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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18
New Editor at LapOrte.

Bert M. VanDyke, for the past
eighteen months editor of the La
porte News Item, has resigned his
position, and John B. English of
this place, has taken charge of the
business. John has been until
quite recently employed on the
Mirror, so we know all about his
qualities and qualifications. His
worst fault is in being so young,
but if people will be patient and
give him a chance. he will remedy
that. AS a printer, he has good
taste, is studious and observing,
and while he would be able to
make good almost anywhere now,
experience will do much for him.
AS writer he has a natural APP
titude for the business and does ex-
ceedingly we'll for a person who has
in the past had so few opportun-
tiles. Hurrah for John! Sucesu al
la redaktoro. New Albany Mirror.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18
William NJ. Fleshhut.

William M. Fleshhut was born
in Laporte October 9, 1859, and
died at Sayre August 6, 1911, aged
81 years. 8 months and u days.
The remains were brought to the
home of his sister, Mrs. +. M. Cros-
sley of this place, the funeral was
held Wednesday, August 8, and
the remains laid at rest in Mount
ain Ash cemetery, the burial place
of his parents and three brothers.
After prayer at the house the
funeral services were concluded at
the M. +. church, Rev. Davidson
officiating. The following pail
bearers were old school chums of
his Ellery P. Ingham, Frank II.
Ingham, VIM. NJ. Cheney, VIM. l..
Stormont, Thomas Sheehan and
Andrew Rose.
Three sisters and one brother re-
main to mourn his loss, Mrs. +. M.
Crossley, Mrs. w. w. Wheeler,
Mrs. F. Croter and Charles Flesh
hut.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

j. Walton Lysinger, one Of the
solid business men of Norristown,
Pa, accompanied by wife and
daughter, visited Mr., and Mrs. E.
P. Ingham a few days last week.
This was their first visit to Lap
porte and we are glad to say that
they were we'll pleased with the
town and Lake Mokoma, and be
fore returning home they purchased
lot on prospect farm and will
)uiId a summer home which will
)e ready for use next summer.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18
Advertise in the News Item.
81 had been given
up to die by three
of our best doctors,

could not stand it to be on my
feet and l was so swelled in the
abdomen l could hardly breathe.
But thanks to DR.. Miles Heart
Remedy and Nervine l am able to
be about the streets, a walking ad-
vertisement Of the curative quail
tiles of your remedies, although l
am 70 years old" )"
JOHN R. COCHRAN,
Lewistown, Ill.
Better than any statement we
could make regarding the value of
DIR. Miles Heart Remedy
are these words of Mr.. Cochran.
He speaks from experience, the
highest possible source of knowl-
edge. If you have any of the
signs of weak heart, such as
pain in the left shoulder or arm,
fainting and hungry spells, short
ness of breath, smothering spells,
Auttering or palpitation Of the heart,
you need
DR.. Miles Heart Remedy
which for over twenty years has
been recognized as the best prepa-
ration of its kind to be had.
Sold undes . guarantee ASSURING tho
return Of tho prlee OF tho first bottle ifH
fails to benefit. AT ALL DRUGGISTS.
MILES MEDICAL CO.. Eikhart. Ind.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

G. w. Snyder, wife, son and two
daughters of Elk Grove, are visit
ing at J. II. Knouse's. Mr.. Sny-
der is the gentleman who discovered
the headless body Of badly de-
composed man in Mud pond few
weeks>ago.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18
DR.. Miles Heart Remedy
w A N T e .

At once. Men to represent us
either locally or travelling. Now is
the time to start. Money in the
work for the right men. Apply al
once and secure territory.
ALLEN NURSERY CO., Rochester, N. Y.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

w. B. Ritter, our popular station
agent and Democratic candidate
for nomination Of Associate Judge,
accompanied by his wife attended
a picnic at Overton Tuesday.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

Mrs. Victor Hugo and three
daughters from Philadelphia, and
Margueritta Crossley of Laporte,
are spending the week at the home
of Mrs. Charles Hugo at Eldreds-
Vile.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

Misses Celia Donivan, Katherin
Brady, Pearl and Mable Shaw OF
Muncy Valley, walked to this
place last week Thursday.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

j. L. Leahy OF Overton, who
will be Principal of the Laporte
High School the coming term was
in town Monday.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

Miss Dolly Crossley has returned
to New York after visiting a week
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
NJ. Crossley.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Fenst
emacher were the guests of friends
at Muncy Valley Friday of last
week.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

Buck Carpenter, star pitcher for
the Bloomsbury team, champions
of the Susquehanna League, visited
his parents here over Sunday.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

N. w. Peters, Philip Peterman
and VIM. Stanley of Nordmont
were in Laporte Sunday.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

Thomas Carroll and NJ. J. Oniel
of Dushore, were in the county
seat over Sunday.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

Eugene Mcclellan has gone to
Waverly, to visit his brother
Michael for a few days.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

} CENTS A LINE ADS.

FARMERS AND MERCHANTS
Will pay market price for wool.
Adress J. l.. Wineman, Lewisburg,
Pa.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

Chicken Waffle Dinner at
the Laporte Hotel, Sunday,
August 20. 1911, between the hours
of l and = p. m. Price 80 cents.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

For Sale-Cow for sale cheap.
Joseph Carpenter, Laporte, Pa.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18
QUALITY

, When.people realize that it
D Is not the quantity for the
I money, so much as the quality
that counts, then they will
patroniZe the store which does
} business in good pure goods.
Cut prices often mean cut
3 qualities. Our prices are as
4 low as good goods will allow.
Our goods are not of the cheap
mail-order variety. w hen
D comparing prices do not for
. get to compare qualities. If
! you find the prices lower than
ours, then you will find the
I qualities inferior-generally
: "bargain house" job lots.
) Ask us to show you why
our stock is superior.
} Buschhausen's. S.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

Miss Lizzie Herman of Laquin, is
visiting at M. McNellan's.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

FOR SALE-Brewstn Block on
Muncy Street, Laporte, Pa, in build
ing lots Of 80 X 260 feet, or would
sell to syndicate. Easy terms. Rent
of houses would more than pay in
terest on money invested. Apply to
F. w. Meylert, Laporte, Pa, or
address Alice Brewster Cassidy,
1887 Tea ST., n. W., Washington,
ID. G. l0sepl
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

f. l.. Taylor, G. S. VanDyke
and +. w. VanDyke of New
Albany were business men in La
porte last Saturday.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

Mrs. E. Snyder of Bloomsburg
was in town over Sunday.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

l hereby announce mysel! as candidate
if of Sullivan County, subject to the Re
publican rules.
w. H, BIDDLE,
Feb. "a, 1911. Elkland Township
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18
Local Items.

F. NJ. Crossley made trip to
! Sonestown Tuesday.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

| hereby announce myself as cand-
date for the nomination for the office of
Sheriff of Sullivan County subject to the
Rules ofthe Republican Party.
FRED w. SCHUMACHER,
March, |, 1911. Forksville, Pa.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-18

| hereby announce myself as candidate
tor the nomination for the office OF Com
missioner of Sullivan County subject TO
the rules of the Republican Party.
FRANK STRICKLAND
March, II, 1911. IIillsgrove, Pa.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-20

fishermen on the Banks He passed
north, to the east OF Newfoundland, and
held the purpose OF going to Greenland
to perform his supposed mission there.
The conditions on board and the protests
of some of his usually unquestioning fol-
lowers caused him to turn about at last.
Worn by Fasting.
1t was still many weeks before the
Coronet could be brought back to Port
land. The health Of those on board was
worn down by fasting, bad quarters, and
also the unfit rations obtained by good
luck from passing ships now and then.
Six men in all died from the time when
the Coronet turned back. Sanford said a
his trial that their death was q visitation
for not carrying out his directions from
heaven to go to Greenland.
The principle guiding Sanford and his
followers was a literal acceptance of the
injunction to take no thought of the NOR
rows bread. In the beginning of his ca
reer he carried out this precept as an
itinerant preacher. Gradually he built
up the community at Shiloh, near Dur
ham, Me, which has been valued at $780,
900. There he reared a huge building,
where hundreds Of Sandfordites have
lived for years under one roof.
The fate of Shiloh following the re-
moval of its leader and prophet is du-
bious Sanford has signed over his head
ship in the community to his chief as
sistant, Moses Holland, who will try
to carry on the place by putting in ma
chinery for manufacturing work. Sand
ford in his time never allowed this and
compelled the community to restrict it.
self to farming.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-20
ENGINEERS ELECT
JOHN 4. HAN Ma
Society Holds Its Annual
Meeting and Smoker.

The Washington Society of Engineers
elected the following officers at their an
nual meeting last night at the Cosmos
Club Hall: John H. Hanna, chief engi-
neer of the Capital Traction Company,
president; Frank Sutton, geographer,
United States Geological Survey. vice
president; John c. Hoyt, engineer, United
States Geological Survey, secretary; H
3. Stabler. engineer. Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Company. treasurer,
and NJ. o. Leighton, F. w. Albert, a. l.
Baldwin, W. A. Mcfarland, Capt. Z. n.
Johnston, and J. \. Holmes, directors.
DR.. George w. Littlehales, photographic
engineer Of the photographic ONCE
Of the Navy Department, gave an ad-
dress on The engineer as a motor in
civilization He told how the engineer
has developed the means Of travel and
communication and brought the different
nations Of the world so much closer to-
gether, and said that 80 per cent of all
skilled labor is directed by engineers,
and inasmuch as skilled labor is the
greatest producer of wealth. the engineer
Is the greatest factor in the production
Of the wealth OF the world of any pro-
fession.
The address was followed by a general
discussion and a smoker. The next meet
ing Of the society will be held January IL
at the Cosmos Club. The speakers will
be announced later.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-20
SEQUEL TRAGEDY.
Hattie lie Blanc, Once Tried for
Murder. to Wed Friend.

Hattie lie Blanc, Once Tried for
Murder. to Wed Friend.
Boston, Dec. IA romance that had
its inception when Hattie lie Blanc was
on trial for her life in Cambridge charged
with the murder of Clarence F. Glover,
the Waltham laundry man, is to Gull
inmate in the marriage of the girl to
Felix Linden. a former Boston man, aC-
cording to dispatches to-day from sgd
ney Nova Scotia. The wedding will
take place in the near future at the
home of Miss lie Blanc in West AriChat,
but the date has not been fixed.
Linden was among the thousands who
sympathized with Hattie when she was
placed on trial for her life. He took
special interest in the case because he
was born not far from Hattie's old
home, being a native of Louisdale.
Richmond County. He realized that the
sympathy Of none of her newly made
friends could equal that of one from her
own country.
The young man was anxious to aid
Hattie in her fight for freedom. He
sought an introduction to her. and OBJ
tanned it. The girl was greatly relieved
when he told her the people of Nova
Scotia had entire confidence in her inno-
cence His sympathy proved a comfort
to the girl in her hour of need of friends.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-20
CAREER AND CRUISES OF
STRANGE RELIGIOUS LEADER

Rev Frank w Sanford. head OF the
Holy Ghost and Us" Society. was tried
and found guilty in the Federal Court at
Portland. Me-, on an indictment charging
him with causing the deaths OF six per-
sons on the schooner Coronet in the
course of a cruise terminated in the
the six were laid to starvation and
scurvy, brought about by Sandford's fail
ure to put in for provisions.
Sanford was and still is the leader of
his own strange religious sect. A band
of 800 followers, more or less, has stuck
to him through thick and thin. They be-
lieved what Sanford told the jury when
he testified in his own behalf-that the
Calamities on the Coronet were vista
tions sent from above, and that there
was no connection between the misfor-
tunes and Sandford's failure to observe
the navigation laws and put in for food.
Started Last Christmas.
His latest cruise. like others before it.
had the purpose of bringing the blessed
era" to various parts of the world. The
SandforditeS started out last Christmas
time. There were somewhat more than
seventy of them embarked in two old sail
ing vessels that belonged to the Sand
ford colony at Shiloh, Me. One of the
vessels, the Coronet, had been in her
day a fast schooner yacht and an ocean
racer. The other ship, the Kingdom was
a small square rigger with greater ac-
commodations.
With Sanford went men, women, and
children. 1t was his custom always to
take a fun representation Of women and
children on his cruises. The two vessels
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-20

sailed to the Cape Verde Islands and
thence to the coast of Africa. Here was
performed the ceremony of blessing the
shores. Sanford in his supposed quality
O. prophet pronounced on a vista OF
Saraha coast the blessing that was sup
posed to bring the millennium there. AS
the fanatics kept on down the African
shore the larger ship, the Kingdom, went
aground
Abandoned the Kingdom.
The followers abandoned the Kingdom.
took most of her supplies to Bathurst.
British Gambia, and set fire to the strand
ed hulk, as "a burnt offering to God"
All crowded aboard the Coronet, a YES
sci somewhat over 100 feet long with
room for not more than thirty persons.
Aboard the Coronet, for the long months
that followed. nearly seventy persons
sailed. crowded worse than in any dun
geon. Women and children slept on the
cabin floor and table
The schooner did not endeavor to return
home, for Sanford announced that God
expected the mission to go on. Water
was lacking aboard and had to be
begged of passing ships. The Coronet
made her way slowly across the Atlantic
again to the coast of South America.
She failed to touch anywhere for water
or provisions until she reached Haiti.
There when the prophet and his follow
ers tried to land at a little port without
officers they were seized as hlibusters
and kept in Jail over night.
Provisions Give out.
Sanford seemed to have an aversion
to entering any harbor where he would
be obliged to show his clearance papers.
Provisions, on this account, gave out
shortly after the Haiti incident. Sand
ford then tried to obtain more at San
Salvador, the little island which Column
bus saw first. The authorities compelled
him to show his papers, and ne left in
hun, obtaining no provisions.
Continuing north on starvation rations.
the schooner reached the latitude of the
Virginia Capes. She stood off more than
100 miles to sea while SANFORD, rather
than take the Coronet in, sent a small
motor boat ashore for provisions. The
motor boat never returned, for fear of
putting some revenue cutters on the Cor
oEet's track.
The Coronet, with the three days pro-
visions aboard, went on northeastward,
stunning the United States coast. Sand
ford succeeding in begging fish and bis
cult from the smacks and the French
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-20

myself placed the money on table and
prayed for more. Then we left the room.
When We returned We found a pile CT
silver-$20. We prayed some more and
left the room and returned and there
was more money. Ever since then the
Shiloh colony has prospered.
Let's talk of sports" exclaimed the
six-foot, muscular prophet" Il am
fond of baseball and hunting. Baseball
is my hobby. watch all of the big
league games. Baseball is grand sport.
We play ii at Shiloh. and I watch all
the big games during the season. But
here he sighed-''the game isn't what II
used to be. Improved? Yes. but it isn't
the same old game
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-20

story continued up to the formation Of
the National Pacing Company. 1t
cropped out during the hearing that the
government has in its possession some
very interesting verbatim reports of these
meetings in which the worlds beefsteak
supply was parceled out.
Mr.. Wilkerson will continue tomorrow
with the story of the career of the Ma
tional company, organized when the
packers became tired of resorting to the
methods Of common criminals and set
about to devise a plan which, while II
will be more effective. would have the
appearance of some slight attempt to
comply with the law
The defense failed utterly in its at
tempt to place men of big business enter
priSeS On the jury.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-20
Petworth Wants School.

Acting upon the report OF the school,
committee, the Petworth Citizens As
sociation last night unanimously
adopted a resolution asking the Com
missioners to erect a new four or eight
room school building in Petworth to
relieve the present congested condi
lions.
Endorsement was given the Madden
bill, which calls for 75-cent gas.
A tunnel under the Adriatic to connect
Venice with the Island of Lido. faYorite
summer resort, is contemplated.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-20
Nabbed Nearing White House.

While on her way to the White House
ito ply fob de job as 'ficial wash lady
foh de President and his wife" Mel
louisa Matthews, colored, was arrested
by Policeman Strohman, Of the Third
precinct, yesterday afternoon. The
woman was charged with insanity and
sent to the Washington Asylum Hospi-
tai.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-20
TAKES HIS LIFE.
Former Chasseur d'Arfique Sui
eide I'm Newark.

Newark, n. J.. Dec. 19.-Jacob Stussi. a
Swiss, a former member of the famous
Chasseurs d'Afrique. a French cavalry
regiment, committed suicide in a fur
nished rooming-house at 1C3 Howard
street, in this city. to-day, by shooting
himself through the throat. General de-
spondency and lack of funds is given as
the cause of his act. 1t is said that
Stussi's father is a well-to-do hotel
keeper in Switzerland, but the son was a
rover.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-20
MLEsToNEs IN STRANGE CAREER OF ELIJAH H."

in Bowdoinham. Ne, October Q, 1852.
College
collie Is
Praysf for victory
education Divinity
Ordaine Free n
Marrfes fanous in
Receive rom to lead newt
o he
Forms n n
Elijah II
EstabIi an a Shiloh
miracles
o a
Begins o of
to provid necessities n October 23 5.F%
s.
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a sailor the yacht
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-20
STRICKEN IN STREET; DIES.
Mrs. Roscoe Lamb Succumbs "a
Urcmic Poisoning.

Urcmic Poisoning.
Taken suddenly III while at Seventh
street and Massachusetts, avenue north
west yesterday morning. Mrs. Roscoe
Lamb, forty-three years old, of SO r
street northwest, was removed to Emer-
gency Hospital. where she died several
hours later. Death was due to uremic
poisoning, according to physicians.
Mrs. Lamb was returning from the
shopping district shortly after 10 O'Clock.
when she fell to the pavement with a
groan. Pedestrians raised her to her
feet, and a policeman summoned an am
bulance. She had suffered at times from
slight ailments, but seemed to be in
unusually good spirits when she left her
home earlier in the day.
Frances first newspaper was the Ga
zette de France, started at Paris in 1881.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-20
BEEF TRUST JURY
HEARS CASE OPEN
Millionaire Packers Severely
Arraign9d by State.

Chicago, Ill. Dec. ia jury of twelve
men was sworn to-day in the historic
/, eff trust case and the liberty of Chi
CLgo's ten millionaire packers was tech
nicalIy placed in jeopardy of imprison-
nlent
The jurors are:
Asa Bannister, farmer. NapierviIle.
II. /. Buckln. farmer, Dundee.
Burton H. Meyers, fire inspector, Ma
pierville.
W. J. Thomas, clerk and ex-jailor, Of
tawa.
c. H. Mare, drug clerk. Chicago.
H. o. Bates, La Grange, president of
Chicago tailor concern.
J. II. Edwards. Independent Telephone
Inspector, StreatOr.
Jacob Glenn, baker, Ottawa.
Adam Glow, farmer, PIsinfeld.
J. Harvey, grocer, Wilton Center.
Thomas Scot, milIwright. Chicago.
+. J. Owen. construction foreman,
Streator.
District Attorney James Wilkerson for
the government told the first chapters of
The growth and completion of the beef
trust The most complete and syste-
matte engine for the suppression of COM
I-etitive commerce known to all the
world
Indicted Men in Court.
All ten of the indicted packers and
al ten of their attorneys were in court
when the jury was selected and when
Attorney WilkersOn opened a scdthing
arrangement of all of the defendants
and part of their attorneys.
J. Ogden Armour. Louis Swift, Edward
Morris. and the representatives of the
branches of the beef trust of which they
boldly TDripht
and turned a sickly white when the dis
triCt attorney branded the freSh-meat
trust rs the most systematic and malig-
uant trust in the world. and demanded
of the jury that If the facts in the case
warranted a conviction the full penalty
should be inflicted, and directed at the
packers the words, they shall be pun
ishcd by fine OF not exceeding 5000, or
by imprisonment not exceeding one year,
or by both.
District Attorney WiIkerson, after out
lining the charges and the import of the
Sherman law. began a detailed history
of the pool which was the nucleus of
the modern beef trust. He told how Ira
Nelson Morris. 6. F. Swift, and the faith
ers Of the present defendants met in the
office of Albert and Henry Veeder every
Tuesday afternoon and parceled out to
the civilized world the beef il might eat
and the price il must pay.
lie told OF the uniform system Of estl-
mating the cost so that the margin of
profit was the same to each of the
groups OF the pool: how secret codes and
signs were used to transmit the dicta OF
the pool, and how each member who
broke the agreements was fined 20 cents
4 hundred on all the meat sold.
shows Up system.
Tie drew an amazing picture of the
austere old attorney. Henry Veeder who
sits with his brother Albert H., at the
defendants table. sitting in judgment
over the great miilionaires whose COM
binations he manipulated, filming Armour
a few thousand here to pay Swift for
alleged wrongs, but ever keeping the pro-
duCtion and price to suit his clients. The