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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-17
Tom Burns to Resign.

Chicago. Aug l4.-Manager Thomas
Burns, OF the Chicago Baseball Club.
viii retire from that position at the
close of the present season The unsat-
isfactory showing made by the Chicago
team this year is given at the reason.
Tom LOTUS manager of the Grand
Rapids team, has been considered as his
successor.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-17
County Seat lndices.
AND CHANCES AT THE TIMES.


Fred Peale of Eagles Mere, was
a business man i'm town Monday.
Atty. Mullen, had legal busi-
ness in Muncy Valley on Saturday.
Albert Conklin spent several
DAYS in Picture Rocks, last week.
Judge Line was transacting
business at the county capitol on
Monday.
Mrs. W.B. Hill and son Ray
mond, of Hughesville, were guests
in town this week.
Law student A.F. Heess, Of Du-
shore, was transacting business in
town on Tuesday.
Doctor Wackenhuth, attended
the Lycoming Medical Society ut
Wiliamsport, on Friday.
A new post Office has been es-
tablished at Eagles Mere Chautau-
qua, named Eagles Lake.
Mrs. J. III. Spencer and daugh-
ter Miss Mabel, of Williamsport, are
visiting in town this week.
Miss Emma Ritter returned
home on Saturday from Il three
weeks visit in Union County.
Miss Cramer, of Syracuse, y. y.
is visiting her sister Mrs.J.P. Ken
nedy, of this place.
jeremiah Kelley, ,one of Hughes
ville's leading merchants, was bust
ness man in town ON Saturday.
Dewitt Bodine, one of Hughes
ville's prominent citizens, transacted
business i'm the county seat on Sat
urday.
John p. Kennedy, who has Il
barber shop in Mildred, spent a few
days last week with his family at
this place.
Since the base ball battle at Lo-
PEI Tuesday, Manager John Beahen
is as unapproachable as Il defeated
candidate.
-Mr.W. A. Coleman and family,
of Benton, were called to this place
last week by the death of their
grandchild, Pauline Kennedy.
NIECE. Bivins,of Philadelphia,
is spending the week with his mother
and brother Percy, who are sojour-
ing at this place for the summer.
Mrs. III. II. Downs and daughter
Mrs. n. c. Mabin, were passengers
on the morning train, Monday, for
WilliamSpOrt, where Mrs. Downs
expects to remain for several months.
j. j. Webster's residence Mt Is
tella burned to the ground last week
Fire broke out ut miGnight;the cause
is unknown. \ small insurance was
carried.
Mrs. +. r.. Powell, who has been
receiving medical treatment in Will
iamsport, returned home last Friday,
but not improved in health, as her
friends had hoped for.
Mr.and Mrs. VIM. Cheney, of
Binghamton, who are visiting in
this section, returned from Benton
Columbia Co. on saturday, where
they spent 4 few days az guests of
Hon. Russell Karns.
A social will be held at the
house Of Mrs.T T.J. lngham, ,on Friday
evening, Aug. 18th, for the beniIit
Of Rev. +. II. Powell. Ice cream
and cake Will be served. A general
invitation is extended to all.
Mrs II. a. Conklin met with a
painful accident last Saturday by
falling down stairway, receiving
several bad bruises which have un-
abled her to move about for several
days.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-17
Trial List, Sept. Term, 1899.


Eugenia ID. Weiner vs. Laporte township
School District, No.i9 May term 1897. Ejcctment
Plea. not guilty Thompson. Mullen.
2 John L. Finan to. use of Chas. L. Fnan vs.
Michael Quinn, No. 5. Sept. term 1898. Deft. ap-
peal, plea, mon assumpsit with leave TO give
special matter in evidence. Mullen.
; Ralph Magargel (use) vs. The Township of
Iaporte No. 107, Sept term 1S9s. Deft appeal.
Plea mon as>umpsit' payment, payment with
leave tn give special matters in evidence. Mul-
len. lnghams
A The Dushore Water Co. vs. The Boro OF Du-
shore. No. l, December term. 1898. Assumpsit
Plea non assumrsit, and set off with leave to give
special matter in evidedce. Downs. Cronin Il
lnghams.
) Eliza ]. Robinson vs. p. ~ TIL Shoemaker
No. % Dee. term 1898, Feigned issue.
George W. Robinson vs. j. PA I. II. Shoe
maker: No. "A, Dee. term lS9S, Fegncd issue
Mullen. Hill.
Z Thos. +. Kennedy vs. Laporc rwp.Poor Dis.
No, 70, Dee. term lS9s. Dcft. appeal. Plea, mon
ass,mp~it, payment payment with leave Ia pivt
special matter in evidence. Mullen. hu;hans
Martha r. Dewaters at al ~ Willnm knt
k'c, Ma. MAJ term lS9' Ejccuheli. lea uo'
gully. Walsh. Fiat!
MN. J. ]. .iW!.E''t :. i'tot
i'r"'hy's. oiiicr La, ur,.,, Pa. NI};'i. 81,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-17
X. X. X. Revived in Old Kentucky

Louisville, Aug. 1.-THE Ku Klux
Klan has been revived in Spencer Coun-
ty for the benefit OF Mormon elders who
persist in their efforts to win women
and girls to the creed Of polygamy.
meeting was broken up and the elders
1riyen away with switches.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-17
BLACK Streak Formed With Death.

Reading. Pa. Aug. 1.-THE 2-year-old
child of Charles Retz, while running
barefoot In the grass was bitten, prob
ably by snake. As dissolution neared
a we'll defined dark streak appeared on
the child's body running from the bit
ten toe to IA point in the region of the
heart. The streak grew rapidly darker,
and at the moment of death was jet
ii
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-17
No New Cases in Soldiers, Home

Washington, Aug. 14.-Official advices
to Surgeon General Wyman are to the
Effect that there are no new cases of
yellow fever and no deaths In the Sol
ilers' Home at Hampton, Va
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-17

ESTATE OF III. II. DOWNS, decd.
l. Letters testamentary on the
above estate having been granted to
undersigned, all persons indebted to
the said estate are requested to max a
payment, ,and those having claims t.,
present the same without delay, t
Mrs. MARY A.DowNs, EXecutrix
Al. BRADLEY, Atty.
I.aporte, Pa. ,July10, 1899.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-17
Laporte, Pa, Aug. 3, 1899.

A UDITOR'S NOTICE.-The undersigned hav-
"A ing been appointed Auditor to ascertain and
adjust the existing liabilities between the Road.
Poor and School Districts affacted by the erection
Of Eagles Mere Borough from Shrewsbury town
ship hereby give notice that he will attend 10 the
duties of his appointment at the Court House at
Laporte on Monday, August IA, 1900, at .
o'clock a. m, when and where all parties inter
ested should appear.
JOHN II. CRONIN, Auditor.
Dushore, Pa July 18th 1899.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-17

the Death Angle last week and bore
to the realms of Heaven, Pauline,
infant daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Thos.
Kennedy. The child was taken
violently ill with cholira infantum
and lived but few days after the
attack. The funeral services were
held on Saturday; interment in Sac
redheart cemetary. The bereaved
parents have the sympathy of the
entire community, in their affliction.
There is no vacation or summer
outing that for genuine pleasure and
beneficial results compares with a
lively interest in ones daily work.
If labor is pleasure, and it ought
to be to every one, it is delightful,
heathful and full of the very best
kind of compensation.
For the enemies of Dreyfus to
die hard is not so surprising as that
they should at the same time want
to kill those opposed to them.
-Rev. f.. II. Powell, has tender
ed his resignation to the Baptist
church at this place, much to the
sorrow of his congregation and cit
liens of Laporte. We understand
that his new field of labor has not
yet been chosen.
A runaway on Main street, We'd
nesday morning, created some excite
ment when James GanSe's horse
which was tied in front of Joe
Cooper's store, broke loose and start
ed homeward. In turning the cor
ner at Main and Muncy streets the
carriage was overturned, throwing
the horse violently to the ground,
breaking the harness in several
places and badly damaging the
wagon. The horse was caught be-
fore he regained his footing for
another start.
The summer visitors i'm l.aporte
are glad to know that plan has
been devised which will enable them
to unite with the community in
their appreciation of Rev. +. r..
Powell, and their sense of the loss
which the town will sustain in his
removal to new field. The prepa-
rations for the entertainment ofneXt
Friday night are in able hands and
all may anticipate Il very pleasant
evening.
Wheeler Green, an aged and
highly respected citizen of Elillsgrove
died Saturday morning in his s5th
wear. Funeral services were held
Monday in the Nj. +. church, of
which he had been IL member from
early manhood.
%. A. Baldwin, of Towanda, has
been made general manager of the
State Line and Sullivan Railroad Co.
mines at Bernise, to succeed the late
!. O. Blight. Mr.. Baldwin has for
the past ten years been secretary and
treasurer of this company.
Laporte Downed Again. Couldn't Hit
the Pitcher.
The Laporte base ball team got
themselves very much disliked on
Tuesday when they went to Lopez,
taking with them almost the entire
male population and many of the
fair ones, promising to show them
how it was possible to do-up Lopez
in league-like fashion, but alas the
sports of town are unanimous i'm de
nouncing the local team rs ing"
Each of the players have their woe
to relate, but those who saw the
game say the Lopez ditcher was too
full of deadly balls for amatures.
The score favored Lopez to Is.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-17

rrn'iiy's. niiic,, La or :, Pa
The Anaconda standard., 1899-10-29
STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE
TRIBES BY ONE WHO KNOWS

after the now famous Jameson raid
into the Transvaal. and 1 was much
surprised to learn that the Beers were
even then sending missionaries among
the Matabeles with the purpose of
arousing them and tanning their in
herent hatred of the British into an
uprising. One chief whom l visited in
formed me that the Boer missionary
who had left him the day before my
arrival had assured him that there
were as many rifles stored in Johan-
nesburg for the use of the Matabeles
and other tribes as there We're leaves
upon the boa-bo (mimosa) tree. When
] inquired why it was that he should
favor the Beers. while he so hated
the British, he replied that the Beers
had never tried to rob him of his
women. With the possible exception
| of the Afghans, these Matabeles are
the most ferocious, the most terrible
fighting men in Africa. Few are un-
der six feet in height, while violent
and continuous exercise has made their
bodies bundles of muscular develop
ment, bodies which know no fatigue,
encasing hearts which know no fear.
The Matabeles believe. like the Arabs,
that to die in battle is to so straight
to everlasting glory, and in the heat
of contest their actions often equal
the most desperate feats of valor
known to savage warfare. In times
of peace they think nothing of run
ming all day and night, favorite hunt
with them being to run down the
oryx, a member Of the deer tribe as
large as a moose. and extremely fleet
on foot. All day long these giant Mat
abeles will race through the hiEh,
yellow jungle grass. their bodies lath-
cred with perspration, as savage and
~, fria hI1No Two
dogs of Somaliland. Indomitable hunt
ers such terrible animals as the lion,
the black panther and the rhinocerous
fall victims to their prowess, while it
is seldom. indeed. that these Mata-
beles are vanquished in d warfare
against their fellow man. With the
assegai, the spear, the deadly hunting
hatchet, or even the rife, the Mata-
bele is proficient, and when, face to
face, these furious barbarians of dark
est Africa meet once more their old
enemies, the British, it will be strug-
gle to the death, with all the horrors
of hand to hand butchery.
I had the pleasure" of meeting Lo-
bengula, as l have previously stated,
away up in his country on the Zam-
beze. in the heart of the African vii
derness. 1 had a mere handful of men
with me, while the dusky king con-
trolls about 10000 warriors in his ma
tive village. However, as soon as ne
was assured that we were not of the
hated race he granted my request.
which was for safe conduct through
the Matabele and Mashona countries,
and, after an exchange of presents, he
became quite friendly. Somehow, how
ever, felt much as a mouse must feel
when surrounded by great cats which
have been trained not to harm it, and
| was only too glad to get away. NV
1slS. .,sr rl,t l,,1x,E
weird midnight dance. The savases
were welcoming the return of the con-
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club or stone at the ours, for while
their hellish noises are to him a guar
antee of safety, silence means danger,
an enemy stealing to his hut bent upon
murderous intent or the even more
dreaded British ''mengwe" (police).
The Cape boy Is the warmest friend
of these huge, venomous ours. and no
lighting on his part can be reckoned
without considering the terrible dogs
will play even to a war with British
soldiers.
Feroclous Matabeles.
shall never forget my first visit to
Lobengula, king Of the Matabeles, in
his country far north Of Cape Colony
and the Transvaal. Matabeland, like
its neighbor to the east, Mashonaland,
is the coming Eldorado of South At
RIGA. 1t is filled with auriferous veins
of gold, with precious stones, copper,
ivory and valuable woods. Its soil is
wonderfully fertile, and the country
resembles a veritable paradise grown
wild, in its tropical luxuriance, con-
tanning species of every plant and tree
known to Africa Every wild animal
known to the dark continent lives here
in freedom almost unrestrained, while
through the we'll night impenetrable
forests roam the wild, untamable Mat
abeles and Mashonas, now warning
upon a neighboring tribe or planning
raid upon a British post. My first
visit to this country occurred shortly
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white man. His stature is small and
his physique insignificant. He has no
virtues to admire, but many vices of
which to complain, Next to the English
soldier his most deadly enemy is hon
est toll, although he has a passionate
fancy for the results of other mems
labor. He may have a use in the world,
but II 50, | fancy it is yet to be discov-
cred. Thus far ne has been chiefly en-
ployed in furnishing convict labor for
the breakwater at Cape Town. The
Cape boy will win undying fame in the
coming struggle in Africa by his ven
omous hate of the British soldier, whom
he regards as the incarnation of all
that is evil and unjust. The Cape boys
live, largely by necessity, a barren no.
madic life, stealing diamonds, maraud-
ing as they please; at the least ap-
rroach of danger away they go into the
brush. Their haunt in Cape Town is
known as the Bad Lands" a place
into which the police seldom penetrate,
and then onlyin groups or from FIVE to a
dozen, taking their lives in their hands
when they do so. Every Cape boy car
ries long dirk which. he can use with
the skill of a Turk and is invariably
accompanied by mongrel dog, lank
beast with yellow, brstly hair and a
very traitorous disposition. These dogs
set UP a fierce baying all night long
through the Bad Lands district of Cane
Town; and should ii cease for an in
slant the master rushes out to hurl
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| quences about to result often make the
tribes fly, panic stricken, through the
jungle in quest of more propitious sur
roundings. ! estimate that there are at
least 100000 tribal warriors south of the
Congo, and were l to double that num-
| Der, I am sure that my statement would
! fall within the acceptance of we'll
posted African travellers. Even at the
lower figure. it will certainly mean tina
TINS TN my opinion the ultimate strug-
gle Tor British supremacy in South
Alr1ca), will not mean simply war
Wased against one-fourth their num-
per OF Dutch pioneers, but a struggle
the like of which has never before he an
at.eiilpted oy the British nation. That
Tue assressors fully realize this may be
pialhly seen by their very elaborate
preparations for the struggle.
The British Soldier,
Before giving some new and STARTLING
facts as to the character of the hlac,Ss
ol oouth and Central Africa let me saw
that' however valuable this country is
10 the British merchant from a com
iiiercial standpoint, to the soldier IL $
the one unspeakable nightmare In INV
seven years intimate knoW]adr. 81
British affairs in South Africa bov.
gradually become more end more i'm
pressed with the fact that the home
government has made 1t her short
sighted policy to send there her broken
down soldiery, all her superannua,ed
officers, all her undesirable riff-raff. in
word, she has been too prone to make
Africa the dumping ground" for her
military refuse, while, added to this
there is, ingrained in the hearts of the
British soldiers of South Africa in times
of peace a sullen hatred of the home
government, and, more forcibly still, of
the country itself, which they unques-
tionably regard as the Bad Lands" OF
the world. While in India, the private
soldier can see possibilities of honor,
glory, even wealth, Africa to him. in
tlmes OF peace is hole Of pes'tilence,
murder and deadly disease. What w on
uef is IT that so many desertions take
pace; that discipline is but poorly en-
forced, even by a frequent use of the
iash? Nor is Tommy Atkins hatred of
m Countiy without SOod Ioundatlon.
Inc British soldier is peculiarly sus-
septiple to the malignant fevers of
oouth Airlca. particularly TO the small
poA, winch may be termed the. charac-
teiistlc plague of the continent All
Nhlte men, especially English soldiers,
are OBJECTS of deepest suspicion on the
part OF the blacks, a condition in which
the soldier has played neither an honor
aoie nor an unimportant part.' The ma
tive tribes are, as a rule monopamous
and while polygamy is practiced by the
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stellation known as the Southern Cross,
whose powerful influence upon the des-
TIMES of men they much feared and
desired to propitiate, by a grand tab
leau. in which many thousands of
naked savages, spears in hand, assem-
bled in the open and danced to the
weird music of droning tom-toms.
The Warlike Mashonas.
While the Mashonas, who inha5it
the eastern portion OF the Matabele
kingdom, are said to have been sub
dued by the Matabeles in ages past, the
word subdued must here be taken with
large allowance, for in truth the Ma
shonas are a tribe of people whom it
would be impossible to subdue. Equal
in size, physique and fighting capacity
to the Matabeles or Zulus, they are
most wild and ferocious people, living
in rowing bands which vary in size,
usually containing 500 to 5000 souls.
They raise few sheep, goats and, oc-
casionally. cattle, and are especially
fond of their wiry little ponies, which
they have learned to ride furiously
through the tall, thick brush. Like all
Africans, they are very superstitious,
worshipng the sun, moon and stars
and like all of their kind, they have
an Unborn hatred for the red coated
Tommy Atkins" and are only await
ing chance to have a final brush with
the intruder. They are especially ex
pert with the spear, being able to kill
a gazelle at 100 yards.
Zulus and Kaffirs.
The Zulu tribes are becoming more
and more scattered yearly, but still
many thousand remain; and these. it IS
safe to say. would hail with joy d
chance to vent their indomitable hatred
for the people who have reduced and
o. hpjr IL
premacy over Southeastern Africa, and
will eagerly unite with the Beers to
overcome the English oppressor.
AS to the Katfirs. the only native
black men the British have ever fully
subdued in Africa, l have mean opin-
ion of them. AS a rule they are of In
significant physique. cowardly and
traitorous and will give little assist
ance either to the natives or British in
the coming struggle. The kaftir women,
however, are exceptionally we'll formed.
and assume an Amazon-like relation to
their insignificant lords. As their ha-
tired OF the English population of Cape
Colony is proverbial, it is just possible
that they may introduce unique fea-
ture in the coming uprising.
Considering the situation. then. as it
is really, and not as the British press
censOrS would paint it, is it any wonder
that the British nave fastened to Af-
rica d force many times superior to
that of the Beers, or that President
Kruger of the Transvaal Republic mas
watched the progress of hostilities on
the part Of his Sful anita gonist
without sign of fear as to the result.
stern, determined, impenetrahle, know
ing the awful forces of destruction at
his disposal. And when it becomes
necessary to use these forces in the
preservation Of home and independ-
ence, the world will stand aghast in
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chiefs, the black African stands in
violably for his conception of honor, as
touching the virtues of his wife and
daughters. He may be thief, mur-
derer, a tyrant, but his women must
be virtuous Adulteries are unknown,
or II tney occur are punished with the
most terrible of deaths. The British
soldier in Africa has no more respect
for the sanctty of a natives family
than for their lives when in range of
his gun. in war time-a fact that goes
far toward explaining savage AIflca S
unsuitable thirst for revenge. a thirst
which viii surely be gratified before an
other year goes out.
The "Cape Boys"
These polygamous influences have
filled Africa with thousands upon thou.
sands of mongrel blacks, who are re-
garded by the aborigines with unmis-
taxable disgust. The half-castes in turn
hate their white fathers. who have
brought them into this Ishma el-like ex-
istence in which they can find no COM
radeship among the people of either of
their parents. Most conspicuous among
these are the Cape boys" who are
neither black nor white, nor even a
fairly decent mud color 1t would be
impossible to trace the origin of the
Cape boy. In the dim ages of the pas.
he was possibly a. Hottentot: then
came a mixture with the Kaffir, to be
later on dashed with the blood of the
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.AFR|C H0RDES MAY PROvETO
Be A HORROR FOR THE BR|7ON

Before another full moon rolls in
tropical splendor over the dense jungles
and wastes of mesa land of the Dark
Continent, I apprehend that all South
Africa will BE involved in the terrors
Of barbarian warfare, surveying which,
the civilized world will stand agape
with horror Some 100000, or more,
black natives will be arrayed against
the British-their proverbial enemies
for centuries back-whom they hate
with all the venom of their savage ma
lures.
For many years I have been in the
service of the great De Beers Mining
company of Kimberley and Johannes
burg, South Africa, as prospecting
engineer, and I was forced on account
of my work in the wilderness to be up
on kindly terms with the savages. From
my intimate acquaintance with many
of the savage leaders, 1 am in a posi-
tton to know that England has before
her not only struggle for control Of
the Transvaal, but also for the main
tenance Of her supremacy in the entire
continent
Surveying the ground carefully, in
the light of personal relations with
barbarism, I stand appalled, at the pos
sble consequences of this war to civil
lied man. I say this advisedly, for
have not been long enough removed
from the influences of black Africa to
iyiI
Serocity or the terrible hate Of the Brit
.sh soldier which shoulders in the
breast of the entire tribal population
of the southern half of the continent.
Nor would I be surprised if, in the up
rising which will surely come, the
struggling Beers should find aid even
so far north as the mysterious country
Of the Soudanese, those demons of the
.orest and mountain whose brute
strength, endurance and superstitous
running have already robbed the BRIT.
sh nation of much of the flower of its
trmy.
No one has ever professed to be able
to compute the strength of numbers
of the African hordes, while even thei.
geographical distribution must be, TO
an extent, conjectural. by reason of the
fact that black Africa wanders to and
fro now driven from old haunts by
ravages of the smallpox, again by the
scarcity of game, by the inroads of still
fiercer neighbors, or by the terrifying
soothsayings of tribal medicine men,
whose prophecies as to the rise and
setting of stars and the dire conse-