VOL. X. NO. 29. } This Is the Place I To Buy Your Jewelry \ / I Nothing' in I own to Compare Willi p ( the Gaiility that We are (Viving j / You for the Low Price Asked. j ) C < Qualitv and moderate prices makes a force that S S - draws into our st<.>rc the best patronage ( ' i{11. v, [; Many years here in business, always y V,w \;i 11:'i lii eo! uoods above suspicion; chosen C with .! care and judgm< nt civnm i; urate with its ■ \u, ■' r.ii-;!;t> and adaptability to reline laste, makes \ if our a sale place to invrst. C / Kcp iir v.-ork done on shorl notice and guaran-Q \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders ppreciated. \ S ivaiTTENBURY , $ *>!>! moRI-:. FA. The Jeweler. COL E HARDWAR No Piace Like this Place For Reliable STO VES and R A NGES, COAL OK- WOO D HE A T 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. if :oncl lnad stoves and ranges for sale cheap. Wo can sc 11 ycu in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Ease Darner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing :..nd Spouting. Hum' j» - rj %. # A) Ol^5 112 l£r II^"OI \ The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Some Stylish Dress Fabrics. Com 1 " in and «>q them. They were bought for you. Whatever \ our dtssLO' ds thoughts m:i\ be you can find here. BUOAIH'I.OTIIS Wool. HA I' IST K We show in all the new shades. Meets all the rei|iiiretiierits lon home or hi -vi.-I r.i \ .iiiiiL' We have hotli darker li i*, .\ IS I I'. Ii A i . evening shaat 8. Silk tin>-111■ • I vool Henrietta in ail the [St'l'ltl \l, I'RKPE popular .-hade-i. A lavoriie colored wool material, yet in (i UA V Sl'lTI\OS • e.\|jeniiive. We havi- lust it), in-.! a new 1»1 *»t SILK \Nl> Wiail, ' h'KL*K materials lor ''<>ats. Suits which we think hark shade* liir the si reel, or liirht are the hest in the citv . shade- lor ihe house dr«-Bses. BLACK GOODS An abundance of h;n dsoim fabrics in the new s weaves. STYLISH WINTER GARMENTS FOR WOMEN Hi .res haidlv' a day g >cs bj but what we- :i sh \v you something i:t w n the cloak room. I. AI > I K-M i»A I S TA I I.OH K1» SC ITS si.uii- ill the in-*t .-i \1 i -11 eloih font of In u new \arieiv «.i' In »••«* fiilfn. made die have j•»"i heeii ree#i\eil, up of the inosl popular uiiicruiU. W A I.K IN' i >lvl If l'> t 1111,1'UI S s .1 \< Kl'l- We luiv. the he At Sk ii value )ou rtinl In plain coloree and l.inev mixed mu nn\whc.-c p.ipnlar lalt i< -. m-H in.He leiial-. in...le in v arioii-—IV I". A httff huil iMnderaiei* pri< ed. ; --orine in io elinu-e Irom. Subscribe for the News Item Republican News Iteiu. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY' PA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1905. i HE GRANGE Conducted by J. W. DARROW. Chavham, N. Y.. I*nss ('orrrsvmulf.nt .Ww Vork Mate tiro wje NATIONAL GliAAii 10. VHIHTV-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING HELD AT ATLANTIC CITY. Malt r I'M of Inl'iMiuM tiou J'or Thone Who I >|IITI |<> VMOIMI lirlnlirr to Uutrl.H, I'Ai'iirsiim Ijitit'H ami llci'l iiiKM l''or Coiifcrring' the NiKhi'r U«- grei'N— L.iirK** Scvt'idli Decree (IHNM. Tile executive commUne of lite New Jersey stale grange lias made elabo rate preparations for the entertainment, of tlie members of tlie national grange at Atlantic City in .November at its thirty'-ninth annual session. We need not say that Atlantic City is one of the most interesting summer resorts in the world, and even in .November the tem peratvr v '"e is considerably higher limn : —s in from the coast. . issued by the \ commit too it is Mfeggs. \. stated that eu money and without price to ,ho visiti "S l ' a " ; trons, hut it is . IM' ii"t merely for ' i / entertainment that the I'a 110N. E. n. NOIUiIS. Irolls ,j 0 At . lantlc <"ity, I>:11. rather, to attend upon the proceedings of the national body and listen to the discussion of some of tlie vital questions that are now being considered by the granges throughout the i'uited States. The sessions of the national grange will be held in Music ilall-oivthe-Sea, which is ;;u immense structure at the end of the steel pier, about a half mile out in the oeean. The hall has a large sealing capacity and will be an ideal place for the sessions of the grange. The grange headquarters for registra tion, information bureau, badges, etc., will lie at the entrance to the pier, while the ho cl headquarters will be at the Seaside House, ;i block distant. A 1 >ng list of hotel* have granted ex ceedingly low rates for this occasion, none being higher than $2 per day and someas low as 51..M1. Some of the near by states are planning to have their delegates secure accommodations at one hotel. For instance, the New Eng land delegation will have headquarters at tlie Ilotcl Iroquois. New Jersey at the Hotel Wiltshire New York proba bly at the Hrand Atlantic. These ho tels are all within two or three min utes' wa 1 k of the pier. The New Kug laud granges will run an excursion from Ho 1.• 11 \ tin' 1 a.-ter nf a state gran. • and bis wife are ul lowed the privilege "I voting ill the national grange yet n:l fourth degree members can alloud and take part iu the discus si>ns if lliej desire so to do. Stale Master I' I! Norris of Soilus, V Y reqiic-ts those who have resolu -1 .us .111.1 other matters of interest to l.e pivr.cnled t ■ the ualioiuil grange I'roln New \ ork -tile to forward the -nine to his ntiico al Sod us, N V.. at their lilt be-l |. 1-- lile I >IH ellioll' e, and 1 0-1 n other I.He Inn ing matter* to be referred |o the national grange lioitld eoin>uunie:ite v illi thole respee live -I.He u1 i —let— The programme for 'the 11. 1 11011:1 1 lira 1 -■ eel 11; V lint >et -■4lle,|. bill Will follow the 11-llal form. . 1 Mhci 1 w .'I he 1 |e. Ie | .1! llii- .e--ioi| r'.,r 1 - o \o. 11 . 11 111 I oil" iiieuibei of the , . ,0 vo 10' 11111111 • ■ 112 ;i term of Uii'ee yi-.'ir- Hull I I! Nai ls I- chair- Inuii ut tlie ejeclltlvu coiuiultlrv I I l>. A. Pope, a fish warden, of Pot- j J ter county, was last week sentenced 1 topa f y a line of SIOO on the charge | lof violating the state game laws It was alleged that while lie was in Hie woodson tlie night of October ' 20, Pope shot and killed three deer. lie went to Cross Fork to get help ! atui with the nidof assistants, took his rich quarry into town. Efforts to 'insure secrecy were made, but the story leaked out, and Pope's 'arrest ; followed. While drilling for a vein of copper j last week near Central, Columbia county, the Pennsylvania Copper and mining company, struck a series of pockets from which was emitted great quantities of natural gas. When Hie drill had reached a depth of 2To the gas was struck, and the volumn ! was so great that when released it blew the dust and rocKS up the .shaft with much force and into the air for a great height. This came as a great surprise and altogether unexpected !by the workmen several of whom narrowly escaped serious injury by the sudden blowup and also ity the flying rock. There has always been a theory that there was a gas or oil ; belt between Jamison City and j and Cambria. There has been a great deal ol prospecting going on through that section within the last few years and some are of the belief that some day there will be oil tlow , in.' from the borings. Michael J. Koran, a patient at lite Daueville hospital for the Insane, figures at present iu legal proceed ings of a somewhat unusual nature, I instituted with a view of protecting his property. Koran was a pronii- J nent citizen of!Susquehanna, lie is a brother of lion. Johu P. Koran of I South Dakota, and of Martin A. j Koran, a Cleveland attorney. Some | time ago he became mentally de ranged. He is said to in a man of ; large means. In the proceedings to j be taken a special jury will be sum | moned and it has been decided to I hold "the trial at tlie State Hospital | instead of at tlie Danville Court 1 House. Such a case i- unique where I a court tries its own ease beyond its own jurisdiction. Because liis neighbors are chop ping down timber on a rocky tract j of lot) acres near I niontown. Fav j ette county, which he claims as his properly. David Enfield arriv ed in 1 larrisburg last Friday, after j having traveled 011 foot the entii e distance of about 'JOO miles from ! his home, to twice steps at the De partment of Internal Affairs to make his title clear. Enfield is a. i sturdy farmer of 60 years. The land lie claims constitutes all of . his worldly wealth and his means are >-0 limited that lie could not af ford to pay car fare rin re will be no polities in the State constabulary. When this I splendid body of men equipped for l duty, commences its work of patrol ; ing Pennsylvania to insure protect - J ion to the public the first order is j sued by Superintendent J C. Oroomc will be that any man in that depari j incut who attempts to enter into i politics iu any way further than to least his vote as a citizen will be in jstantly dismissed from the service (iforge J Tn xler of Biekcfts, I r if. Win. Slither-', C. M. Bender. John Corhin, Misses [da /fillings, i Florence Lilly, Harriet Brown and | tiracc Hinl of this place, and Edilh Musslcmuu oil K'crton, were enter : tiiineil b\ T. A. Ixelder at the pleas i nnt home of his mother Mrs. Joseph Panloe, ut ( 'iinipbell-ville, last Frl- I d i,\ night An elaborate lunch was »« rvtil and a -ph udid time enjoyed j t»y all. New Albany Mirror. Last Friday night two hunters 1 from Towatiila, who were camping near < >vei 'oii. had tle-ir entire outfit destroyed by tire. I lie hunter-' were sleeping in their covered wagon, and 1 were awakencd only in time to save llieni-elvi - from the luroing camp. Ml tin ir clothing, includiug their hoe-, and one id tl lir gnus were hurtled tip They wire obliged to wrap theui«elve- iu < laukets ami go 1 to a f.nnihou-c lor -help r for tin* ' r. ni.iiniler nt the ni. ht, and next ' looming they v»i lit to Overton and bought o' W clothing President Samuel Hompers of the i American Federation of Labor has j issued a warning to labor unions of the country that an attempt will be made at the coming session of Con gress to open the country's gates to millions of Chinese laborers, which lie says will mean the ruin of the country. Mr. Gonipe.rs appenls to labor to take united action to compel the rigid exclusion of the Chinese, j The statel.lent says: There seems to ! be a well defined policy of interested parties to induce Congress at its forthcoming session t > let down the bars to the hordes of Chinese that they may come into the United States and its posessions. The Chinese and the Caucasians cannot live, prosper and progress side by side iu the same country. The whole history of Chinese immi gration to any country on the face of the globe in appreciable numbers has demonstrated this time and time again. They have dominated wher ever they have entered unless they have been driven out by the force of arms or excluded before their numbers were permitted to attain an overwhelming influence. Their domination is not because of higher attainments but because of their sub tlety, their lack of wants, interests or desires; because they are cheap laborers and cheap merchants and thus Industrially and economically freeze out their competitors, the ! American workmen, and even the American business man. The telephone girl and the bill clerk to whom she had promised her heart and hand were sitting in front of the fire place talking about the happy days to come when they should be one says the Great Bend Register. From ont little detail to another th.» talk finally drifted to the subject of lighting fires in the morning. He stated that it was his emphatic opinion that it was a wife's place to got up and start the tire and let her hard working husband rest. After this declaration there was a silence for about the space of three quarters of a second. Then the tel ephone "irl thrust out the linger encircled by her engagement ring and iiiurmered sweetly but firmly: ••King oft', please; you've got con nected with the wrong number." The new tresspass law is likely to react on the land owners who place signs on undeveloped ground. There i- a movement on foot now to make a test case of it. John McCarthy of Wcafherly maintains that it was the intention of the framers of the law to make it apply only to cultivated lands or lands used for business pur poses. If a laud owner puts tip a tresspass notice he gives up the right to have it assessed as wild land and it i-< th<» duty of the assessor tore | turn these lands as cultivated lands. . 11 i.> necessary to have tlie affidavits 1 fa certain number of people that they saw the notices posted. If pos ! -ible a photographic copy of the | notices should be secured. It never j was the intention of the lawmakers I t 1 exclude the hunters from wild ' ' iids and mountain sides, liven a ' jjcrson walking over the bills is in j danger of annoyance from these ! notic >. Toe tresspass law was | meant to protect farmers and men who hud cultivated land. It was also meant to protect the coal com | panics and industrial establishments aI or near works. Both farmers and corporations |my taxes on the devel oped lands and thereby acquire tin right to exclude the public. The hills and mountains are held only ! for speculative purp< sos and unless I their owners pay a higher rate of j taxation they have no right to ex ' elude any one from any tract assessed as wild land. A sudden slump has occured in potato priit»s in the upper cud of Lehigh and Berks couutv anil the tuber-ate now a glut mi the mark et. The crop in the potato grow ing tow nships aggregated nearl\ a million bushel- this yeai and up to a lew days ago the prices were slcadilx on tlie rise, reaching To , cents a bu-liel During the past • few weeks, however, the New N ork | market ha- been flooded and a big diop in the price ha- followed. I 75C PER YEAP BERNICE. James l>et>ll n met with an acci dent in the Murray JMines last Fri day. While attending to his duties a rock fell from the roof and mashed his heal. Dr. Hrenning who is at tending him thinks he can save the injured member. A. J. Quigley who went to a Xew York hospital about three mouth* ago returned ou Wednesday after undergoing an operation for an ab scess under the left arm, aud the amputation of the arm in |r»rder to save his life. Mrs. N. Cunningham of Mildred fell of Meyer's front porch Saturday night and sprained her aukle which will confine her to the bous« for some time. James Spence Sr. was a William sport visitor Friday. Mrs. D. Schoonover who has been visiting friends at Greenwood Pa., returned home on Tuesday. The tuneral of the late Alexander I Spence took place ou Thursday after noon. The services were conducted by Rev. Itufus Bent. Few boys I were better known or more highly [respected than Alex. Spence. lie was born iu Long Valley, Pa., six teen years ago He was a student of the high school and a bright, splendid Imy with marked affection for his home and those who made the home. The schools were closed during-the afternoon to give his class mates the privilege of attend ing the services and pay their last respects to the deceased. Poll bear ers: T. Ramsey, 11. Weed, J. Cun ningham, A. Andy, J. & W. Cuole jbaueh; flower bearers— F. Itauisey, I \V. White, I>. Dieffenbach awl Mi I Connors, ; Fred Sickler a resident of Luzerne I county, has been arrested antl gived a hearing and was held in #4(*i bail for his appearance in the I'nited Stab's court, in Scran ton, next Feb ruary. Sickler was arrested on in formation given by a |► to take effect Jan. 1, 1006. In coin - ! inenting on it Judge Fanning says | that this is approximately the price j paid to the House of Refuge at jtrlen Mills, the Reformatory at ! Huntington and the Eastern Pen j itentiary at Philadelphia. for the 1 maintenance of prisoners eoinniit ; ed from that county. The postofficv department at : Washington, has adopted a ue» and 1 improved form »112 money order j which will !>»• sent to the different postoffices throughout the 4-utuitry a- soon as. the present supply of {lie | old oillers Is exhausted. This ttlls a I long felt want of the fmstal depart uietit and will check all further rais ; ing and forging of money orders by 1 crooked people. Special interi'st Is j attached to the new form and that is the fact that it cannot be raised more ' than 1.99, and that would be a diffi cult matter for even the most ex ; pert forger to perform. The Commissioner of llfalth, | Samuel :>iicnt- are such MS i.) make the e\pen-c of Antitoxin burden -ollle. With his hack almost touehiug the miiy/.h* ot the gun which was ac cidetttly diM*hargis| in thi I.anils of a coiiipauioii, John Kitchen of Col umbia county, lust week had bis dotlies -tripped from hi- liack hy a full i barge el' \>) s