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FP. GRAY
BY
Ink Slings.
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—Pleasure is the track over which
the train of life speeds on to happiness.
—CALvVIN M. BowER is a more popu-
lar man in Pennsylvania to-day than
he was before going to Williamsport.
—BEAVER, BowER and Bellefonte
was an alliteration in which the prover-
bial luck failed to make its appearance.
—The platform of the State Democ-
racy is broad enough for all purposes
and thoroughly comprehensive of all the
principles that the party has espoused.
—The Wilkesbarre woman who at-
tempted suicide by hanging and then
screamed until she was rescued must
have sniffed a little sulphur as her
breath began to fleet.
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—While a Brush valley beau was
of Penn Hall, the other evening, he ac-
cidentally stepped on a skunk that was
lying in the road. We haven’t heard
whether he saw his girl that night or
not.
—-The yacht races between the De-
fender and Valkyrie have both resulted
in victories for the Yankee craft. She
won Saturday by 8 min. and 47 sec. and
was awarded the race on a foul, on Tues-
day. Yesterday's race was declared off
because some small boats got in Valky.
rie’s way at the start.
—Since the war the Democratic party
has had control of the government for
six years out of thirty, and yet the Phil-
adelphia Press has gall enough to blame
this Democratic administration for our
navy not being the arm of national
defence that it should be. It takes a
long time to build a navy, and certainly
the Republicans did not improve the
length of time during which they might
had given us a first-class naval force.
—JOHN S. CLARKSON, who handled
the Republican boodle in HARRISON'S
second campaign, has joined Quay in
condemning the use of money in pol-
itics. These follows evidently despair
of raising the big corruption funds they
used to get from the manufacturers for
campaign use, and hence the virtue they
assume in reprobating a practice which
will appear wrong to them only be.
cause their means of carrying it on’ will
be curtailed.
—As a delegate repeater JIMMY
CorNELY was doing fine, at Williams-
port, on Wednesday, until he fell in
among the Philadelphia delegation.
There he met his Waterloo. Jim was
foxy enough for the country members,
but when he came to ‘“ringin in’’ on
the fellows from the city he met foes
worthy his steel. He seemed to forget
for the moment that the Democratic
duty in Philadelphia is to “lay low for
repeaters,’”’ but herealized that as he de-
parted through the air.
— Whatever the result of the election
this fall the Democrats of Pennsylva-
nia will not have lost anything by their
convention in Williamsport, on Wed-
nesday. Such a gathering of distin-
guished men is seldom seen, nor such
unanimity of purpose as was evidenced
in the desire, so apparent on all sides,
and at all times, to promote the utmost
harmony. Such gatherings of men
have a tendency to broaden the narrow
strictures of local political methods and
the intercourse of Democrats from every
quarter of the Commonwealth cannot
but result in good for the party, both
collectively and individually considered.
--A number of agencies will be at
work this year in the Democratic cause
that were entirely absent last year, or
were working against it. When the
housekeeper finds a reduction of 25 per
cent in the cost of woolen goods, as one
of the numerous reductions in the cost
of living, it is calculated to affect the
tariff views of the family. A compari-
son with the high prices of McKINLEY
will be inevitable, much to the advan-
tage of the WiLsoN side of the question.
And when in addition to the impression
created by such a contrast the head of
the family finds himself steadily em-
ployed and his wages increased, there is
but little probability that Republican
politicians will try to influence him by
a calamity howl. That political bazoo
will no longer be heard in the land.
—The reason why the New York Sun
thinks that Tom REED has a better
chance for the Republican presidential
nomination than McKINLEY has, is be-
cause ‘“‘the tariff views held by Governor
McKINLEY are not popular in the
West.” Surely if the McKINLEY tariff
is to be an impediment to a Republican
nomination REED should suffer as much
from it as McKINLEY, for he was real-
ly more responsible for its passage than
McKiNLEY. He resorted to every ty-
rannical means, as Speaker of the House,
to force it upon the country. But there
is every probability that by the time the
nominating comes off the McKINLEY
tariff will be so thoroughly odious that
the Republican convention will be afraid
to put on their presidential ticket any |
man who was connected with the pas-
sage of that measure,
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 40
BELLEFONTE, PA.,
SEPT. 13, 1895.
NO. 36.
A Tale of Two Tariffs.
Oa the 28th of last month the first
year of the Democratic tariff closed
under the most gratifying conditions.
During a portion of the year the pro-
visions of that economic measure were
not in full operation, but for the last
six months every part of it was doing
its full work, and the fuller its opera-
tion the greater has been the degree
in which it showed its beueficent ef-
fects.
The condition of affairs presented
since that tariff began to operate may
be summed up as a continued advance
in the wages of labor, and reduction iu
the prices of the neceesaries of lite.
We have the nonpartisan authority of
“Bradstreet’’ for the fact that since
March the wages of fully 1,000,000
workmen have been advanced under
the influence of the WiLsox tariff law.
This settles the point as to increase
of wages, beyond dispute, giving au-
thoritative figures to confirm the daily
reports of wage advancements publish-
ed in the newspapers. As to the re-
duction in the prices of the necessaries
of life, so essential to the welfare of
working people, the New York World
has furnished the most convincing evi-
dence by collecting and printing, side
by side, the quotations of 1000 articles
of general use, comparing the prices of
the same articles in 1891-2, under the
McKINLEY tariff, with the prices that
prevail at this time under the WiLsox
law. It is the most comprehensive
and fairest comparison that could be
made, drawn from the price-list of the
leading drees-goods, clothing, grocery,
metal and other lines of trade, and
showing in detail, item by item, the dif-
ference in the quotations of this year’s
prices from those of 1891-2, or in other
words, tbe difference in the effect of
the WiLson and the McKiNLEY policy,
The comparison is thus absolutely
fair, and the two lists show, in a strik-
ing manner, the decrease in cost of al-
most everything the wage-earner has
to buy.
In addition to the undersirable fact
that thousands of workmen, in every
branch of industry, have had their
wages increased since the Democratic
tariff went into eftect, we have also,
by the comparison of the World's com-
prehensive and indisputable price-liats,
positive proof that the cost of necessa-
ries have been reduced under that
same tariff,
Some interesting and instructive
facts in recent industrial history are
aleo contained in the World's exhibit,
and as object lessons they tell their
own story. For example, take the
lesson of the CARNEGIE steel works, at
Homestead, under the two tariffs. The
following is the McKINLEY chapter :
January 1, 1891, wages reduced 9. Iper
cent. ; February, 1891, 4000 men out
of work ; April, 1891, another reduc.
tion of 5 per cent. ; August, 1891, open
hearth department closed ; July, 1892,
3800 men strike against another heavy
reduction, and. several weeks of ri :.
Let it be understood that all this hap-
pened before CLEVELAND had been
elected and before the Democrats had
disturbed McKINLEY’S tariff.
Now let us look at the Wirsox
chapter of the CARNEGIE steel works
lesson : May, 1895, all departments
in full operation, ard wages of all em-
ployes.in every mill increased 10 per
cent., voluntarily.
This object lesson extends to other
great industrial works, such as the
great Illinois steel company’s works,
at Joliet, Ill, in which we have the
McKiNLeY chapter as follows : March,
1891, over 5000 men refuse to accept
reduction in wages; July, 1892, 45
per cent. reduction offered and refused
aod mills shut down ; August, 1892, a
reduction of 23 per cent. accepted by
the men. WiLsoN chapter : June,
1895, an increase of 10 per cent given
7000 men.
The lesson presented by the great
Bethlehem iron and steel works is ag
follows : McK ixLEY—December, 1890,
over 1000 men out of work ; January,
1891, a reduction of 10 per cent an.
nounced after February 1. WiLsoNn—
May, 1895, the wages of 2000 men ad-
vanced 10 per cent. ; June, 1893, a
second increase of from 5 to 10 per
cent. announced.
The same lesson is presented by the
Pennsylvania steel works, at Steel.
{ton ; the Lackawanna iron and steel
company, at Scranton ; the Shenango
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Valley furnaces, at Youngstown, Ohio ;
the pottery trust, at Trenton, N. J,,
the great Washington woolen mills,
at Lawrence, Mass. ; the cotton manu-
facturing association mills, at Fall
River, Mass., the great paper manu-
facturing company, at Mechanics Falls,
Me., and a number of other leading in-
dustrial establishments in all parts of
the country, in every one of which
there was a suspension of work, either
wholely or partially, and a reduction
of wages, under McKINLEY, and fall
work with increased wages under the
WiLsox tariff,
These are the incontestable facts
connected with the operations of the
Republican and ‘Democratic tariffs.
They speak for themselves and carry
conviction to every intelligent and un-
prejudiced mind.’
S——————————
Two Central Facts.
The protective tariff league of
New York are working hard to main-
tain the cause of McKINLEY protec
tion, but find it very discouraging la-
bor. Their purpose is to belittle the
effects of the Democratic tariff in
bringing about a revival of the indus-
tries and an increase of wages. For this
purpose the league have written to a
number of leading manufacturers in
various parts of the country, inquiring
how they have been affected by the
change in the tariff. The following
from the great Doe River Woolen
Mills Company is a specimen of the
replies they get :
GENTLEMEN : In answer to your circular
and cards, will say we are paying the same
price to the same amount of hands that we did
in 1890—that is in dollars and cents—and at
the same time our hands are buying 40 per
cent more with the same money than they did
in 1890.
WE HAVE ALL THE PROTECTION WE
WANT IN FREE WOOL.
The Doe River Woolen Mills.
This reply contains two central facts
which represent the very essence of the
benefit conferred by the Democratic
tariff. The one is that the men are
able to buy 40 per cent more with
their money than undera Republican
tariff, and the other is that free raw
materials afford sufficient protection.
A
——It will be remembered that dur-
ing the recent “campaign of assassina-
tion,” which terminated with so many
damaged reputations, “Jack” Ronin.
soN charged GILKESON with getting
away with $90,000 ot last year's cam-
paign funds. If there was any truth
in RoBINsON’s charge the party ought
to know what Giukesoy did with it.
Ropivsox also blurted out, about a
Standard oil contribution to the Hast-
ING's campaign fund, as much as
charging that it wae the advance pay-
ment for the Governor's signature to
the pipe line bill. The charges made
during the conflict of the factions were
of such a character that the people
should demund such explanation now
from the leaders of the g. 0. p. as will
either acquit its representatives of these
damaging charges, or prove them
guilty of the alleged crimes.
PS —
Although cases of increased
wages are 60 frequent and numerous
as to have become like a familiar song,
it is nevertheless an interesting item of
news to make mention of the conclu-
sion reached at the conference of the
window-glass manufacturers and work-
ers at Pittsburg, last Saturday, by
which the wages of 10,000 workmen
were increased 10 per cent. These
wage advancements are ot daily oc
currence, comprehending every branch
of industry, but it would not be sur-
prising if the Republican campaigners
this fall should deny that labor has
been benefited by the Democratic tariff.
However, they can hardly deceive the
workmen whose wages have been in
creased, and who can buy more for
their money in consequence of the de-
creased cost of living.
Be —
——The town of Osceola Mille hav-
ing organized a Democratic club it
will not be out of order to look for
good work from that end when the
Clearfield county returns come in this
fall. Make your club an actiye, ag-
gressive organization for the advance-
ment of Democracy and let it not be-
come the cudgel of a clique. Centre
county Democrats intend to retrieve
their fallen ‘laureis and we hope our
friends in Clearfield have the same end
in view.’
A Short Presidential Campaign
A majority of the Republican na-
tional committee are said to be in fa-
vor of a short presidential campaign.
R. C. Kegs, the Missouri raember of
the committee, expresses this inclina-
tion by suggesting that the national
convention next year be held in Sep-
tember, which would shorten the cam-
paign to about two months, and save,
as he believes, a large amount of
money. :
Saving election expenses will be more
of an object with the Republicans than
it used to be, and probably it is on this
account that a short campaign is de-
sirable. When the manufacturers
were made to believe that a Republi-
can high tariff was necessary for their
business, to difficulty was experienced
in frying any amount of fat out of
them for-campaign purposes. Ia 1888
WANAMARKER went.among them with
his subscription paper and ina few
weeks raised four hundred thousand
dollars waich was handed over to QUAY
to be used in electing Harrisoy and
maintaining the Republican high tariff
policy. This, by the way, was before
Quay, as a reformer, had become
morally impressed with the (?) wicked-
ness of using money in politice, In
1892, the manufacturers again con-
tributed liberally to the Republican
campaign fund in order to eave the
McKINLEY tariff. With such vast re-
sources it made but little difference to
the managers how long the campaigns
lasted, as there was no lack of means
to meet all expenses.
But things are different now. A
year’s experience with a reduced Demo-
cratic tarift has taught the manufac-
turers that Republican “protection®’ is
not necessary for their prosperity. In
fact they have learned that it was only
an impediment to the general pros
perity of the country.
Under these changed circumstances
the Republican managerssee that they
are not likely to get much, if anything,
from the source that used to supply
them with the bulk ot their election
boodle, and hence they want a short
campaign that won't cost much money.
—————————
Dalzell as a Tariff Tinker.
That Congressman DALzELL i3 defi.
cient in common sense would appear
from what he says about reviving Moc-
KINLEYIsM at the next session of Con-
gress. He might probably be the next
chairman of the Ways and Means
committee, which would enable him
to give direction to tariff legislation,
but can he possibly be foolish enough
to begin tinkering in the McKINLEY
direction when the evidences of pros-
perity under a Democratic tariff are
presenting themselves on every hand ? |
He is represented as saying that the
wool tariff will have to be restored.
Won't Jory have a nice time in resus:
citating that relic of economic barbar-
ism ? The woolen manufacturers, who
are beginning to feel the benefits of a
free raw material, would want to run
him out of Congress, The people,
who are getting cheaper and better
clothing in consequence of free wonl,
would declare him a fit subject tor a
lunatic asylum. Even the political
shepherds of Ohio, for whose supposed
benefit the tariff was kept on wool,
won't back him when they see that
they are geiting just as good prices for
their wool, as under the McKINLEY
tariff, with the prospect of doing still
better when the woolen industry,
boomed by free wool, will require an
increased quantity of their own pro-
duct.
DavzeLr had better keep his hands
off the wool schedule. Free wool has
been put in the tariff law to stay.
Even if the Republicans in the next
Congress should be fools enough to
want to strike it out GROVER wouldn't
allow it.
——CoNGRESsMAN STONE evidently
wants to give the old boss a still more
interesting appearance as a reformer
by adding to it a reputation for early
piety. When he says that Senator
Quay’s only inheritance, as a poor
country lad, was “the example of his
Presbyterian father and the prayers
of his christian mother” one is led to
regret thatthe example and the pray-
ers failed to prevent that country lad
from developing into the crookedest
pelitician this country has ever pro-
duced.
The Meeting of the Democratic State
Convention.
The Democratic State convention,
which nominated six candidates for
judges of the superior court, a tribunal
created by the last Legislature, and al-
80 selected a candidate for State Treas-
urer, began in Williameport, on Wed-
nesday morning and concluded its
work the same evening. The conven-
tion abounded in exciting scenes. The
nominees are: For judges of the Su-
perior court, Judge Harman Yerkes,
of Bucks ; James S. Moorhead, West-
moreland ; Peter P. Smith, Lacka-
wanna; Charles H. Noyes, Warren ;
Judge O. P. Bechtel, Schuylkill, and
Judge Christopher Magee, of Alle-
gheny. For State Treasurer, ex-Con-
gressman B. F. Meyers, of Harrisburg,
There were seventeen candidates for
the judicial nominations and it took
Just three hours and twenty minutes to
select a half dozen of them. In addi-
tion, speeches placing these aspirants
before the convention occupied over
two hours. Mr. Meyers, who was
nominated by William M. Singerly, of
Philadelphia, the late gubernatorial
candidate, was chosen by acclama-
tion. On the first ballot for the judge-
hip nominations Yerkes, Moorhead,
Smith, Noyes and Bechtel were chosen,
each receiving more than the necessary
227 votes: After considerable trouble,
another ballot was taken to nominate
a sixth candidate and it resulted :
MAGEE NAMED ON SECOND BALLOT.
Magee, 170; Bower, 142; all of the
other candidates, with the exception of
Rose, announcing their withdrawl. As
many of the delegates left the hall af-
ter the announcement of the first bal-
lot, the chairman refusing to accept
the proxies of absent members, the
vote of neither Magee or Bower reach-
ed a majority of the convention, 227.
Chairman Garman, however, recog:
nized the selection of Magee, and de-
clared him to be the sixth nominee.
The full list of convention delegates
was 454. but there being a contest 1n
the First district of Philadelphia, the
committee on credentials seated only
four of the five delegates from that dis-
trict, making the total number of dele-
gates in attendance 453. Otherwise
the vote necessary toa choice would
have been 228, ‘The convention as-
sembled at 11:10 a. m., and adjourned,
sine die, at 8:22 p. m., the only infer- |
mission being a recess from 12:02 until
1:50 o'clock.
The Bellefonte delegation, kuown as
the “Bower Club” reached Williams-
in detachments, part of the people hav-
ing journeyed to the convention city on
Monday, others on Tuesday, and the
rest Wednesday morning. In all there
were over two hundred there to
boom our candidate, C. M. Bower,
Esq., and lis splendid showing has
been a source of great gratification to
his friends, thougB they would cer-
tainly have been more pleased had he
landed a winner. His popularity on
all sides was the talk of everyone.
Nearlv every. delegation present was
friendly to him and when Postmaster
Fortney arose to place him in nomina- -
tion the convention simply went wild.
It took chairman John M. Garman, of
Luzerne, fully five minutes to restore
order so that Mr. Fortney could pro-
ceed. He spoke as follows :
Mr: President and Gentlemen of the Convention :
In obedience to the command of my constit-
uents I come to present to you the name of a
man whom they hope, it will be your pleasure
to nominate as one of the candidates for Su-
perior Court Judge.
He comes from a region of the State noted
for its wealth, its great business industries,
its production of iron, coal, lumber, distin.
guished lawyers, great judges, United States
senators, governors and invincible Democrats.
[Cheers.]
He comes trom, and belongs to, a Bar which
at different periods in his history has been
presided over by such distinguished jurists as
Judge Charles Huston, Thomas Burnside and
George W. Woodward, each of whom in turn
became honored members of the Supreme
Court of our State. [ Cheers.]
He comes from a locality that, by reason of
the peculiar practice in suits of ejectment in
which the title to lands is to be determined
through the system and location of surveys
makes it highly important for the people to
have in this Court, at least, one Judge who is
not only thoroughly conversant with this
branch of the law but who has the knowledge
and experience which can only be acquired by
long years of hard work and actual practices
in the trial cases in which this branch of our
jurisprudence is involved.
Beside this, the candidate I present comes
from a section of the State which should by
all means have a candidate for this Court,
For a period of more than thirty years the
County he comes from has regularly given
good majorities for the Democratic ticket ;
and we have Clinton on the North and East,
Clearfield on the West, Mifflin and Juniata on
the South, all regularly giving Democratic
majorities, except in the general wreck of
1894. [Laughter] But the storm is past, the
skies are brightening, and in the great reviy-
al of our business and our industries, notwith-
standing the calamity howler, our Democracy,
has taken new life; and, if you but give usa
chance and stimulate us witha candidate, by
the “Ides” of November our majorities will be
larger than ever. [Prolonged appiause.]
There is, however, another reason why the
man whom I shall name should be nominated
for this Court, by this Convention.
The Republican party has made a distin-
guished citizen of our County. (an honored
member of that party,) one of its candidates
for this Court, and they have taken another
candidate from the adjoining County of
Coneluded on page 4.
Spawls from the Keystone.
—Lebanon County has 14,72) taxables
and a public debt of £51,725.
—Reading has 32 public schools, with
10,607 pupils and 235 teachers.
—Leaping froma pasenger train near
Scranton, John Kelly was killed.
—The 110th Regiment, P, V., will hold a
reunion st Hopewell on October 16th.
—In a freight wreck at Locust Dale
Thomas Chisholm, of Ashland, was kill.
ed.
—Judge Scott said at Easton Monday
that attempts were made to bribe grand
jurymen.
—A charter was granted to the Stras-
burg Water Company, of Lancaster, cap-
ital $5000.
—Henry C. W. Motz ‘was appointed de-
tective for Berks County by the District
Attorney.
—The Grand Home of the Brotherhood
Union, of Pennsylvania, has convened at
Harrisburg.
—Struck on the head by a bridge, brake-
man Frank B. Mall, of Reading, had his
neck broken.
—While bathing in Ridley Creek, at
Chester, Harvey Robinson, a colored lad,
was drowned.
—The Coroner’s jury at Hazleton decid -
ed that Peter Wischairge shot and killed
Michael Urban.
—The Pennsylvania Cavalry Veterans’
Association will hold its reunion at Ber-
wick on September 23.
—After hanging herself in the woods at
Wilkesbarre, Mary Filislum sereamesl for
help and was rescued.
—Captain Pearson S. Conrad, of the
First Regiment, Philadelphia, has been
placed on the retired list.
—Of15) bills of indictment the Schuyl-
kill County Grand Jury during the week
returned 106 as true bills.
—In a trolley collision at Pittsburg,
Thomas Gray, his wife and little daugh,
ter were seriously injured.
—Charles Davison’s pug dog bit 15 ether
dogs at Cambria, Luzerne County, and
all have been slaughtered.
—Asa finale to the Labor day celebra-
tion at Lebanon Junior American Me-
chanics gave a large banquet.
—Lehigh County Court has just dispos-
ed of a case where the defendant had
“made a face” at the plaintiff.
—Some of the largest canning opera -
tions for preserved fruits and vegetables
are located in Franklin county.
—A contract to build an enormous
sewer to a iin the city of Williamsport
has been awarded to a Mr. Guise.
—Rather than be prosecuted. for betray-
ing a girl, Sylvester Fritz, a Smithville
undertaker, shot and killed himself.
—Tyrone wants the free mail delivery
system. Fisk Conrad, the postmaster, is
exerting all his efforts to that effect.
—As he handled a revolver at Altoona,
David Shultzberger shot himself in the
mouth, inflicting a dangerous wound.
* —To the drought are attributed many
deaths of residents of lower Schuylkill
County, both young and old, who died of
aysentery. , ie
+ —The twenty-fourth annual State con:
vention of the Catholic Total Abstinence
Union, of Pennsylvania, is being held in
Pittston.
—Superintendent Alexander Hamilton,
of the Cambria Iron Company's roiling
mills at Johnstown, has resigned after 42
years of service.
—A large number of workmen who were
Quay supporters in the lower end of Lu-
zerne County have been discharged by a
leading coal company.
—Having fallen asleep while Stealing a
ride, Joseph Sweeney, a Philadelphia lad,
fell from a freight train near Shoemakers-
ville and was killed. .
—A big parade and speeches were the
attending ceremonies to the dedication
at a large public school building at
Tamaqua Saturday.
—The Epworth Leaguers of the Central
Pennsylvania conference will hold a con-
vention in Huntingauon on the 15th, 16th
and 17th of October.
—The body of the young man cut to
pieces on the railroad at Reading last
Sunday has been identified as Harry E.
Lewis, ot Harrisburg.
—The Mifliintown and Patterson elec:
tric light companies are increasing the
capacity of their plant to accommodate
the demands of customers. ?
—The funeral of Daniel S. Coxe, Eckley
B. Coxe’s nephew, who was killed at Drif-
ton on Friday, was held there at 1.15
o'clock Monday afternoon.
—Uncle Sam is stopping the sale of am.
brosia in Lancaster by those who have
not paid a Government tax. Jacob Bow-
man, of Monterey, was arrested.
—Juniata county had less business for
the quarter sessions court at the term
which began last Monday, than was ever
disposed of in September sittings.
—Secretary William Springer, of the
Window Glass Workers’ Association, at
Pittsburg, has resigned, and A.J. Smith,
of Muncie, Ind., has been elected his suce
cessor, >
—One hundred and twenty-five cases,
representing nearly every: crime from
murder down, are on the list for the Sep-
tember term of the Northumberland
county criminal court.
—The machinery for the new factory at
Williamsport has been purchased and
will be placed in position as soon as pos:
sible The plant will be one of the best
and largest in the state.
- —Mrs. Henry C. Curtin, of Pottsville,
administered landanum by mistake for
spiced rhubarb to her sitk babe, and the
patient slept and died before medical as-
sistance could be rendered. A
—Mrs. Ella Yeager, of Altoona was kill-
ed Tuesday afternoon by lightning during
a terrible storm in that place, while sit
ting in the house of Mrs. William Streigh-
tiff, where she was sewing.
—Peter Klinges, aged 9, son of D.
Klinges, a hotel keeper at Wilkesbarre
went swimming with a young companion.
The lad got beyond his depthand not Le*
ing able to swim was drowned.
—Less lumber for rafting purposes re-
mains in Clearfield county than in any
other portion of the state. That section
is about exhausted of those resources,
though there is still some excellent lum
ber left in the region.