Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-25


next month is to be tried for the
fourth time for conspiracy in the
murder of Governor Goobel, who
was in his youth carbondale boy.
Mrs. Brock is member of Il Demo
cratic family and daughter of a
prominent Confederate officer, but
feels that injustice has been dealt
Powers by prcjudiccd courts and
perjured witnesses.
Ezra Noll, farmer of Berks coun-
ty, through II smalt experiment, has
found out what has puzzled agri-
culturiStS for years. Mr.. Noll be-
lieves that he has II sure and profit
able method of killing Canada thist-
les. One of his fields has been filled
with the undesirable plant and he
was about letting it go to ruin last
wear when, knowing that artichokes
grow almost anywhere, he planted
four rows of them in the field. Tn
on removing the artichokes he was
surprised not only to find his crop
amounted to eight bushels, but that
all of the thistle roots in those four
rows had decayed. Mr.. Noll will
now plant more than an acre of the
field in artichokes. He is choosing
the part most densely covered with
the thistles. Noll says that while
artichokes are also pest if they once
get a start he will run the risk, as he
will sell the product in the Reading
market at 60 cents a bushel.
That the State of Pennsylvania
cannot collect tax upon Pennsyl-
vania coal after it is shipped was de
cided on Monday by the supreme
court of the United States. The de-
cision was rendered in the case of the
Delaware, Lackawanna a Western
Railroad Company vs.. the Common
Ntttltll Oh l tIlllNN ~ tl'i'') Niii'i So"
out of an attempt on the part of the
state authorities to levy tax of five
mills on the value of coal mined 10y
the company in the state and held
in Buffalo, Chicago and other cities
outside of Pennsylvania. The su-
preme court of the state upheld the
tax, but that lewiston was reversed
by this action. The opinion was
handed down by Justice Pcckham.
Some heartless man has sued Rus
sci Sage for $500. AS this is more
than Uncle Russell has spent on his
wardrobe in the past forty years, it
looks like persecution of The rich.
a fOrceful reminder ofapproaching
Memorial Day appears in the statiS-
ties of the Grand Army of the Re
public, Department of Pennsylvania.
which show that 1000 veterans Of
the Civil War die in this State dur
ing the year between each Memorial
day. There is IA slight but steady
increase IN the number of sthese
deaths annually. 1t is estimated
that one hundred veterans die daily
in the United States.
\ call was recently issued from
the quartermaster's department,
United States Army, for proposals
for furnishing the government with
10000 white hcadstones. Since 1885
when 1890 stones were bought, the
number has steadily grown larger.
Last year II 900 were ordered.
The headstOnes are sent free to all
the Grand Army posts, camps of
Spanish War veterans and national
cemeteries in the country to mark
graves of men who served the nation
in war. The cost of the stones to the
government at wholesale is 50 each.
Inc lOllOWlng programme Will De
rendered by the Vested Choir at the
Memorial service next Sunday after
noon:
Professional, 'We March to Victory.
Anthem, Holy War.
Hymn Soldiers of Christ arise.
Anthem. Soldiers of the Cross.
Hymn, Stand up for Jesus.
Anthem, Crusaders, War Hymn
Recessional, Onward Christian Sold
iers'
The survivors of the Civil War
and vicinity will meet for Memorial
services at the Court House at the
hour of , O'Clock =. NJ, May Both,
1908. The public in general are
cordially invited to participate,