Republican News Item. VOL. XIV. NO 36 FIRST NATIONAL BANK, CAPITAL STOCK $50,000 W C. FRONTZ President. j Surplus and FRANK A. REEDER, Cashier j Net Profits, 75.000. DIRECTORS: „ ' »•„, Front/. John C. Lai nl, ('. \Y. Sones. | , runsacts a Genet a c Fmnl/ „ Frank A.Kccder, Jacob ,Vi\ j Banking Business. Lvuian \\ .T. lh uly, Peter Front/, i Accountsofhulivid- j." A. s. iinll, John I'.all. j uals and Firms I solicited. Safe Deposite Boxes for Rent, Olio Dollar 3 peroent. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEFOSIIS. No Place Like this Place For Reliable STO VES and R ANG li S. COAL OJ3j WOO 13 HEATERS; ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishing Goods, Tools ot Lvory 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 sale cheap^ We can sell you in stoves anything trom a flue Jewel Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook st.o\ e. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing. Roofing and Spouting. HARDWARE. | Warm Winter Underwear SOME SPLENDID VALUES hcivv cotWM fall llwml • 1-mIW Dmwcrs l,nv.v i l.rmvn mixed Sfiirts mid Drawers; , full tl ■«'. d. ale«' rihUnl garments for •>" Iridic*' white and natural colored Men's natural colored Shirts and 8 ui) |> r iwcrs, in part wool and Drawers In part wool unci t>, fl«,r .annonts 75c to *2 00 all wool grades; from 75c. to gi.7Q|nut Blankets and Comforts at Exceptional Prices wool. HI. AN lv HTri It I. •*.»**«"•; ti,..ml " 1 GOOD COMFORTS-Fach comfort „ I'm l v li ( *t silkoline and sateen coverings i,i pli.no, lion -> - OUTING FIANXKI, WKAII-1,v.1i.« on.nig ri.uim i , >.v»* oft,, 112,,,,; ;trii^ r w.» *—*« f " r ih " Imo are al>owtng some exceptional values tot Ladies' Winter Hosiery ,•<««•* >»>\vrz - * "V-'a SHOPBELL DRY GOODS CO., 313 PINE STRE EI"T 7 WIAWSPORT - PENN'A. PRINTING TO PUP: asp: atjbc H-tcwe. Item ©fftce. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY JANUARY 28, 1910. REV. PAUL MTEL HUES OH LIFE Shoots Himself with Pistol ill His Father's Parn at Sewiekley HE WAS IN FEAR GF INSAHSIY Once Lived in New York—Regarded as An Eloquent Man in Sewiekley, Pa., Where He waa Assistant Pas tor. Pittsburg, Jan. 25. Willi a lrallot through his heart, the body of the Kev. Paul Ax lei, pastor of t!:e Sewiek ley Presbyterian Church nr,d until l>e comber, 15)07, assistant p=unor i'i 'be Central Presbyterian Church. i'ie-.v York, was found at 7 o'clock a. m..in the barn in the rear of his fathe! home in Mifflin township. lie Uail committed suicide during 1 lie night i y shooting himself with a pistol 'Well he had talceu from the home of a,s brother. During the last few months Mr. Ax tel had had a nervous trouble and re cently had been living wilh his i.'.i.er. the Kev. John Axtell. paf.or of the l.e banon Presbyterian Church, Xhilliu township. The son is believed to have been temporarily insane when be shot himself. He had since ei !y manhood had a fear that he inisht some day become insane. A brother of the minister found the body. The father called him this morning, and when he received no rcspo iso went to the young man's room and Un covered he was not there, lie sent his son ICugene oat to hunt for his brother, and the latter found the body in the barn. When the news of her son's death was broken to Mrs. Axte' she fainted. As she fell she broke her left arm. Paul Axtel was 28 y< irs old. He was graduated from Wooster Col lege and was educated for the minis try in the Princeton Theological Semi nary, being graduated in 1!i0G. For a year or so after that he sup plied pulpits in this part of the coun try. lie received a call to be assist ant pastor of the Sewiekley Presby terian Church three years ago and ac cepted. Since then he had been as sociated with that congregation, lie was a preacher of unusual ability and was popular with his congregation. Oi' late he had done the bulk of the work at the Sewiekley Presbyterian Church and his sermons were consid ered among the best ever heard in this part of the country. lie had been suffering from a nerv ous disorder since last fall. The mother of the young man fell down stairs and broke her arm when told of the fate of her son. HUSHES DONE WITH POLITICS "You May Make That Statement Final," He Says. Washington, Jan. -4. —Governor Hushes, of New York, announced i osi t.ively that he will retire from politics at the end of his present term, lie will go back to the practice of law. No condition can make him a candi date for the renomination. "You may make the announcement of my intentions in respect to the Governorship absolute and final," Gov ernor Hughes told reporters. "I will not be a candidate for re nomination. I am going back to the practice of law. There is nothing I can add to this statement." "How about the Presidency?" the Governor was asked. "There are many people here talking about you." "I have nothing more to say," was Governor Hughes's reply. BRYAN TO RUN IN 1912 Announcement Made He Will Be Candidate for Nomination. Omaha, Jan. 24.—William J. Bryan will be a candidate for President in 1012. The announcement was made this afternoon by the Omaha Bee, which attributes the statement to Richard L. Metcalfe, editor of Mr. Bryan's Commoner. Clearing House Operations. A clearing house is an agency estab lished by the banks of a city, to which all checks drawn upon one city bank and deposited in another are sent for payment. Every morning there is a clearance or settlement of accounts, in which the checks deposit ed in each bank and the checks drawn upon each bank are separately sum med up and compared. If there is more deposited in a bank than there is drawn upon it the bank receives the difference in cash. If the reverse is the case, the bank pays the balance instead of receiving it. The term clearance means either the act of set tlement or the sum of all the checks presented for payment. The amount of business done by the clearing house is a pretty sure index of the general condition of busiuess. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SUE THE BEEF TRO3T Blames it for High Meat Prices and May Institute Both Civil and Criminal Prosecutions. Washington, Jail. 25. The "Beef Trust," so <alltd. i.-i to be prosecuted by the National Government. The Department of Justice evidently be lieves Its existence is a leading factor in maintaining tHo present high prices of fresh meats. The contemplated action of the de partment follows an investigation which has been conducted by its spe cial agents for HO:PP months. Initial proceedings will begin at once before the Grand Jury, at Chicago and may contemplate both civil and criminal action. The firms mentioned in connection with the matter include Swift & Co., Morris & Co. and Armour & Co., all b : g packing house concerns, and ail of whom, it is said, are Interested In the Nation.\l Packing Company. The thrse concerns named are commonly represented to control the National corporation for their common benefit. The aim of the department has been to ascertain the relations be tween the several firms individually and the National Packing Company, for the purpose of determining wheth er they have operated to control the prices of fresh meats, which, accord ing to almost universal complaint, have been goir.g higher and higher. From the fact that proceedings are to be instituted, the inference is that the officials feel satisfied they have a good caf-e. One possible method of action may be that of a suit to dissolve the com pany under the Sherman Anti-Trust law, as an organization operating in restraint of interstate trade. Pro ceedings against individuals also may renult. The investigations conducted by the department, resulting in the determi nation to proceed in the courts against the alleged combination, had their in ception in an inquiry into the prac tices of one of the Western railroads in making shipments for Morris & Co., which, it had been charged, amounted practically to rebating. These were gone into fully at the tine, and the conclusion resulted that while they could readily be regarded as i.uproper they actually had nothing to do with rebating. The practices complained of, however, were discon tinued. Meat Boycott Spreads. New York, N. Y„ Jan. 24.—The movement against the constantly increasing cost of the nec essaries of life has gained impetus in New York and it was confidently pre dicted that before a week is over many hundreds of thousands of men and women will have joined in the fight to force' down the price of meat and other foodstuffs. From all over the country came telegraphic despatches last night tell ing of the progress of the campaigns of the consumers. Pittsburg, Spring field. Mass.; St. Joseph, Mo.; Omaha, one of the meat packing centres; Cin cinnati, the hog packing town; As tir ; y Park, St., I.oujs, Kansas City, Baltimore, Denver, Cleveland, where the movement started about a week ago; Chicago, Providence, Philadel ade'phia, Memphis, Milwaukee, Ro chester, Atlanta, Des Moines, la., and Indianapolis were among ihe principal cities heard from, and judging t'.om the reports received over a mil.lon people must have already pledged s'.-ems-elves to abstain from meat for thirty or sixty days. Railroad Engine Kills Deer. Newburg, N. Y„ Jan. 20.-—A hand some buck deer with spreading antler ? was killed on the West Shore Rail road at West Haverstraw. The deer was attracted by the headlight of the locomotive an-d stood squarely on th-3 tracks when struck. Bank Cashier Gets Ten Years. Fargo, N. Dak., Jan. 1!). Federal Ji' Ige Amidon sentenced Andrew H. Jones, former cashier of the First Na tional Bank of Rugby, to ten years' imprisonment for misappropriation of the bank's funds. Sixth Cavalry Back froTi Manila. San Francisco, Jan. 14. The army transport Sheridan arrived today from Manila, carrying the Sixth Cav nlrv, whose term of service in tlie- Philippines has expired. The troop ers have been ordered to Fort Des Moines, la. Man Eaten by Wolves. Vienna, Austria, Jan. 20.—Baron Otto van Orban, a rich land owner, while riding through the forest in Transylvania, was pursued by a pack of wolves. The wildly excited horse threw him and the wolves tore him to pieces, Getting Along with People. Getting along with people is a valu able trait to cultivate. First of all, be amiable and forgiving! do not hear all that is said, never repeat any thing and be willing to be pleased while doing your part. ALIEN GOB ARE NUISANCE TO STATE Every Condemned Prisoner at Close of Last Year a Foreigner, Says Supt. Collins ARE A CLASS BY THEMSELVES Ho Would Bar Them from Entering Country—lf Government Won't Ex clude Them It Should Provide Jails, Declares Head of Prisons. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 25.—Supt. Col lins of the State Prison Department in his annual report to the Legisla ture makes a strong appeal for the exclusion from this country of unde sirable immigrants, lie poims out that at great cost and inconvenience the State is maintaining and endeav oring to educate, train and relif.bi.i tato 1,091 men who are subjects of foreign countries. Most of them have but recently come to the United States, and all of them are by reason of conviction of felonies forever de barred from citizenship. Statistics of foreign born prisoners show that there were 312 Italians in the State prisons in 100J and COS in 1900; 200 Germans in 1906 and 219 in 1909; 107 Irish in 1900 ami 95 in 1909; 101 Russians in 1906 and 190 in 1909. The prison population of Italians and Russians nearly doubled in three years. Supt. Collins calls attention to the fait that of the nineteen condemred prisoners at the close of the last liscal year not one was a naturalized citizen of tUe United States. A classification of the crimes of for eign born prisoners shows that Italy leads in crimes against the person, with 318, while Germany and Russia each have 29 charged against them. Russia leads in crimes against prop erty with 102, while Italy is second with 94. "It is apparent to all," says Supt. Collins, "that the interests of this country would be best served by the exclusion of this undesirable class of immigrants, who claim and receive the protection and benefits that our form of Governiue"'- afiori », '.«•.!• dis regard our laws. "They are a class by themselves. Our modern methods of penal admin istration and control do not fit them. They should be segregated and treat ed as a class, and it would seem but right that the Federal Government, which permils these alien criminals to land on its shores, should assume the burden of maintaining them when they are convicted of crime and that it should provide prisons where they may be kept by themselves and where the systems of discipline, education and training shall be especially adapt ed to apply to this distinctive class of pi boners. When they have served Ihe'r terms they should be deported •\nd never allowed to return here. "As 59 per cent, of the alien prison ers now in our prisons are unmarried ■ir.d less than 50 per cent, of the mar : led men have wives or children in •he United States, the claim that a •van should not be deported, leaving L helpless family here, would apply to but few of the present alien prison ;or illation." HARD ofMIRROR MAKERS Closing of Many Saloons Causes Dig Reduction in Demand. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 24.—Mirror manufacturers of the United States ,)[oned their national convention, l'hey said that times have been very •lull with them and they are here to discuss means for reviving the trade. With hundreds of saloons going out of business hundreds of mirrors are >ing out of use. Mirrors are regard ed as the most important part of the interior decoration of a saloon. SITE FOR A NEW SING SING. State Commission Decides on Peeks kill Camp Grounds. Troy, N. Y., Jan. 25.—The State camp grounds at Peekskill have been selected as a site for the new State prison to replace Sing Sing, and a bill will be introduced in the Legisature authorizing the deal. Superintendent of Prisons Collins, the State Prison Commission and Messrs. Ilill and Merritt, Chairman of the Legislative Committees on Build ing and Site, are unanimous in their choice. This action was brought about by the abandonment of the Dear Moun tain site in favor of a park. John R. Walsh In Prison. Chicago, Jan. 20. —John R. WaUh. once a power in Chicagfo financi il, newspaper and business circles, was i taken to the Fort Leavenworth federal i prison to serve a five-year sentence | for wrecking the Chicago Natio ial ; Rank. The United States circuit court of appeals refused his petition to-day that the verdict be set aside. 75C PER YEAR WORLD NEWS OF THE WLEX. Covering Minor Happenings From All Over l!»e Globe -- V DOMESTIC. Rabbi Charles Fleischer, of Boston, preached a sermon in which he advo cated early marriages and small fami lies. The forces of the government gath ered at Chicago preparatory to begin ning the investigation into the h : gh price of meat. Floods in the Susequehanna River caused heavy damage near Havre de Grace,'Md. By a decision rendered in the fed eral court at Kansas City the Mis souri, Kansas & Texas Railroad was enjoined from refusing shipments of liquor into the "dry" states of Kansas and Oklahoma. Inquiry is made into an alleged gift of 000,000 worth of United Scu.es Independent Telephone stock to W. J. Conners, chairman of the New Yo.lt State Democratic Committee. "Al" Kaufman, of San Francisco, defeated "Jack" O'Brien, of Philadel phia, In a six round bout before th« National Athletic Club, Philadeip ..a. Columbia University plans to b".ld a $3,000,000 medical school. Justice W. S. Andtews, of the Su preme Court, at Syracuse, granted the application of the State Insurance De partment to have the People's Mutual Life Association and League turned over to the department for liquidation. Louis Paulhan, the French aviator, made a 47 1-2-mile cross-country il gat in a little less than sixty-three i -in utes, at Los Angeles, Cal. Six indictments against men ac cused of being "white slave" dealers are presented to Judge O'Sullivan by the Grand Jury in New York, of which Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is fore man. The purchase outright or control of the Western Maryland Railroad by the New York Central Unas, with a new branch of the Pittsburg & Lake Brie into West Virginia, was rumored in Baltimore. WASHINGTON. Senators Nelson, Flint and Smoot are leaders of a revolt against Presi dent Taft's policies in the Senate. It was said at Washington that friends of Speaker Cannon were m nf l.is retirement an Sneal.. r for the good of the party, as well as of a new House leader in place of Representative Payne. Senator Penrose demands sue., classification of magazines and perlou icals as will end the government loss of $63,000,000 annually. Addressing the Association of Life insurance Presidents in \\ ashington, Gov. Hughes warned them against any attempt by bribery to thwart legisla tive attacks upon the interests of pol icy-holders. President Taft proclaimed that min imum tariff rates are the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Switz erland, Russia and Turkey, effective March'3l, 1910. The President's conservative bills and a measure providing a govern ment for Alaska were introduced in the Seriate. Captain Setli Bullock, United States Marshal in South Dakota, on a visit to Washington, says lowa, Wisconsin and neighboring Slates will support Presi dent Taft when his strength is tested at the polls. The United States Supreme Cou.t refused a writ of certiorari to John R. Walsh, but his counsel will star: i new fight to keep him out of jail by attacking the jury that con v. Ed him. The Smithsonian Institution "t Washington received a report tro. »- President Roosevelt, dated at Na n;>i, Africa, to the effect that the e\;■ ■ :i --tion under his command had collected 8,8-16 kinds of vetebrates, be .de! many other specimens. FOREIGN. Floods did great damage in Pariu and rendered hundreds homeless. A special dispatch from London says the incoming Liberal govern ment in England will depend for ex istence on the Irish vote. Rivers in the East of France have overflowed their banks, following a violent stonn of forty-eight hours' du ration. Fire destroyed the Palace oi Ch -: a gan, one of the finest on the Bospho rus, where the Turkish Chamber of Deputies held its sessions. The Argentine Naval Commission authorized the construction of tv. o 25,000-ton Dreadnoughts; they will probably be constructed by the Foro River Shipbuilding Company. John Burns is elected in one of the most exciting contests in London and the unionists make a net gain of twen ty-nine seats in the British gene al elections. In the British elections thus far the Liberals have secured 77 seats, t ie l.aborites lii, the Unionists 92 and :'ie Irish party 13. The Unionists did not inaiie as many gains as they expect d. Immense Rosebush. V rosebush in a garden at Freiburg, Germany, covers 99 square yards and bears 10,000 buds.
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