VOL. XI. NO 43. /This Is the Place To Buy Your jewelry \ SNothing in Town to Compare Withes £ the Quality that We are Giving / { You for the Low Price Asked. j ( Quality and moderate prices makes a force P irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r Cof this section. Many years here in business, always } ) with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C >' with a care and judgment commensurate with its 1 desirability and adaptability to refine tastf% makes \ our store a safe place to invest. C 112 Repair work done on short notice and guaran-r \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. X > RETTENBURY, > DU S H O R E, HARDWARE^ No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OR WOOD. HEATERS; ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every DcsctiptTcri, Guns and Ai.fmunition. 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 Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. jinuef The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. New Dress Goods For Spring- ARE ON DISPLAY. Exrell them ? Impossible! Equal thtm? Try! We a j proud if our selection—erger 1 r you to see them — confld nt o' your; pproval. I <r with a great can- we It:»vo picked and chosen and purchased, ami know thai tin-r.- are mil to he found mure worthy anl beautiful representativesol the new i t and lust in Spring Drees tioods. Novel v ami excln ■ iveness are the features of tlie rarest coinhinalion» of weaves i .|lnr< ami ellc'.t ever maiiuliicluicd are included. Certainly the display is the sn |.; rinr ol anv in this section, »n>l yon need go no further in yonr search lor modish l r . ! Ihe im .ineiit. Ma ke vonr select ions early » hen the fabrics, the weaves, the ' .!• >i ii,i!dnatit>ns alul the prices are sure to delight yon. Wide Material for Tailored Suit W are shutt ing an exoepiionly large collection ol 50 to 5(1 inch tabrics lor .lacl.et Sui'- in the new stripe-, checks and lancy miked materials, some excellent \alnu'- at .-'I imand >'! a yard. Plain and Fancy Panamas. Panamas are now recognized one ol the very hesl, materials made for service, and then ihev are -aylish. We have them in all the plain colors and fancy mixed and over plaid ch> cks. ALL WOOL BATISTE MIXED SUITING. In all the new .lark and evening shades. We are readv to show vou the most I here i- no bctcr lahric made lor tne\ , . . p-nsi-.e dresn- wear than this all wool complete line ol lancy mixed smtings and hatisle for plain fabrics you will find anywhere for 50c 50c Subscribe for the Newsltem Republican News Item. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY «PA. THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1907. j A bill introduced in the house at ' Harrisburgh by "Farmer" Creasy I provides for an investigation of the i Standard Oil company, particularly with reference to the methods em ployed by the monopoly iiVthe inanu facture of its products. The purpose of the proposed law is to prevent the sale of low grade oils by the Stand ard or other companies, and for this reason the mearure should receive the hearty support of the people of Pennsylvania. Much of the illuminating oils sold to the public are low grade. Every housewife whose lamp chimneys have been blackened by the smoke of the inferior oil will testify to this fact. Not only does this impure oil blacken lamp chimneys, but it is a menace to the lives and property of the citizens and its sale should be prohibited. A law providing for tin {thorough inspection of oils should pass at the present session of the leg islature. In the house of Harrisburgh, Mon day Representative Ivies, of By coming county, introduced a- Gill creating a shade tree commission in townships of the first class, boroughs and cities to take charge of the plant ing of shade trees who, shall serve without compensation. This bill i< greatly desired . by J. Horace Mi'- j Far In nil, president of the American j Civic association. No public demand made on the j railroads of the country has been more universal in our day the proposal of two cents per mile as a j maximum passenger rate. The great body of the public is j unanimous on this issue. Every State j Legislature from Nebraska to the A t i lantie Ocean before which the matter comes votes in favor of the change, j It is already in full operation in (>hi<>, 1 and the State' Railroad Commission points out that neither railroad fa : cilities have been restricted nor rail- i road earnings reduced. The rate lias j existed on the New York Central from New York to Buffalo , for half: a century. It is in operation in New j England. In the faceof this universal public j demand and this practical experience j captious opposition by [any railroad j is a serious error in policy. It may J bring worse than 2-cent fares. Con- j cession is better than obstinate re- j sistnance. No Legislature should force 2-cent j fares on the railroads. Neither ought any railroad to use threats in its op position to this reduction. A railroad has the right to (point out that the change to 2-cent fares w ill, it is be lieved, reduce revenues so that com- ! mutation rates may suffer; but Jt i.- j certain to work injury for its officers ; ostentatiously to declare in a manner j and fashion that suggests a threat j that commutation rates will be attacked if 2-cent fares come in. It is particularly unwise for the represent atives of th" Pennsylvania and Read ing to reach an agreement on fares inside of this State, which will be subject to action under the Sherman anti-combination act if it affects any rate to any place in Delaware or New Jersey. A great public movement extend ing over the country calls for diff erent treatment. On the surface, ifa maximum it-cent fare were just in 1847, a 2-cent rate is not likely to be grinding injustice sixty years later. If a man with S2O in iiis pocket for a mileage ticket can be profitably car ried for 2 cents a mile, why should | | there lie a loss on a man who buys i only a ticket at a tim< These arguments are not conclusive j I but they show that it is a mistake to ] j treat 2-cent fares as an attack on j ! property rights. As a matter of fact, i no one knows. The reduction may ! increase travel and improve revenue. ' : While presenting their side of the j case, neither the Pennsylvania nor i the Reading can afford to place tlu in- 1 selves iu a position of belligerant op- j position to a popular demand. The wise course is dispassionately ! to present the facts, to urge conserv ative action and to profess a readi ness to obey the law and do the best ' l that can be done under it as expert ; ! ence shows what its effects are. For Pennsylvania to be the only State in which the Legislature halts this measure is certain to arouse a public sentiment which in the end will do harm.—Press. , Athens Gazette Olfice Distroyed By Fire. The Alliens (iazette office was bad ly scorched by fire Monday night and In* wreck and disorder now throws them out of business for the time being. Frank Cook and wife went to high school hall to attend the concert and Charles Hihton after looking around the office about K o' clock went to Mr. Cook's house to care for the little boy while they were absent. A Mr. Brown looked out of his front window about 9 o' clock and saw a heavy volume of smoke coming from the cellar win dow. He rushed over and raised the alarm, broke in the door and found that the fire had started in the back cellar and was already coming up the j south west wall. The alarm was sounded and Mr. ; Cook was informed and he at once | ran from the hall to the scene of the ; fire. As he entered the press room In ! stepped upon a live electric light wire that Jiad fallen upon the floor I and he was prostrated with the strong 1 current and fell to the floor insensible | ('has. Walton of the news office and ! Dr. Crawford wore near him and I caught hold of him to pull him out jof the entangled wire when they I both received shocks. Finally Will | Schrier and A. S. Buckley, with two ! others, sei/ed and rescued him. The j current was so strong that it drew i him with tremendous force back on | to the wire as often as their hand.- ! relaxed from their grip. The specta j tors thought that he could not poss ibly survive the shock. The fire originated in the back cellar were the stock of printing paper was stored, but it is a mystery how it originated a* no fire had been used in that place. S. B. Crouse, of Columbia county, wants a wife and has incerted thefol lowing advertisement in a local paper Wanted—S. B. Crouse would like to correspond with a middle aged lady, with a view to matrimony; present occupation, farming. < >range viile, It. F. 1). No. 2. As Crouse is in a hurry, he believes that advertising for a wife is his best plan. Should he go courting in the usual manner, he says, he would probably waste a greal deal of time before he found the woman he wants lie lots a comfortable home and a nice farm, lie also has grown up children who expect to be married in the near future. After they are gone, he will feel lonely, and for this reason wants a wife. The Pennsylvania Senate lias pass ed tie 1 service pension bill ed by Senator Cochrane of Lyeom ing, giving pension of from s•"> to $lO a month according to their length of service. Senator Roberts of Mont gomery county was the only one who voted against it. This bill t if it passes the House and is approved by the CJovcrror will become operative January 1,1008, and applies only to soldiers of the Civil war from Penn sylvania in the Pennsylvania regi ment and are now residents of the State. It is designed to relieve those who, because of the death of witness es or other reason are unable to prove their claims to pension depart ment at Washington. Representative Moscrip, of Brad ford county, is organizing a fight on the $1 <t,(lllo,oooappropriation propos ed for schools by the house appro priation committee. lie says the ci mniittcc is providing to pay tin salaries of the county superinten dents out of this fund. This item amounts to s2:!o.<iOo and formerly has been a separate appropriation, lie figures that under the St 1,000,- 000 appropriation there was an allow a nee for each pupil in the State ot jTi.l I, while with the jM it,000,000, after deducting the amounts used for j other purposes, the distribution per pupil will be s| s.">. William Springer, though con ! fessing to a charge of theft, was saved from a tei m of imprisonment in jail through a petition from the: : people of Hughesville, which cited j ! that the defendant was the father of eighteen children and he! ! was needed at home to help sup- j port tlieni. But whether Springer 1 is to be congratulated or coinmis-| crated it may lie hard for some people to decide. —Money Luniina-. ; >-y« Williamsport Officer Murdered. While Patrick Maloney, a member of the Williamsport police force, was chasing a burglar from the Mosser tannery, at Newberry, at H o'clock Wednesday evening, the man turn ed and fired, killing the officer with the first s'lot from the pistol. The man was evidently trying to gain entrance to the tannery and the policeman became suspicious. After chasing the man for a short distance aud after coming close to the fugi tive's heels, Maloney was shot down dying almost instantly. On Thursday afternoon George Nelson {of Newberry, was arrested for the murder by fc Henry Page of the fire department and officer Pin eau. When 'arrested Nelson was a walking arsenal, and two pounds of dynamite, some fuse, add a number of railroad caps, a jimmy and some cartridges were taken from his per - son. To escape capture Nelson had worked way around the outskirts of the city, and when he reached the Fast End was almost exhausted. Five shots were fired by him that night, three of which took effect in the murdered man's breast, another went into Nelson's leg aud he was suffering from the wound when he was captured. Thomas Recti a partner with Nel son and a penitentiary bird is at targe. Ile is wanted as an accomplice in the present crime. It is supposed that when Maloney attempted to tak,i the two men, it was their inten tion to shoot. The Newberry bank and the Mosser tannery robberies in Williamsport have been frequent lately. Plans are now in progress to make the Arbitration and Peace Congress, to be held in New York next month, specially representative and impres sive. The congress will open in Car negie Ilall on April 11, and t will con tinue in session until the "evening of April 17. It [will include delegates from the [principal European coun tries as well as from American States. Two members of the Cabinet will be speaking at the congress, and the Governor of the State and other dis tinguished citizens of the Cnited States and of other countries wi 1 make addresses. At one meeting in ternational views of the peace move ment will be the featuic; at another woman's influence will be specially recognized. One session will be held for the special benefit of young peo ple, particularly the children of the elementary and high schools, and still another will take its character from the attendance of representa tives of colleges and universities, while the relation of wage earners to the peace movement will be consid ered at a meeting held in another place. President Roosevelt and Diaz and Lord Grey, the G ivernor-Gen eral of Canada, have been invited to speak at a public dinner will close the congress. All bills for the expensies incurred by the 07 counties for conducting the winter primaries have been held up by State Treasurer Berry on an opin ion from Attorney General Todd, flic bills aggregate over $1,((00,000. The Attorney "General decides that the State should not pay money out of "funds not otherwise appropriat ed." It was from such a fund the Leg islature of lOOii provided for the pay ment of the primaries. It means that the Legislature will have to pass a bill specifically appropriating the money for the winter primaries and making provision for tlie other three primaries which will be held during the two fiscal years. The Attorney General has given a similar opinion in the case of town ships which have abolished the work tax on roads and are entitled to 1"» per cent, of the amount collected. The State was to pay this on warrant of the highway commissioner drawn upon money in the State treasury "not otherwise appropriated." Considerable interest throughout Central Pennsylvania now centers j in the conference of the Methodist [ Episcopal Church which met at (Tyrone Wednesday. It is the, thirty-ninth annual session, and is hold in the First church of Ty- | i rone where it was held last year. 75C PER YEAR BERNICE ITEMS. Alfred and Albert Helsman who are attending the business college at Klnura, X. Y. are visiting theie par. ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Helsman of Mildred. Patrick Hannon and son Kriward of Mildred was Dushore visitors Sun day. The members of the Mildred Ath letic Base Hall club are making ar rangements for a show in the K. and L, Hall in the mar future. Mr. and Mrs. Jones, of Sit.ui ton, I'a. are visiting the latters parents Mr. and Mr*. John Harvey of Mild red. Mrs. S. (). Norlthey is quite sick at this writing. It seems strange that some <>f the people of this place would sign a re monstrance and goto court anil swear that there was all the licence houses that is required in this place stiil there is an average of five barrels of beer hauled from Lopez every Satnr •lay tf) fill the demand. This don't look none too good for a place that wants to be temperance, but it shows that there is a negro in the fence. That members of tiie "100" have been caught heavily in the slump of stock values was stated in tlx- Wall Street district upon good authority. * The aggregate losses of a group of young society men and women has been conservatively placed at #:!ti, 000,000. The head of a family whose ances tor was the founder of one of the greatest railroad systems is said to have been 100,000 shares long on I'liion Pacific. His loss in this stock alone was over $:!,000,000. A woman member of the Vanderbilt family is also said to be a heavy loser. Among the decisions handed down at Seranton, by the superior court was the affirmance of the judgment ol the court ot-tfffnmon pleas of Brad ford county in the case ol 10. K. Pease vs Samuel Doane and o. L. llaverly terre tenant. It decided a most in teresting point that heretofore li;is had no ruling in Pennsylvania, namely that the of land and the first mortgage against the same mey be vested in the same per son, and that equity will not allow the mortgage to be merged or extin guished in favor of subsequent liens, where it is to the interest of the own er to keep it alive. Samuel Doane gave a mortgage on a farm in Wind ham township to Dr. K. K, Pease, amounting to sl,l."><i.K">, which was enteredasa first lien. Latter Samuel Doane transferred the property to his father, Joseph Doane. Before his death Joseph Doane, for the pro tection of Pease, transferred the farm to Pease, the mortgagee, and he thus became the owner of both the land slid mortgage. There was another mortgage against the land of sl,;->KO, entered Athens Nat ional Hank, under which the prop ersy was sold by the sheriff. Pease began suit against (). L. llaverly, cashier, and Samuel Doane to recov er and Judge Panning held as stated above. Two Ways lor Paying Road Tax. The Superior court of Pennsylvan ia in a recent opinion written by Justice Head declares constitutional the Act of April 12, l!HI"i, best kno * n as the new road law of Pennsylvania and which provides for the election of supervisors and the payment of road taxes in cash. This act i- held not to conflict iu any way with the terms of the constitution, ami deelar ed not to be special or class legisla tion. Justice Head, in clear and minus takable language, shows that it ap plies to all townships of the second class, placing them all under the provisions of the act. The act pro vides two ways of paying the road tax—either wholly in cash or w hol ly in work—as may be determined by a vote of the electors of any town ship. Or rather the electors of any second class township may by a ma jority vote decide to adopt the work tax plan, instead of following the plan laid down primarily in the act.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers