Republican News Item.
VOL. XV. NO 23
1000 bfcAD IN LISBON
Revolutionists Are In Complete Con
trol of Capital of Portugal.
The correspondent of tiie Frankfur
ter Zeituiig, at Frankfon---n-Main, Ger
many. at Madrid, says refugees who
have arrived from Vigo, Spain, report
the number of fatalities in Lisbon as?
result of the revolution at about 1000,
and that several thousand persons
were wounded.
The Lisbon correspondent of the
same newspaper says the now govern
ment has decreed the dissolution of
religious orders, the members of which
must quit Portugal within twenty-lonr
hours. Another decree, he says, calls
o lithe clergy to abstain from wearing
clerical raiment on the streets so as
not to provoke attack.
The censorship at Lisbon has been
relaxed somewhat and dispatches are
coming more freely from tne scene ot
the revolution. All confirm the earlier
reports that the revolutionists are in
complete control of the capital and
thai the infant republic is making pro
gress. The republic lias been proclaim
ed also at many points in the prov
inces.
A special dispatch says that an in
surrection has occurred at Setubal,
Portugal, where many troops are Quar
tered The infantry that had gone ovei
to the revolutionists engaged the ro.v
alist cavalry. The casualties are esti
mated at 900.
Delaware Gets Silver Service.
The state of Delaware, next to
Rhode Island the smallest common
wealth in the Union, presented a si I
ver service to tlie dreadnought which
bears her name, one of the largest
battleships in Uncle Sam's navy.
The shining silver service, said to
be the finest ever given a man-o'-war,
and valued at SIO,OOO, was presented
to the big vessel by Governor Penne
will, acting in behalf of the state. C,ij)-
tain C. C. Gove, commander of the Dei
aware. made the address of accept
ance.
Person.; of prominence from ail
parts of the tiny state, officials of the
commonwealth and their wives were
assembled on the deck of the big sea
fighter. Patriotic societies had delega
tions there, laden with gifts lor the
sal! rs. who received them in grinning
api.i ,t : on
The di which is lying in
tie Delr. ,i':i • r >r, near Wilmington,
rr;ilrrtea t! •* spi.it of the occasion.
Aite: Cnptain Gove's speech of ac
f«i»ian -i stand of colors, the gift of |
the 1»» . viiis branch of the Daugh
ters oi the American Revolution, was
; ivcri to t'.ie s! i;> by Mrs. Cornelius
Tn« Ins*, PI tie regent.
\ .101: alt of Commodore Jacob
.! i i, o! I > li ware, commander of the
\ .) ii 1
,• roH • I'*, the War *< 1812, was pre
• !it- d In Mrs John M. Wilson, pros.
1 1! ~1 ili Delaware Society of the
\ .11 of ISU.
\ portrait of Commodore Thomas
iVlacDunou?h, of Delaware, the "Hero
of I.aUe Champlain," from the Colon-
ial Dames, was presented by Mrs.:
Charles R. Miller, president of the ■
Delaware society.
Mrs. Eugene Dupont, through Alexis
1. Dupont, presented a portrait of Ad
miral Samuel Francis Dupont, of this j
state, who served with distinction dur
ing the Civil War. Captain Gove ac
cepted all these.
Governor Hucjhes Resigns.
Governor Hughes resigned as chief
executive of New York and Lieutenant
Governor Horace White was sworn in
by Secretary of State Koenig to serve
until Jan. 1.
Governor Hughes gave a luncheon in
the executive mansion to I.ieutenant
Governor Horace White, members of
the governor's military staff, Private
Secretary Treadwell, Military Secre
tary Crossett and former Secretary
Fuller.
Following the luncheon the party
went to the capitol, where Governor
Hushes formally resigned.
Governor Hughes will assume his
duties as associate justice of the su
preme court.
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SANITARY PLUMBING.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1910.
MAS. W. H. TAFT.
"First Lady" of the Country Aids
Boy Auto Victim.
TAFT AUTO HITS BOY
Struck by Car Iri Which Mrs. Taft Was
Riding, But Not Seriously Hurt.
Mrs. Taft was an anxious visitor at
the Salem, Mass., hospital, where Wil
fred A. Crowell. the six-year-old son
of William A. Crowell, of Salem, lies,
suffering from bruises and cuts re
ceived when lie was struck by one of
the White House automobiles.
The hospital authorities assured
Mrs. Tatt that the little boy was in
no danger. They said he was merely
bruised on the face and arm and that
he would lie sent home.
The accident occurred on Monday,
when Mrs. Taft was returning from
Boston.
According to Chauffeur Long, tha
automobile was running at a moder
ate speed through the eastern part of
the city, when the boy suddenly ran
from an electric car track upon tb •
roadway and directly in front of the
machine.
Long whirled his steering wheel so
that the blow was a glancing one. al
though the child was thrown against
the curbstone and cut and bruised.
The automobile was immediately stop
lied and the child picked up and hur
ried to the hospital.
KEEP CLOSE GUARD
OVER KING MANUEL
Portuguese Suspect Arrested
at Gibraltar.
It is reported at Gibraltar that a
suspicious looking Portuguese, who ar
rived direct from Lisbon, lias been
arrested there, and that since the ar
rest special precautions have been tak
en to guard King Manuel.
It is understood that King Manuel
altered his decision togo to Villa
Manricjue in consequence of represen
tations made by Spain. The govern
ment at Madrid feared that if he vis
ited there just now his presence would
stir up tlie Spanish republicans.
King Manuel before leaving Portu
gal wrote to Premier Souza saying:
"I am compelled, owing to stress of
circumstances, to embark, but I wish
to inform the people of Portugal that
my conscience is clear. I have always
acted faithfully as a Portuguese and
have done my duty. I shall always
remain whole heartedly Portuguese. 1
hope my country will do me justice
and try to understand my feelings.
"My departure is not by any means
to be regarded as an act of abdica
tion."
300 ARE DEAD;
LOSSJLLIONS
Fearful Cost ot Minnesota-Can
ada Border Blaze.
NINE SMALL TOWNS BORNEB
Searching Parties Over Devastated
Area Find Many Bodies and Starv
ing Survivors—Wild Animals Joined
Exodus.
A. K. Stauning, publisher of the
Warroad, Minn., Plain Dealer, says he
was sure that the number of dead in
the forest fires along the border would
be at least 300, and 700 persons are
missing. Five thousand are homeless.
Mr. Stauning has been keeping in
close touch with occurrences of the
past few dnys and his word should be
an authority.
He places the estimate of the tim
ber and building loss at $25,000,000.
Men who have just returned from
Baudette say the list of dead in the
district back from the railroad track
will reach 150.
The mayor of Baudette says that
seventy-five bodies have already been
found, and refugees coming in every
hour report having seen many dead
bodies in the roads.
The situation around Warroad is
not critical at present. A big fire is
burning between Warroad and Spra
gue. but the town is well guarded.
All settlers in the district bounded
by the ltainy river and Lake of the
Woods on the north to twenty-five
miles south of Fort.Frances, Ont., and
from Spooner and Baudette, Minn., on
the east to Warroad, on the west, who
are not accounted for, are believed to
lie dead, as there was no known means
of escape for them.
For a distance of fifty miles from
Baudette and the ltainy river west to
Warroad the woods were a solid mass
of flre Sunday.
The fires have wiped out the vil
lages of Baudette. Spooner, Swift,
Graceton. Pitt, Cedar Spur, ltoosevelt
and Malcolm. The last two named
places are small settlements in Bel
trami county, south of Warroad.
The greatest property loss occurred
at Baudette and Spooner, which Is
practically one community, being par
alleled by a narrow river. The other
towns consisted of only a few small
buildings.
Search For Dead and Dying.
The terrible results of the forest
Arts are beginning to be realized by
the disheartened and homeless thou
sands.
Bodies found along the railway track
three miles west of Baudette were
taken to Rainy River, Ont., for burial.
There was not n particle of clothing
left on any of them, save parts of their
shoos. The bodies had the appearance
of having been baked in a red hot
oven.
Searching parties were organized
and went south to relieve suffering
and pick up the dead. It will be days
before all the dead can bo reached,
owing to the great trees which have
fallen over the roads. These will have
to be chopped away before wagons can
get through.
In some instances houses near town
are filled with refugees who are with
out food.
Matt Hendrlckson came in from his
claim, three and a half miles south
west of Baudette, and told of tnirtv
persons who were housed in ilia shack
without food.
He says that when the fire struck
his place sixteen of them got into a
dry well eighteen feet deep and re
mained there, nearly suffocating from
the heat and smoke, until the flre had
passed.
While the tornado of fire passed
over the well it veered to the south
east of his house, which was not con
sumed.
Many settlers got Into the Rapid
river anil saved themselves by wading
into the water, althought their faces
were blistered by the heat.
Fall Kills Man at Lancaster, Pa.
Bernard Falck died from injuries
received in a "all down an elevator
shaft at the Ganss butcher establish
ment at Lancaster, Pa. He was twenty
nin eyears old, unmarried, and came o£
a prominent family.
Aviator Falls Fifty Feet.
Ralph Johnstone fell with a biplane
he was operating at a height of fifty
feet on the aviation field at St. Louis.
He was slightly bruised. The machine
was wrecked.
Fortune For Blast Furnace Toiler.
After Years of toll at a blast furnace
at Sharon, Pa., Mack Madison, a
Swede, left for his native land to ob
tain a fortune of SIOO,OOO, which he
has heard a relative has left to him, j
BERRY MAKES BAD
SHOW OF HIMSELF
Citizens Annoyed and Bispsted
at Undignified Exhibitions.
CANDIDATE'S QUEIR TALK
Remarkable Language on Stump From
a Man Who Aspires to Be Governor
Of Pennsylvania.
William 11. Berry, the Keystone
Party nominee for governor, did not
Improve his chances as a candidate
by the exhibitions he gave while on
the stump in Philadelphia last week.
He was evidently laboring under a
severe mental strain; at least that Is
what some of his admirers say in ex
planation of the many bad breaks
made by him in his speeches.
Berry could not control his temper,
and on more than ono occasion he talk
ed like a man who was in a desperate
predicament and did not kuow where
lie was going to land.
Ho was particularly bitter In his at
tacks on the Democrats who opposed
his nomination at tho Allentown state
convention, and ho repeatedly charged
them with being "a bunch of crooks."
"I will make that bunch of crooks
who controlled that convention,"he
cried, dramatically, "hide their heads
in shame until they die."
"I will sweat blood to win this
fight," he exclaimed at another meet
ing. When 1 accepted this nomina
tion I had no idea of being elected and
1 had but one object. I received a
hand-out at Allentown. But I will put
that hunch of Democratic bosses on
the everlasting hog. That's worth
while."
Running to Beat Grim.
This admission from Berry that ho
agreed to make the independent fight
in order to have revenge on the Demo
crats who refused to nominate him I
has been the subject of much com- '
ment. His declaration that he will put
"that Demo'.-ratic bunch on the ever
lasting hog" is regarded as service of
notice on the Grim supportors that no
matter what Berry may think of his
own canvass, he will remain in the
field until the end, so that Grim shall
have no chance of being elected.
It is roealled that Berry was ready
to quit if Grim would also withdraw,
as Berry is looked on as running third
in the race, but as soon as Grim said
he would net retire. Berry got into
the fight again, and he now says he
proposes to keep at it until election
day.
Berry a Democrat.
Rerry Is making no effort to con
ceal his fealty to the Democratic par
ty. He remarked the other night: "1
am as good a Democrat as I ever was.
1 have trained with the Democratic
party for a long time and It has been
my hope that the Democratic party
might become a formidable minority
party—that Is what we want."
Berry made a strong bid for the
voters of the unemployed w) ile he was
spoaking in the Quaker City. He at
tacked tho Republican party and the
administration of President Taft, de
claring that conditions were never so
bad. He pictured distress on every
hand, and declared that tho country
was on the verge of a panic.
"How many of you have coal In your
cellar?" was a query propounded by
Berry to a meeting of workingmen.
"I have not," some one replied.
"Nor have I," responded Berry, in
a demagogic appeal for sympathy and
support.
Later on at the same meeting, inn
palpable effort to curry favor with thc
crowd, ho exclaimed: "I would rather
talk to a bt'Mch like this than a bunch
twice the si"e at the Union League."
"We fellows who carry the hod In
the game, we get the lemon," was an
other remark by Berry that gave an
insight into his method of campaign
ing.
After listening to Berry's speeches
the opinion was expressed by some of
the most conservative men in Phila
delphia that Berry by his talk and his
political tactics during the last few
weeks has demonstrated that he has
no conception of the responsibilities or
the importance of the office of Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, and that he Is
absolutely Ncking In dignity and char
acter such as should be possessed by
the chief executive of the common
wealth of Pennsylvania.
The lefusal of the great body of
business men and manufacturers and
others who have In the pj'it been tho
leaders of Independent movements in
Philadelphia to have anything »>.o do
with the campaign in favor of Berry
for governor has been a serious han
dicap to the Keystone Party.
Not only do those men regard Berry
as unfit to fill the office of governor,
but they resent tho selection of a
Bryanite Democrat of his type to head
a ticket about which sincere reform
ers are asked to rally.
PORTUGAL PLANS
REFORMED NATION
Star Chamber Methods to Be
Abolished.
CLERGY TO BE BANISHED
Royal Family Are Safe at Gibraltar
and May Goto England to Live.
1000 Were Killed In Lisbon.
Senhor Costa, minister of jtistioo,
announces at Lisbon, Portugal, that the
object of the government's policy is to
"introduce a pure, progressive admin
lstration within the republic and tc
consolidate on a moral and practical
basis the good relations of Portugal
with foreign nations."
The government, it is added, will
throw wide to everybody the door of
education, assure the national defense
on land and sea, administer the colo
nies on a basis of decentralization and
self-government, establish a system of
justice that will ensure essential lib
erty to all, abolish the police magis
trates, investigate the expulsion of
monks and nuns, close the Roman
Catholic schools, compel the civil reg
istration of births, deaths and mar
riages, separate church and state, and
strengthen the nation's credit and
finances.
Normal business conditions are be
ing resumed in Lisbon. Cheers which
greet the occasional passing of a troop
of Boldiers, headed by a band playing
the republican hymn and the univer
sal display of the republican colors
red and green, are practically the only
outward evidences of the momentous
change. Almost every man, woman
and child wears a red and green cock
ade or red and green ribbons knotted
like soldiers' epaulets. Even the horses
and mules are decorated with repub
lican emblems. Nobody mentions ex
iting Manuel or the monarchy, either
in pity or condemnation. They are
topics which have ceased to interest
the people, and even the whereabouts
of the ex-king seems to bo unknown.
The royal palaces of Ajuda and Neces
sidades are occupied by soldiers, who
scrupulously guard the valuables con
tained therein. The palaces will prob
ably be converted into museums.
Admiral lleis, leader of the revolu
tion, committed suicide Tuesday in the
belief that the plans had miscarried
and that the republican cause was lost,
llis body and that of Professor Bom
barda, whose murder by a military of
ficer precipitated the revolt, have
since boon lying instate in the muni
cipal chamber, awaiting interment in
the national pantheon. •
The expulsion of the priests contin
ues. Any seen on the streets are im
mediately arrested. Civil Governor
Leao explains that this is the best
means of protecting them from vio
lence.
The members of the Irish Dominican
mission, which has flourished here
since its foundation in 1815, have also
come under the ban. They have ap
pealed to the British legation, bui
thereis no reason to suppose that they
will be exemptc-d. A number of Irish
nuns will have togo also.
The native monks and nuns have
been given the option of staying if
thoy renounce their orders; otherwise
they will have to quit. Most of the
Portuguese Jesuits will goto Brazil
Some of them will goto England. The
stale will be greatly enriched by the
confiscation of property of the con
gregations.
Asking His Advice. '
A little girl, aged nine, culled her fa
ther to her bedside the other evening.
"Papn," said the Utile diplomat, "I
want to ask your advice."
"Well, my dear, what is it about?'
"What do you think it would be best
to give meim my blrthdav?"
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A SOLAR PLEXUS
FOR BERRY BOOM
Many Independents in Philadel
phia Fail to Register.
HE WILL BE THIRD IN RAGE
Republicans Make a Big Showing In
Registration In the Quaker City, In
suring a Great Majority,
i [Special Correspondence.]
Philadelphia, Oct. 11.
I If at ony time there was any doubt
I about Philadelphia Riving a record
breaking majority for John K. Tener
I for governor and his colleagues on tha
I Republican ticket, that doubt has been
, dispelled.
Since the returns of the personal
I registration of voters have been ro-
I ceived there can be no question about
there being an overwhelming Repub
lican majority recorded in the Quaker
I City on Nov. 8.
, The records from the wards show a
complete collapse of the so-called re
form movement.
I What was anticipated when Berry
I was placed at the head of the Key
stone Party ticket has come to pass.
Independent Republicans by the thou
, sands have refused to support this
j Bryanite for governor and have come
, out squarely for the full Republican
ticket. Others who have been alliliat-
IHI with independent parties have slm
y ply taken to the woods. They have de
-3 clared themselves out of the cam
, paign. That tact was manifested in
every Independent stronghold In this
I city on the three registration days.
s This class of voters did not register.
No amount of persuasion from Key
stone Party workers could induce them
r togo out to register. They said they
e wore still independents, but that they
t could not go along with the Berry can
g didaey.
, While the Independent vote cut a
, small figure in the registration in
u Philadelphia, the regular Republicans
were active in every ward, and they
~ succeeded In rolling up a phenomenal
registration.
i. Upon the circulation of reports that
e this is a Democratic year and that
I there is a bright outlook for the elec
tion of a Democratic president, the
Democratic regulars got their workers
busy and claim to have at least SU.OOO
B straight Democrats registered who
[. will all vote for Grim.
Berry a Poor Third.
~ In therefore reviewing the registra
[. ilon figures in Philadelphia, with
r Tener getting an extraordinary large
t vote and with Grim getting a big per
i centage of the Democratic vote, there
is not much left for Berry, who is
„ destined to be a poor third in the race
e in this city.
d The Berry registration was small.
not only on account of the hostility to
i his candidacy among influential men
y among the reformers, and especially
I, the men who have been the heaviest
contributors to their campaign funds,
B but because tho Berry movement lacks
j organization.
p In htindresd of precincts there was
c -not a solitary Berry watcher on any of
[ the registration days. This in many
n cases can be accounted for by the lack
s of funds in tin Berry campaign treas
! ury. Reform workers, like those of
the regular parties, are human. They
will not give up a day's work for
nothing, and as the Berry boomeis had
nothing to give, there was nothing do
ing in the way of manning tho polls on
1 the three days set apart for registra
tion.
t Republicans Very Active.
The same foelin? of lack of confl-