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.
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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.