Frye's ruling in the Tillman-Mc-
Laurin contempt proceedings, and the
present indication is that the incident
will not receive any immediate atten
tion.
The house of representatives will
give most of its time during the pres
ent week to postal affairs. The rural
free delivery measure has aroused
much controversy, and there promises
to be an active debate, with consider
able doubt as to the passage of the bill.
It was the original plan to make the
change in the rural free delivery sys
tem a feature of the )>ostofllco appro
priation bill, but as this would have
necessitated a special rule, the propo
sition was brought forward in a spe
cial bill. The postofflce appropriation
bill contains items relating to sub
sidy for fast mail, which are usually
fruitful of much discussion. It is ex
pected that the appropriation bill will
occupy all the latter part of the week,
although next Friday is set aside for
war claims.
VILLAGE WIPED OUT
Fire and Flood Almost Destroy
Sprakers, N. Y.
Fort Plain, N. Y.. March 3.—The
hamlet of Sprakers, six miles east of
here, has been almost wiped out by
the combined forces of water and fire.
Sprakers is made up of r>fi families,
and has been under water for two
days. Great masses of ice came down
the river and struck the houses, some
of which were so shaken that stoves
were overturned and the dwellings
were burned. One end of the West
Shore bridge was moved IS inches,
just a few minutes after a I'r.st passen
ger train had dashed over it.
Four Men Drowned.
Freehold. N. J., March 3. A horri
ble catastrophe occurred at the little
village of Holt's Necl , near here,
when four men lost their lives through
the breaking away of the dam at
Frank E. Heyer's mill pond. Charles
Conover, Henry Bennett, .fames King
and Charles Herbert were the victims.
The men were on the dam. engaged
in attempts to release the pent-up
water, lee on the pond had gorged
at the dam, and the men had been
breaking the ice up. The ice grad
ually collected in a pushing mass at
the bottom of the dam. and the men
then tried to raise the gates to let the
water through. Without warning the
dam gave way at the bottom, carrying
all the men with it.
1.25 P cr - Year
Patterson, N. J., is Now Over
whelmed by Flood.
GREAT SUFFERING AMONG POOR
Big Blast of Dynamite Ready to Force
Open New Channel For the Water,
to Save Industrial Plants—Heroic
Rescuer Drowned.
Paterson. N. J., March 3. —This city,
so recently swept by Arc, Is now over
whelmed by flood. The quarter occu
pied by the houses of thi % poorer class
Is inundated. Hundreds of families
have been made homeless by the over
flow of the Passaic river, and the coun
try for miles around the city ia under
water. The great peril now is that
the Spruce street raceway may over
flow, in which event a great loss of
property in the manufacturing district
is sure to ensue. The city authorities
have placed expert engineers, who are
instructed to touch ofT a blast of dy
namite which will open u new channel
for the immense volume of water
which is held there, and by diverting
it to the bed of the liver in a new
direction the authorities hope to save
a great deal of valuable property. In
a cliff about 70 feet below the Spruce
street bridge the experts have placed
mines of dynamite, which if it is found
necessary will be exploded.
The danger to the city from the
flood, and especially from the race
way, was somewhat diminished at mid
night, when it was noticed that the
water in the river had begun to re
cede. and the citizens began to hope
the worst was over.
The great, fire of three weeks ago
did not create such suffering and
widespread desolation as the flood of
yesterday. The district for a mile
along the river front and nearly half
a mile in width is covered with water,
which in many cases reached to the
second-story of the dwellings. In this
district are situated the Rogers Loco
motive Works and several silk mills
and dye works. In the immediate vi
cinity of these hives of Industry fully
600 families have been driven from
their tenements. Of these unfortu
nates several hundred were taken
from their houses in boats and barges
amid scenes of much excitement.
In the work of rescue Henry Rich
ards. one of the most earnest toilers,
lost his life. After making several
successful trips, on each of which he
brought three or four persons from
the neighborhood of Kearns Urothers'
dye works, his boat was upset and he
was swept away in the waters, which
were rushing with the force of a mill
race. He clung to the branch of a
tree for nearly half an hour, but in
spite of many attempts to him
he Anally disappeared in the muddy
waters.
The Hillman street bridge, a steel
span, went into the river late last
night. Word came from Singae, a few
miles up the river, that the bridge
over the Passaic, on the C.reenwood
Lake division cf the Eric, had fallen
yesterday.
ACETYLENE WRECKS BUILDING
Three Dead In Terrific Explosion at a
Reading Music Store.
Reading. Pa., March 3. —At 10
o'clock last night a terrific explosion
occurred in the four-story music store
of C. H l.ichty The building at once
completely collapsed This was fol
lowed by the adjoining three-story
brick umbrella factory of Mrs. Mary
Rolland. Doth buildings anil contents
were destroyed. A number ot persons
were in the buildings, but they were
all accounted for except Mrs. Rolland
and a friend, who called to spend the
evening, and the watchman in the
Llchty building. It is believed these
three persons perished. The explo
sion is said to have been due to
acetylene gas. which was manufact
ured by a local company, of which Mr.
Lichty was president. The building
was filled with musical instruments.
The total loss is $200,000. Many of
The total loss will be about $250,-
000. Half a dozen people were seri
ness buildings were badly damaged.
The scene of the explosion was in the
centre of the city and aroused every
body within its limits.
Millionaire Kills Himeslf.
Warren, 0., March 3.—Hon. Henry
P. Perkins, one ofc Ohio's most promi
nent and philanthropic citizens,
killed himself by hanging yesterday
in his office adjoining his home in this
city. The body was found shortly
afterward by his family, who went to
call him 'o dinner. Illness and the
suicide o A favorite son. a Yale grad
uate, a year ago, it believed to have
made Mr. Perkins temporarily insane.
Mr. Perkins was born in Warren and
spent his life here. Ho was a man of
large fortune, said to be several mil
lion dollars.
William Emerson Richmond, bet
ter known as "lJilly" Emerson, the
famous minstrel, died of consumption
in Boston.
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