Republican News Item. VOL. X. NO. 23. (* This Is the Hace C C To Buy Your Jewelry C Nothing in Town to Compare With S 112 the Oir-lity that We are Giving j s You for the Low Price Asked. C Quality ana moderate prices makes a force that S j* iircsibt.bly draws into our store the best patronage r ( of this section. Many years here in business, always } w= ; a a lull line of goods above suspicion; chosen C ' ,J w.ill :i care and judgment comm- £ our store a sa>e place to invest. C ? Repair work done on slwt notice and guaran-r S. teed, by skilled workmen. Yuurorders appreciated. S RETTENBURY, > <> DUSHORE, PA. The Jeweler. $ COLE HARDWARE| No Place Like this Place For Reliable STO V E Sand RANGES, COAL OB WOO D HEATERS: ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishing Goods, Tools of Every Description, 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 s-de cheap, vve can sell you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Base B'Tlci' to a low priced bat satisfactory cook stove. Hoi. Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and Genera! Repairing, roofing and Spouting. J& j i u lie I (sole>l£ The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMS PORT, PA. 11l Ibe Aklsf Of Autam lyisincss Stylish Autumn Garments for Women ReaJy to-wear Suits. Skirts. Coats in the very newest styles—Our stock is more extensive than ever; we are now showing a s'o k of garments thai represents the very latest ideas of the best makes. New Plaid Silks. White Goods for Wais,s ' ... , » ... i)i, • i 1 lie sale ol White Cotton Waistings vv e want von to see these new rlanl b Silks we liav.i. Tliere is a large range ol has heen so satisfactory that we have Scotch efleets that are in demand tor , , , , largely increased the assortment. I here Waists, excellent assortment, at isc.. other pualities up to , are quite a variety of new designs in $i 40 White Mercerized Waistings. BROADCLOTH One of tlit' loading plain fabrics tor fall ami winter. It's the fashion lor street and home eiistunies. Children** Coats. Misses Suits. \\ e show all the new shades and l»!a< k. BLANKETS AND COMFORTS We huy and sell only the liest makes. , Becl Comforts, wool. P. LAN KKI S. , . , _ , v ~ vi'i-p' In a great variety ol floral enect pat. lv hI >. terns, either light or dark colorings- CHIP. BLANK KTS. They are filled with pure white cotton. \\ II ri I. Hi.A N KKT.s, Eiderdown Comforts COi.Onl.l) BLANK I'. IS. When you are looking Cor Eiderdown fillKY BLA X K KTS. Comforts don't forget to see tlieiiir.' SCAKLKT BLANK KTS. sateen covered ones we are selling at liollH BLANK KTS. vor - v rea-onahlc prices. Subscribe W the News Item LAPORTE. C ULL SI AN COUNTY* PA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1905. INCREASED SUGAR BILL. Chilian Ili'rliirorlty IN Contiiig I > $7.-,000,000 a \e:ir. T/.e Cuban experiment ought also to di. moi.otrute that our beet sugar indus tries were not, as opponents of Cuban reciprocity alleged. In Imminent danger ot extinction.—New York Evening Post. We suppose" oar contemporary, the Evening Post, is aware of the fact that Ihe beet sugar companies have not suf fered extinction, because the price of sugar is much higher than it was bo fore the Cuban rc< iprocity act. We sup pose our contemporary the Evening Tost, is aware of the fact that sugar is much higher than it was because there is now 110 competition between the beet sugar producers and the Ilavemeyer sugar trust. We suppose our contem porary, the Evening I'ost, is aware of the fact that there is now no competi tion because the beet sugar producers, threatened with extinction by the re duction of duty on Cuban sugar, were induced to make an agreement with the sugar trust for the control of the Amer ican market and the raising of prices to consumers. In the same edition from which we have quoted the Evening I'ost's com mercial tables showed that the price of sugar was 0.15 cents a pound 011 April 4, ISIOS, as against 4.70 on April 4, 1004, one year ago. This increase in price over one year ago amounts to $29 a ton. The sugar consumption of the United States is about 2,000,000 tons per mi lium. The result of the Cuban recipioc ity act, therefore, has been to increase the sugar bill of American consumers by more than $75,000,000 a year! Our con temporal/, the Evening I'ost, was telling the American people be fore the passage of the reciprocity act that they were groaning under a "tar iff tax" of $8.000,(XX) a year, which was to be remitted by reason of this "tax" coining off the importations from Cuba and going into the pockets of the con sumers. Tariff duties of are a per capita tax of 10 cents a year. Hut the Cuban reciprocity act not only 111 led to take off this per capita tax of 10 cents n year; it put the $8,000,000 in to the coffers of the sugar trust and the tobacco trust and it added $75,000,000 a year to the sugar bills of the American people! What the sugar trust was planning with its reciprocity act was an oppor tunity either to drive Its competitors, the beet sugar producers, out of exist ence or to compel those competitors seeking self preservation to form a combine under which the American people could be plucked through a complete control of the market. Natu rally the beet sugar producers did not choose togo out of existence. They ac cepted the alternative and made an agreement with the sugar trust where by the price to the consumer Is ele vated and kept up. So opulent a scheme is this that the sugar trust agrees to buy the product of beet sugar factories at a regulated price, just as the gas trust buys the product of af filiated gas producers at an agreed price, which permits all the producers to make extortionate profits, since the helpless public must foot the bills. The whole result of the Cuban reci procity act, then, so f:ir as sugar is concerned, Is that there Is 110 longer competition to protect the American consumer. He does not get the benefit of the lowered "taxes" 011 Cuban im ports, and he does pay, the whole na tion of him, .$75,000,000 more a year for his sugar!— New York Press. ONE MONTH'S RECORD. ShoivH Thut Our I'ltiuiiciHl POMUIOU Wan Mover Before So StroiiK. In February -we increased our output of manufactured goods the most of any month in our history; this, be it recall ed, under the Diugley tariff. We also sold an unusually large amount of ag ricultural exports, although our sales of manufactures exceeded those of our farm products. In February we sold over $1(K),000,000 worth of goods to for eign customers, an increase of $14,000,- 000 over February of a year ago. We sold less cotton and wheat, but our other exports have increased. In Feb ruary we sent abroad $12,500,000 of gold that we had no use for in this country. The past eight months we have sent out $43,000,000 of our gold to the foreigner and we have a lot yet. to spare. The American financial posi tion was never so strong as it is today We lend money to Europe as well as pay for all we want from foreign na tions, and still we have plenty to spare at home. Would tariff tinkering im prove the statusV--T.ewiston Journal. Andrews Is Satisfied. Republican State Chairman Andrews la entirely satisfied with his reports from the counties, says the Pittsburg (iazette. They indicate the usual "off year" plurality for J. Lee Plummer, or more. There is no good reason why this should not be so Mr. Plummer Is a man of high character, who has the heartiest support of ail Republicans in Blair county, where he resides. He is well qualified for the position to which he aspires. His opponent, Mayor P.erry of Chester, is not so well equipped for the place. He Is a self-seeking pol itician. a place hunter, a chronic can didate for office who Is willing to b» nominee of any party that hss a chance of success Prohibitionist, Free Siivei- Ite. by turns—Mr. Berry Is anything for office and not much In one. Engler-Bryan Wedding. ! 'A very pretty wedding ceremony was performed at the Methodist, j church Wednesday at high noon by Rev. (Jrover of Ilarrisburg, which | united in marriage Rev. S. 11. F.ng- I ler and Miss Myrtle Bryan. The I church had been tastefully decorated for the occasion. Promptly at noon ' the bridal party colored the church i to the beautiful strains of the wed ding inarch played by Mrs. 10. M. I )unham. The bride was given away by Rev. T. F. Hippie, and Miss Kngk r sister of the groom acted as maid of honor; Rev. E. A. Ileim and W. P. | Shoemaker were the ushers. The bride was handsomely attired in a white costume and tulle veil, [ and carried a huge boquet of pink ! roses. The maid of honor wore a ; light gray gown and c.irricd roses' j After the ceremony a wedding i breakfast was served at the home of ! Mrs. S. Mead, at which the immedi ! ate friends and relatives were pres !«eut. Rev. and Mrs. Engler loft for a short wedding tour after which I I hey will goto housekeeping tit I Medix Run where the groom is pas tor of the Methodist church. Tin good wishes of their many IViem's go with them. In the future no obscene postal cards which are placed in the mails will be sent out by the local post otHce but will be sent to the dead letter office. Postmaster Brown, of Williamsport received the following j order in regard to the matter which | explains itself: I Order Xo. ISO. Following is it copy of an order is sued by the Postmaster General, which order will lie strictly obeyt d jby the clerks and carriers. All ob jectionable post cards as defined in this order will be withdrawn from the mails and turned over to the superintendent or chief mailing clerk lobe handed by them to the post master or his assistant, j In view of the large number of ob jectionable post cards recently depos ited in the mails the attention of postmasters is especially directed to the provision of section .">7;l of the postal laws and regulations reading as follows: "All mail matter which is mani festly obscene, lewd or lascivious, when deposited in a postoftlce, be withdrawn from the mails and sent to the <lead letter olliee". I 'nder this rule every card bearing a picture or language that is obscene, indecent or improperly suggestive, should be immediately withdrawn from the mails and forwarded with out delay to the first assistant post master general, dead letter efliee. 11 there is doubt as to whet her a card is sutlleienlly objectionable to warrant its exclusion, it should be forwarded t i tile lirst assistant postmaster g< n eral, division of correspondence, for d'eision in accordance with para graph 2, section 198, postal laws and regulations. Postmasters are directed to exercise all possible vigilance in the enforce ment of this regulation. (Signed) F. 11. Hitchcock, Acting Post mister (J -u T.tl Prof. 11. A. Surface, of State Col lege, economic zoologist of Pennsyl vania, declares that he is ready to eat a cabbage snake or worm to prove that a wide-spread belief that this | pai ticular kind of worm, if eaten, will cause sure death, is entirely unfounded. It was recently reported | that a whole family living In Col : umbia county, \\< rein dread of sudden death because they feared | that they bail eaten a eabbare worm. ! When the attention of Prof. Surface i was called to this incident, he said ! "Such a worm is sometimes found jin cabbage, but it is absolutely ! harmless. A few years ago the belit 112 | that it was poison was so prevalent ; in lowa that many farmers stopped ) planting cabbages. Prof. 11. 10. i Summers, State Zoologist of lowa i to prove that the worm or snake, as i it is sometimes called, is perfectly innocent, ate one in the presence of j respectable witnesses. To show that the cabbage worm is harmless, if any one will bring me one, I will, in the presence of witnesses, eat it as Prof, Summers did." Locomotive toiler Explodes. Engineer and fireman Killed. The explosion of a locomotive boiler on the W. & X. B. It. R,, be tween Ringdale ami this place, last, Friday evening can sod the death of Engineer David Daviesand Fireman Cleon Karschner. The former being instantly killed while Mr. Karshner survived until Saturday at 2 o'clock, suffering intense pain from being badly bruised and scalded. No one else of the train crew or any of the passengers were injured. The engine was attached to the sonth bound passenger train, due at La Porte, 7:l(! P. M.and had passed the water tank about J mile when the terrible explosion occured, de molishing them MM-ive mtichine leaving nothing but a scrap pile of twisted and broken iron. The crown sheet with other attached parts weighing several tons, was blown SOO feet into the woods, mowing down saplings in its path like it cythe vould cut down grass. The unfortunate engineer, Mr. Da vies was blown MOO feet up the track and lodged in the brush a few feet from the track. Karschner was shoveling coal into the tire at the time of the accident and was blown to the upper hank. The force of the explosii n was forward and cjnsequently did not harm the coaches, only the bag gage coach leaving the track. The wreckage plowing up the ties and rails for (>0 feet or more, stopped the motion of the train. The cause of the explosion is unknown. The boiler had been recently inspected by a government inspector and said ;o be one of the best on the road. fhe first to reach the scene of the disaster was from LuPorte. Mr. Ellery Swank, the company's line man was on the train with his test ing 'phone which he quickly attached to the wire and called W. B. Hitter, the station agent at this place, who summoned the assistance of Dr. Randall and Miss Margaret Ileim, a trained nurse of Lancaster, who is visiting her brother, Rev. Heiin. I'hey with others were conveyed 011 a hand ear, arriving considerable in advance of a special train sent from Ilughesville. Mr. Da vies was fifty-four years of age and is survived by his widow and four children. Mr. Karschner was a much younger man and leaves a wife ami three small children to mourn bis loss. Both men resided in Ilughesville. The funeral servi ces were held at that place Tuesday and largely attended by railroad em ployees from different sections. Win. Wood, a plumber of Williamsport employed at the Me lienry hotel, Benton, lnui it strange experience Monday night, lie was assigned room Xo. S ami retired at 10 o'clock. A half hour later other guests were a wakened by the cries of "lire, tire" coming from his room. Immediately several went to his assistance and found his room ablaze. Wood had groped about in the smoke and thinking that he was going to the hall he threw himself face down ward in the closet. Here he was found unconscious, but he was soon revived. The lire was extinguished but Woods clothes with sixteen dol lars and a mileage book were burned. The bed room furniture was all burned and it was very lucky that the entire building did not burn down. It is thought that matches ignited in Mr. Wood's pocket causing the lire. Governor Penny packer has had postponed the exercises in connect ion with the dedication of the mon ument tit Andersonville until Dec. 7; that tit Vieksburg, until Dec. !>; and the one at Chattanooga, until Dec. 12, because of the danger that would be created of spreading yel low fever by the assembling crowds at these ceremonies in November. C. 11. llorten of Williamsport, president of the S. A .X. V. railroad company and the Central Pennsyl vania Lumber company, who has been taking the cure at Carlslmd for several months, is to sail for home S( (Oil. 75C PER YEAP : Hillsgrove Team Won Game. j Last week at the Forksville Fnir i Hillsgrove won the championship of Sullivan county, by defeating l)u --shore by the decisive score of 14 to 3. Both teams had imported batter ies. Hillsgrove had Blair and Ritchie, the star battery of the YVill iamsport tri-state team, and Dushore had Linderman of Williamsport for catcher and Bowen the Wilkesbarre, Xew York State League pitcher. Hillsgrove hit the York State League piteher hard while Dushore could not find Ritchie when hits meant runs and Hillsgrove won easily. The game drew the largest crowd to the fair that was ever on the grounds and there were so many teams on the held that it greatly hindered the fielders of both teams. The features of the game were the tine battery work of Blair and Ritchie and Dr. Mervine's sensational work at short for Hillsgrove. Blair led the bat tery with four hard drives and Ritchie followed with three. A number of local Hillgrove players got two safe hits. The following is the line up in full: Hillsgrove Mervine ss. 4 :i 1 4 11 M. Morris If. 5 0 2 10 1 Blair c. 5 2 4 11 1 0 Barton 3, b. 5 10 12 1 Ritchie p. 5 3 ;i 0 2 0 Sullivan cf. 5 12 10 0 J. Morris 1, b. 5 1 2 7 0 1 Rinker 2, h. 3 110 10 Wood ley rf. 4 2 110 0 41 14 10 27 7 4 Dushore Jackson 2, b. 4 0 1 3 0 2 Carrol cf. 4 1110 0 Linderman c. 4 1 l 14 1 o Bowen p. 4 0 1 0 4 2 Lynch 1, b. 4 0 1 5 0 2 Casey 3, b. 4 0 0 0 0 0 Kilgore If. 2 0 0 I o 0 Daviesss If. 3 1 0 0 0 2 Nafus ss. 2 0 0 0 0 0 Reed rf. 4 0 0 0 <i 0 85 3 5 21 :> 8 Earned runs, Hillsgrove Du shore 2. Two base hits, li! ii••, J. Morris, Linderman, Bowen, L- ncli. Base on balls off Ritchie 1, on ilow en 2. Struck out by Ritchie iJ by 13. Left on bases HillsgrovcG, Du shore ">. Double play Mervine to J. Morris. Time of game two hours •"> minutes. I'mpire, Charles Meri dith. Nate Hinkley, proprietor of the Sweden Valley Hotel lost his liquor license in a most extraordinary way at Coudersport. He was a witness for the defense in the Brewster mur der trial and stated on the stand that the morning Charles Brewster shot his step father, he (Brewster) called at his place where he purchased two drinks of whiskey and a short time afterward he again visited the hotel in a visibly intoxicated condition and Minkly sold him three more drinks of whiskey and a quart bottle of the stuff. Judge Or me rod ques tioned Landlord Hinkley and he re peated what he had sworn to. The Judge informed him that his liquor lieense was revoked and advised him to returu to his hotel and close his bar at once. It is a good plan to examine all chimneys before the winter tires are started. There may be holes in them that will endanger your house or they may be filled with soot which should be cleaned out before a tire caused by it cleans you out. Potato parings as a chimney cleaner is tlie latest discovery, and is vouch ed for by the head of the Milwaukee lire department, who claims that when the parings are burned in the stove the chimney is kept free from soot and other conditions that breed fires. It is no use talking about whether you believe in vaccination or not. The law requires that if your chil dren attend school they shall be vaccinated. If the teacher neglects to have the matter attended to she or he is liable to serious punishment. If you oppose the vaccination of your children, you are merely mak ing trouble for the teacher. There is a way to test the constitutionality of flu' law, lint scolding the teacher thescht ol board or the doctor will do no good.
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