Republican News Item.
VOL. XIV. NO 36
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HEATERS;
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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
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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.
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WORLD NEWS OF
THE WLEX.
Covering Minor Happenings From
All Over l!»e Globe
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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.