Republican News Item. VOL. IX. NO. 37. This Is the Place cTo Buy Your Jewelry Q Nothing" in Town to Compare With ( the Quality that We are Giving / P You for the Low Price Asked. S L Qualitv and moderate prices makes- a force that S j* irresistibly draws into our store the best { ol this section. Many years here ia business, always j N with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C I with a care and judgment comm-nsurate with ( its . \ desirability and adaptability lo retine taste, makes \ £ our store a sa!e place to invest. C P Repair work done on short notice and guaran-r S, teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. { > RETTENBURY, • > <, DUSHORE, PA. The Jeweler. HARDWARE^ No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OE, WOO D HE A TERS; ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishing Goods, Tools of Every Descripticn, Guns and Ammunition. Bargains that bring the buyer back. Come and test the truth of our talk. A lot of second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap. We can sell you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Ease Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. ituu&t Special Notice! We are offering all oar Winter Goods at 50c on the Dollar. Will Soon Pack Them Away. All the mens'sio nnd sl2 Overcoats £4.09. Ail ti e Mens' heavy 8.00 and 10.00 suits, at .4 75. Children's short arm coats at 99c. All the Ladies' s*oo ard 600 Coats for 1 oq. All wool SI.OO underwear at 50c. Heavy fleeced undershirts n, Heavy Jersey Top Shirts 29c. La ies' si 200 Taylor made Jackets Coats $3.99. I his is your last chance for the season. Come at once and buy. CAR FARE PAID BOTH WAYS. Now, If your purchase amounts to 10.00 or over, will pay your car fare both ways. We are receiving new good now, and must se'l all the winter goods at once. Jacob Per, HUGHE SVILLE, PENN'A. Notice: Rubber Boots and Shoes at manufacturers' prices. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1905. VALUE OF OUR NAVY ITS MIGHTY INFLUENCE AS A PRO MOTER OF PEACE. Without nn Effoetlve Sen Force the Monroe Dootrioo Would De u Joke. It* Coat. Even If Lurffe, Doe* Not Imply Kifravnicant'e, The cost of the navy for any men tioned time, eveu if the sum is large, does not Imply extravagance?. Such cost may have been the ideal of true fconomy, says the Philadelphia Press. It depends on w hat the navy Is intend p:7 for and what it has accomplished as a re'sult of Its existence. There may have been no war in the time mention ed, but the fact that the nation hud a navy may have prevented such u ca lamity. If the nation had not been provided with a navy strong enough to meet that of Spain the result eif the war with that country might have been very dif ferent. The commerce of the United States with Europe and Asia would have been seriously interfe'red with, causing enormous loss. American ves sels would have been swept from the seas. Cuba, Porto Klco and the Philip pine Islands would probably still have been in the possession of Spain, tor the reason that without a sufficient power ful navy troops could not have been landed on any one of those islands In suffleient number to have accomplished anything. It may be said that we could have constructed a navy. Hut that Is a work of years, not months. And while we were doing that our paralyzed com merce would have e-ost the nation much more than the $1,000,00e>,000 which the navy has cost altogether in the- last twenty-two years. Besides the actual loss iu money there would have been the loss of self respect and the | humiliation of practical elefeat. j Without an effective navy the Mon ' roe doctrine would soon become a '• mere reminiscence. Germany and other ! nations with strong navies would waste no words on Venezuela and oth ] er South and e'entral American coun j tries, but, would seize territory, as 1 they have done in China, because of I allege'd affronts. The Danish West I India islanels. Haiti and Santo Domln { :;o. Hawaii anel other surrounding ls j liiiuis would now be in the possession if strong Euroj fan nations, our rivals ;in commerce. The way they have I seized other unprotected countries is | proof of that fact. They have been anxious for territory on this continent and have only refrained from seizing it because of the opposition of the i Cniteel States and the knowledge that i we- have been ready to carry the Mon roe doctrine into effect. This has helped ihe United States greatly in swelling i its commerce with the rest of the | world. Those are the facts that must be J considered in making appropriations i for the navy. The president and Sec i retary Morton and the general naval board do not recommend a large ap | propriation for any other purpose than ihat of keeping the nation in a condi tion properly to elefend itself. Other nations are constantly increasing their ! naval strength. The United States has more coast to defend than any other power. It cannot afforil to fall be ! hind. It is not a question what has been expended, but what is needed and what tlie' nation ean afford to Uo in the way of meeting that nee-d. STRONG FOR THE RIGHT. t'rt'Niilftil Itooaevrlt IIh" Pro vol Both Brave and Sane. In our unt uto rod, uncouth western | way let us say that the course of Presi dent Kooscvelt since he learned unoffi cially of his election suits the pe'ople of the middle* west elear to the ground. His immediate announcement that he would not be a candidate for re election left him free to attend to the welfare of the country, with no harass | ing suspicion of any further political ambition, and that pleased us all. Still more acceptable was the deter mination. evietenced in his ine'ssage. to resolutely grapple with the transporta tion problems rebates, extortionate' or discriminating rates, industrial "roads" and private curs. In this he showed himself both brave anti sine, for the discontent with exist ing abuses is so great as to breed dis belief in the power of our government ' to cope with the evil or distrust iu Its ■ willingness to do so. In his attempt to demonstrate that ! the government of the United States is strong enough to enforce justice in this vital matter he has and will have i the enthusiastic support of the central west and e»f its representatives iu con ' gress. Astounding its were the majorities by • which he was elected, they fall far short, in our Judgment, of what a poll taken today would show. .\ud so in uncultured fashion we bid i him godspeed. We like his style.—Chi cago Heeorel-llerald. Tt is E-so-pus, with the accent on tfe* "so," the village in a New, York suburb where the news of Judge "'arker's de feat at the polls will be received by ' private wire.- Keokuk Gate ejlty. i-t . V COURT Notes Iroin thc:Templc of Justice ~ ('ninth, vs. Charge' assault anel batte'ry; verdict not guilty, anel preisccuteir, (feorge- I lopfer, to pay ce>sts. Oraiiel Jur.v'fe-unel true' bills in the following cases: F.J. Olover, in elieteel for larceny and burglaiy. F.J tileive'r, assault anel battery, forcible entry. San ford Pent ley, assault and battery with intent to ravish. Wm. Lea, larceny. Lew is Gatta anel Jennie Oatta, assault anel battery. Ceimth. vs. John l)oe-, not a true bill. v Conitii. vs. Jesse Kumbo, charge, burglary, pleaels guilty. Ceimth. vs Wilson Feiwler, charge, lare'eny, pleads guilty. Ceimth. vs Stephen Murphy, e-m --hezzlement; verdict, not guilty, ami e'ost tei be divide'd between prosecut ors, 11. J. Cooper anel S. 1). Murphy. jjgAniia P. Finan vs Dennis Finan. Diveirce eh*cre'e'd em payment eif cost. Albert Lorah appointed e'ollector of tax eif Hillsgreive twp. SjgjMrs. N.K. Wood ware I vr. Lawrer ce Lave-lle, judgme'iit eliree-ted e-ntt-i eel against defendant for want of ap pearance. In re; contested election of Patrick Q.uinn, Cherry twp. Hearing at Court House, March 15. Lizzie Shoemaker vs istuie Shoe maker, in diveirce. A. P». Kilmer appoint eel e-ommissioner to take- te-s --timony. Celia Peffer vs Benj. Pe tit r, in divorce. J. H. liolui appointed commissioner to take' testimony. LOVE FOUND A WAY. Anxiovs to Receive Paternal Blessings Allcr Secretly Married. Miss Maelge' Morton Ceilt, daught er of Mr. Samuel Ceilt eif Huil'ulo, was unite'd in marriage to W L. McDougal, in somewhat eif a roman tic manner which eiemonstrateel that love rule-el the day, anel triumphed in its eilel fashioned way. A* ilis patch from Buffalo tei the' New York Weirlel contuineei the following in formation: Buffalo, Feb. 22.—Telegrams came tei-day to Ellieit C. McDeiugall, pre s ielent eif the bank of Bufi'alei, anel to Samuel Ceilt, a supervisor for the' Lehigh railroael, begging parental forgiveness for tlu- marriage in Chi cagei yeaterelay of W. Lamb Mc Dougall, a law stueiejnt, nge-el IT, son of Bank l'resil Me-Dougall, and Miss M. Heir/ -It, daughter of the Le-high of' Mr. jNlcDeiu gall in his spier /itie- em Cle*ve lanel avenue', ele'clirifel to discus* the matter at all. "They are- marrieel," saiel he "but it is a family affair and not of public interest." The telegram tei Mr. Ceilt from his daughter said: "Lamb anel 1 mar rieel to-day. We are very happy and want yeiur blessing." Mr* Colt was aske-el if the parental blessing would be given. "I haven't had a chance yet," he saiel laughing "Of course we' sheiulel have bee*n be'tter satisfied if we liael been tolel that such a thing was in their he'arts, but now that its done, we' are willing to celebrate with them." The bride's many friends in section eif the! county where' she- h: s spent seve'ral summers, will rejoice in extending their best wi-lies for a long and happy life. Arrangements are being maeic tei equip all the hotels at Eagle's Me re with adelitional lire escapes. To that e'lid Deputy Factory I inspect or Bishop, five representatives eif firm* manufacturing fire escape s anel the following representatives of the- var ious heite-is spent Monday eif last week at Eagles Mere looking over the builelings anel arranging for the p'acing of the lire escapes; Feire'st Inn Elgar It. Kie'ss; Creature »nt Inn, W. Y. Warner; Lakesiele, Ile>nry Kirk; Hotel Haymemel, W. L. Lairel'anel W. He'eeler; Hotel la-ui-, A. C. Lit tle. It is the intention to have the fire escapes in plae'e' e>n all the> Eagles Mere heitels before'the opening eif the next season. Local Option Law. Oil the? 13th of February a hill wu> iutreMlue-eel into the State Assembly whose passage will give to the vot ers of tenvns, townships and boroughs the eippeirtunity to determine hy vote the epie'stiein «>F licensing tin 1 sale of intoxicants in their respective' precincts. I believe this is a step in the right direction. That it is a moderate temperance measure, de creasing the amount of liquor con s imed, is evidenced by the opposi tion of manufacturers anel whole salers. But some arguments in its favor appeal alike to prohibitionists and to those favoring license. First. It savors of Americanism, blowing the practice eif majority rule' upon one* of the* most stubborn ly contested questions. The large ness of the majority is a fair meas ure of the stre ngtli of public senti ment, a factor to be- considered in li«' epiestion of law enforcement. Second. It is in line with the trend of the times. The following ,-itati mvnt has recently been made: •• Pennsylvania stands a.one among 'he really great states of the Union in that it has no law which places j linal authority elirectly with the 1 people in the* granting e>f liquor li censes. Mass., X. V.,e)., Inel., HI., Mich., Wis,, Min M Mo., Neb., la.. Ceil., Cal., Ore., every southern state] except S. Carolina, and nearly all (he smaller states like Vt., N. If, Conn., It.l. \V. Va., s. Dak., and some of the territories, all have some' j such forms of statute." And the -lriking fae-1 is that tin-' law in many i of the-states has been passi-el within the' last ten years. Third. The' present law is unjust to those favoring liceuse. Few !ie>se' to sign petitions for it. Many who would otherwise' refuse' find it diilicult te> elo >ei because' of personal obligations to the* dealer or social r.'latieins with him. T number refusing to sign is not necessarily i ejual to that of those who would cote" against the-granting of license. Those who sign are- braneleel as IVieaieli of the tratl'ic, their motives re criticised, anel correspeinding treatment is meted out tei them. I'he'y bear the responsibility which slioulel rest upon the community. Probably the coming month will witness the passage' or defeat eil tnis bill. AH interested parties should communicate with the assemblyman ! elected by the voters of the county, dso with Senator \Y. C. Miller, and lion. John Francis, chairman eif the committee of Law and «»rdt*r. Such pressure represents the desires of their constituency. Illanks for pe titions may be se'cuml from W. L liiley, 188 N. Franklin street, VN'ilkesbarre, l'a. Such have been j circulated in many elistricts anel i lore than 150 10 signatures se-cureel. <>f these 150 are the names e>f voters in Forksvilk', and the township of i 'en'ks. Klklauel-anel Hillsgreive; anel and the popularity there is proven by the fact that more than four men signe'tl it out e»f e-very five that we're requested to do so. I*. K. lIt'XTIiKY. Fetrksville, Feb. :2S, 1',i05. To wan da's D; 9 Catcher. Two morcdogs were' killed by Chief of Police Miller, at Towanda ein Sat urelay. One of these dogs was with out a muzzle and the either had been acting suspiciously anel was one eif ihose nipped by the maei dog. It be'longcel on Lombard street anel was •rathere-d in by Dog Catcher Knowli's I'his makes tlftee'ii dogs that have been killed by Chief Miller and does not take- into ae-coe l ll any of those l.ilh'd by their t' m. A Sla Fair Bill. The creation of a State' Fair is au thorize! Iby a bill introduced in the- House Thursday at llarrisburg, by Mr. McLane, eif Crawford ceamty. It provides fur the appointment of a e'siiii mission to fix a time and plae'e' for holding the' fair and appropriates £250,000 for the purpose'. The com mission is toe-on-istjof the (ioverneir, Secretary eif Agriculture, Superin tendant of Public Instruction, Com missioner of Fis'ieri"s, a meni'»e>r eif the State Orange, Pennsylvania Live Steak Breeder's Association and kin elred orgauiiwitieins. 75 TS. PER YEAR Honors Come to Clyde SlianK. The Williamsport High Scho >1 wil JbeJrepresented in the| inauguial parad«*jat Washington, I). (?., March 4. Governor Pennypacker, upon recommendation *of J-'tate Superin t ndent of Public Instruction Nathan C. Shaefier, has appoint d Clyde IT.l T . Shank,"son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Shank, of 330 Park avenue, as Williamsport's representative, and it i» an honor that is duly appreciated. This appointment is in accordance with a request made by President Roosevelt that high school pupils be appointed from every state to repre sent the public schools. Pennsyl vania's delegation will comprise ten high school boys. Clyde U. Shank, Williamßporl's representative, is a member of the class of 190»">, and is a bright young man who fully deserves the honor conferred upon him. The State rep resentatives of high schools will have head-quarters in the Franklin school at Washington, where an informal reception will be given them by the committee on Friday evening March 3, at 8 o'clock. Clyde is a nephew of Mrs. \V. 11. Hand til of this place, and has fre (uently visited here, where he has made many friends. Governor Penny packer's recom mendation iii his message to the pres ent Legislature that a Slate tax bt* placed upon all coal mined in Penn sylvania had its materialization in u bill presented to the house Wednes day night by Representative Thomas of Lackawanna County. This bill provider that a tax of live cents be placed on each ton of anthracite coal mined in the State and a tax rate of two cents on each ton of bituminous C >a| mined. Tiie money thus derived is to be used in public improvments in the Stite, being appropriated as follows: Pwo-fifths to the public schools; two rifths for the improvment of toade ami the remaining one-fifth to th« Miner's Itelief Association to created by law. in older to demonstrate that it is not "cheaper to move than to pay rent." Pottsville landlords have or ganized a renters' association. Every tenant who leaves a house with his rent paid up will receive a card to that effect, and those who do not have cards will be unable to get houses. Deadheads have driven tb« landlords to this The passenger trainmen on th« Pennsylvania Railroad, heretofore known as brakemen, are now called ruards, the change of name having taken place January 1. As braking is now done from the engine and the main duty of these men is to look after the safety of the train and its passengers the name guard has been adopted. Tiit» boarding house keeper hails with d> light the approach of summer and cheaper eggs and butter. The liij;li price of these products mater ially lessened the amount that was added to the savings account each month. Stephen J. Terry, of Wyoming county, has secured a patent on a greaj improvement in telephone, telegraph and electric light poles that bids fair to be a money maker to the owner of the patent and a great saver to the companies using poles. The scheme is on the order of a metal socket which is set in the ground in concrete and is to hold the poles, thus saving the expense of re placing the poles when they get rotten. Mr. Terry has received some very flattering offers from job bers for his invention, which he has had patented both in this country i and Canada. On Tuesday morning fire broke lout in the opera house block at Wy ; alusing and before the flames could be brought under control had swept away all that part of the town be tween the Brown hotel and the old Howard hardware sti re on Main street. Among the buildings de stroyed were the opera house, Odd Fellows hall, a doctor's office and a drug store damaged to a great ex tent and a number of residence#. The Kiss is estimated at $20,00®.
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