OAR 35 Ss SSE OIRO eto
—Right at the partioular moment we
are feeling as though the hook worm bas
a book on ms.
—Pioking the Thanksgiving turkey ab
the markes iso's balf as bar@ a job as piok-
‘ing it at home.
~The TAFT junket is over and we
baven's yet seen many fiogers pointing to
the great good it did.
~The weather man has been acting very
much as theugh he intends to give us snow
when is really should be rain.
—80 poor Jom D. is still ssroggling !
What for, pray ? Since a public baving
pothiog left to give up but the hook worm
ought not to cause much of a struggle on
his part.
~The resuls of the last two yeas, lol
lowing the lapse of athletic relations, seams
to indicate that State bas permanently left
she olass of foot-ball teams to whioh Baok-
nell belongs.
—Thie édiot has gone out against rats in
the poblic schools of Philadelphia. This
does not mean that the rodents are to be
exterminated but that the girls must leave
them out of their hair.
~The fact that the treasurer of the
“Big Four’ was able to embeszle a clean
million dollars before he was caught looks
a little as though one rail-road corporation,
at least, needs an injection of modern busi-
ness methods,
—Mrs. JOHN JacuB ASTOR bas been
granted a divoroe which carries with is fil-
teen million dollars and the custody of her
daughter. That ought to be enough, bus
then you kuow those LEACHES were born
with gold spoons in their mouths.
—Dr. COOK, if he is a faker, is certainly
tbe smoothest one we have ever seen Op-
erate. What will is matter to him, after
be bas gathered in all the dough on bie
lectures, whether that Copenhagen society
deoides be found the pole or not.
—Wiat has become of the amendments ?
Twelve days have elapsed sinoe the eleo-
tion and she resuls of she vote on them is
not known yet. Can it be possible that
the machine made city returns are heing
held back with a view to padding them to
whatever extents may be necessary to over.
come the vote againet she amendments in
the country distriots.
—Hypnotism will receive a baokses
through the death of a subject at Somer
ville, N. J., on Monday might. Tae vio-
¢im bad been put into a state of total cata-
lepey from which the operator was unable
to arouse him. While a post mortem has
disclosed shat death was due to natural
causes it has resalted in bringing to pub-
lio attention the danger of permitting ama-
teurs and unskilled operators to practice
hypootism, and it should be followed up
with laws that will prevent the exercise of
hypnotic suggestions except in the pursuit
of scientific research.
—While in Philadelphia a few days ago
Col. W. FRED REYNOLDS submitted to an
interview for the Philadelphia Record and
as an outoome of it the Colonel is proolaim-
ed by the Record as “‘the Republican lead-
er and champion peach farmer of Centre
county.” While it is not our desire to
question either of these titles that the Col-
onel evidently modestly assumed to stand
up under yet we do feel a little curiosity
to know bow the Hon. BARCLAY, of Sin-
pamaboning, will negotiate with the Col-
onel when it comes to getting Centre coun-
ty’s endorsement for his third try for Con-
gress. You kuow that the Colonel is being
groomed for that place by some of his liea-
tenants and a private or two.
—The Republica seems to be working
itsell into a veritable spasm because some
Republicans in Centre county voted for the
Hon. C. LaRue Muxsox for Sapreme
Court Justice. What if they did, that
isn’t going to make Pennsylvavia a Demo-
oratio State. Though we fancy that the
Republicans who had the interests of the
State so much at heart that they preferred
to support Mr. MUNSON to that corrapt
Philadelphia gang’s candidate would not
feel badly if Pennsylvania were to go Dem.
ooratio once in a while. They are of the
olass who hold government above partisan.
ship and would far. rather see a good Dem-
oorat eleoted to office once in a while than
to continue having their Republican prin-
ciples traduced by a orowd of crooked
gralters who have no farther interest in
elections than to eeoure plunder for them-
selves and their henchmen.
—No sooner has labor found itself with
plenty of employment than it talks of
strikes for higher wages. While the time
seems most inopportune there is no contro.
verting the fact that labor will have to
bave higher wagee if it hopes to subsist.
The orying need of the country jast now is
an economic adjustment whereby the great
disparity between the price of necessities
and wagesmay be equalized. Conditions
slmost convince us thas food stuffs will
never be materially lower ia price than
they are now and if this should prove to
be the case labor must either receive a
higher wage or starve. PAYNE and Arn.
DRICH tarifl measures, Central bauks, and
presidential junkets through the comamy
will nos help the situation. It is a condi.
tion, not a theory thas coufronts the Amer-
ioan laboring man, when he bas to pay
present prices for meat and groceries and
finds that his pay envelope is no fuller
than it was when all the things he eats
and wears were swenty-five per cent. lower
in cost.
The insincerity of the pretense that Re-
publicans in this State favor a pon-parti-
san judiciary wes strikingly revealed in
the campaign which has just olosed.
olose observer has been deceived by this
false pretense in recent years, for one inoi-
dent alter another has intervened to dis-
olose she truth. In Philadelpbis and
Pittsborg the Democrats bave refrained
from making nominations for the beoch
except in such cases as two vacancies ab
onoe when respeot for the spirit of the oon-
stitution required the naming of a csvdi-
dste. Four years ago the Democrats nom-
inated Justice JOHN STEWART, a Republi-
can, as their candidate for Justice of the
Supreme cours, and have never regretted
the fact. But the Republicans never man-
ifest she same liberality for they invariably
nominate partisan candidates, whether the
sitting judge whose term is about to expize
be a Democrat or Republican.
In the recent campaign judicial vacan-
cies were filled in Allegheny, Armstrong
Berks, Chester, Fayette and Westmoreland
counties. Io all except two of these, Alle-
gheny and Armstrong counties, the judges
whose seats are to be filled are Demoorate.
In Berks county, it is true, the Governor
had appointed a Republican to fill a vacan-
oy caused by the death of a Demoorat who
had been elected by the people, and the
constituency being everwhelmingly Demo-
oratio, the party properly nominated two
candidates sud elected them. In Arm-
strong county public sentiment was 80 ap-
parently against the re-election of Judge
PATTON that the Demoorats felt isa civio
duty to nominate a candidate against bim.
Bat in Allegheny ocoanty, the ouly other
county in which a Republican incumbent's
term was about to expire, she Democrats
made no nomination and supported for re-
election the Repnhlican nominee.
In Berks county Judge ENDLICH was
opposed for re-election though his jadiocial
record is unassailable. In Cheater connty
Judge HEMPHILL, who bad twice before
been elected on a mnoo-pariisan platlorm
aod enjoys a reputation for judicial fair-
ness and ability that might be envied by
soy jurist, was bisterly fought by the Re-
publican mackine in the interest of a parti-
san candidate. Ia Fayette county Judge
UMBLE, who is completing a ten year's
gervioe of rare merit on the bench, was
fought with all the bitterness that partisan
rancor could command and in Westmore-
land county Judge Dory, who is complet:
ing twenty years of distinguished service
on the bench, was opposed with equal earn-
estuess to the end that partisanship might
be enthroned in the courts of that county
whioh already has two Republican Judges.
These facts settle the question of a noo-
partisan judiciary so far as the Republican
party can fix it.
——————————
An Unenviable Distinction.
It ie of record that upwards of 40,000
Philadelphia voters were ‘‘assisted’’ at the
recent elestion. There may have been ten
or twenty thousand more than that num-
ber of voters in that city who took persons
into the booth with them to mark their
ballots or see that they were marked as the
machine wanted them to be, of whom no
record was made. Watchers can’t be every
place at one time and the chances are that
a considerable number of the ‘‘assisted’
voters escaped notice. In any event it is
agreed that upwards of 40,000 bribed voters
participated in the election in that oity
and voted the machine ticket. That num-
ber about equals the majority received by
RoraN for District Attoraey.
This fact bestows upon the Republican
machine candidate for District Attorney in
Philadelphia a rare distinction. He was
nominated, according to the best evidence
attainable, as the June primaries, by stuf-
fing the ballot boxes in his interest. At
least it was oharged that some three huo-
dred or more ballot boxes had been stuffed
in his interest and when is was proposed to
open the boxes by judicial process, for the
purpose of discovering ‘She truth, the ma-
chine nearly went into conniption file in
its soxiety to avert that operation. If
those concerned badn’s known that the ao-
ousation was true, they would bave
promptly consented to the opening of the
boxes for investigation. But they exhaust-
ed every legal expedient to prevent the ex-
amination,
Therefore Me. ROTAN ie a public official,
or will be when bis nexs term begins, who
was nominated by stuffed ballot boxes and
elected by bribed voters. These facts do
not convey the sort of notoriety that pro.
vokes the envy of honest men and decent
citizens. In fact is is a sale proposition
shat no self: respecting citizen would acoept
office, the title to which was tainted in
that way. Bat Mr. Rorax is not likely
to be bothered any with companotions of
conscience, He probably reasons that no
man of oharaoter and integrity will acoeps
any nomination from the Philadelpbia Re-
publican maphine for it is so completely
saturated with vice and crime that any fa-
vor it confers is tainted. Therefore he is
no worse than the rest.
rm 11 a | S| SAM RT PT SHA
spawis from the Keystone,
—A trustees’ sale of the property of the
Pittsburg Industrial iron works which is lo
cated at West Huntingdon, brought $10,000.
—Rankin Edwarde, a respected farmer
seventy years old, was shot and instantly
killed Tuesday night at his home near
Muncy, by Eilis Deeter, a quarryman.
~Twenty- two thousand, seven hundred,
forty-three tons of coal were transported over
the Huntingdon and Broad Top railroad
STATE RIGHTS AN
Senator SHELBY CurwoM, of Illinois,
gives the managers of his party » hint that
is sigoificans. The Illinois Senator is a
veteran politician. He bas been in con-
tinnous service in the Senate for nearly
thirty years aod served some time in the
House of Representatives, in Washington,
before going to the Senate. He imagines
that he looks something like LINCOLN and
is as onnniog as a fox. He is among those
who have freely used the colored voters by
appealing to sheir ignorance and supersti-
tious, bat now that is seems their help is
no longer needed, he is willing to sacrifice
them.
Senator CULLOM discerns the fact that
the Republican party can no longer depend
upon the “solid” North for party viotories.
With almost any other candidate than the
distinguished gentleman who was nominat-
ed by the Denver convention, the vote of
Northern States would have been split in
two in the clection of 1908. Iu the eleo-
tion of 1912 the Middle West and moet of
the Middle Northern States are practically
certain to vote for the Democratic candi:
date and the Republican party must look
to the Sonth for support to give it even a
fighting chance for the election. It is for
this reason that President TAFT is working
#80 desperately to break up the solid Dem-
oocraoy in the Eounth.
Under these conditions Senator CULLOM,
of Illinois, comes forward with the sugges-
tion that his party offer the negroesasa
saorifice. In other words be proposes tha®
his party take the ioitiative in a move-
mens to disfranchise the negroes both in
the North and she South for the reason, as
he states is, that in the event of the elimi.
pation of the colored vote from the political
equation some of the Southern States could
The protective sentiment has heen growing
among the selfish element in the South and
Mr. CuLLOM imagines that if the danger of
negro domination were removed some of
those States would vote the Republican
ticket.
The chances are that the Illinois veteran
is mistaken in this conjeotare but even if
be is accurate in his judgment his party
would derive no advantage and get nothing
for its treachery but popular contempt.
Louisizoa and Georgia might possibly vote
with the Repablicane on she tariff question
but the obange of action on the negro
question would work such disaster
to his party in the North, thas the gain in
the South would be no benefis. The negro
vote is the balance of power in Pennsylva-
nia, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and a
dozen other Northern States and without
is the Republican party would be helpless.
Roosevelt Shicids the Sugar Trust,
The iniguitien of the Sugar trast are now
coming into pablic notice. Of is the New
York World says:
“Through sworn testimony taken in
cours, in legislative and congressional
investigations and in other prooeed-
ings,” it i* shown to have been guilty
of “bringing political committees,
seeking to influence United States Sen-
ators by stock tips, accepting rebates
in violation of the Interstate Commerce
law, stealing from the United States
government through weighiog frauds,
conspiring to rain independent sugar
relives Violating Bie SHERMAN ask.
aw, ng short-weighs scales,
blacklisting grocers who handle inde:
pendent sugar, importing cheap con-
tract labor and viclating factory and
health laws.”
All these offences against the law were
perpetrated during the entire period of the
first ROOSEVELT administration and nearly
two years of his eecond term. In ample
time to have prosecuted and punished those
responsible for these offences against the
laws of the land President RoosEVELT and
his Attorney General were informed of all
the facts. Mr. EARLE, receiver of one of
the refineries which bad been ruined by
the truss, begged both the President and
bis absurd Attorney General to prosecute
the truss magoates and save the share-
holders in the concorn viotimized from
tarther suffering. But po prosecutions
were undertaken until after the statute of
limitation bad run and immunity for the
‘‘male-factors of great wealth” was thus
The reason for this official delinquency
is well known. The Sugar trust bad con-
tributed liberally to the ROOSEVELT cam-
paign of 1904 under an implied if not ao-
tual agreement that it would be permitted
| to rob the publi in viclation of the law
until reimbarsement was complete. It
was part of the work performed by Comr-
TELYOU,as chairman of the Republican Na-
tional committee, and it stamps THEODORE
ROOSEVELT as the most unconscionable
grafter who has ever disgraced the public
life of this country.
re
—1% wae Senator 818s0N's efforts and
influence, possibly—more than those of
suy other individual, that defeated the
soldiers State Pension bill. And yet at the
recent election he was given
joie
i Mg gg i of
endorsed his opposition to shat ey
be beguiled over to the Republican party.
D FEDERAL UNION.
Beform Leaders to Blame.
Tbe so-called reformers of Philadelphia
| are blamahble for many blunders but itisa
question whether they should be censured
or pitied. That they are themselves to
blame for most of their disappointments is
true. They proceed on sach silly lines
thas she ohances are they are they would
be defeated if they were ten times as strong
as they are. Bas itis pot because they
want to be defeated. On the contrary we
believe shat they are ae sincerely anxious
to win as it is possible tn be and thas the
reason they make such exregiouns blunders
is because they don’t know any better. It
it were a matter of lradirg a german or
planning a cotillion they would probably
be all right.
In the recent campaign, for example,
they strengthened the machine immeasure-
ably on local issues by relieviog the Re-
publicans of all danger -of defeat on the
State ticket. No party ever nominated as
noworthy a ticket for State offices as that
of the Republican machine. Bat for the
reason shat the reformers in Philadelphia
refused to fight these exeorable candidates,
the machine io Philadelphia felt thas it | P'
was safe and not only diverted all the
money they could command but all the
energy they oconld acquire, toward the
election of she focal tickets. Hall a million
dollars raised throughout the State were
expended in Philadelphia, whereas if the
Philadelphia reformers had fought the ma-
obine State ticket enough money would
bave been spent in other parts of the State
to make the result on the Philadelphia
tiokes a matter of doubt.
Four years ago the reformers in Phila:
delphia set ont to conduct the same sors of
a campaign as thas of this year but a few
practical politicians who bad gone into the
movement for revenue, probably, prevailed
on them to change the plans. The result
was a diffasion of energies and effort and
the machine lost both in the oity aod
Stata. CI course the election of a machine
District Attorney in Philadelphia is imporé-
ant to the gang. Bas the election of ma-
chine men for Auditor General and State
Treasurer is ofjinfinitely greater importance
and if the entire reform force hadn't been
affligted with paresis, Shey would bave
divided the forces this year as they did in
1905 and defeated the machine candidates
local and State se they did in shat in-
stance.
The Constitutional Amendments,
The resalt of the vote on the constita-
tional amendments is involved in doubt.
The moss objectionable of the lot, the one
whioh contemplated the abdication of all
oiwil power hy the people, is probably
beaten for the reason that)ithe majority
against it was so great that it couldn't be
altered by false counting. It is more than
probable that the others were defeated, also
but the computation of the vote has been
held back in Philadelphia and a few other
places for the palpable parpose of chang:
ing the resalt. The machine isanxious to
ourtail the power of the people and its
managers imagine that thejadoption of the
amendments will promote that sinister re-
salt.
On the night of the election the Associat-
ed Press, as sourvy an instrument of the
PENROSE machine as can be imagined, an-
nounced that the amendments were adopt-
ed by a large majority. Obviously ‘“‘the
wish was father to the thought,” for every
intelligent observer of events knew that
public sentiment was so decidedly against
the amendments that if they were adopted
at all, it muss be by a close margin. But
the Philadelphia agent of the Associated
Press, learned in the school which teaches
ite pupils to “claim everything’ promptly
“sipped the wink’ by a bogus dispatch,
claiming that the amendments were adopt-
ed. The actual return: whenever they
were made promptly, flatly contradicted
the olaim, however.
As a matter of fact the amend ments were
all defeated though some of them may be
counted in. One or two of them bad suffi-
cient merit to make the question of their
adoption debatable. That is to say there
is some reason for the opinion that; we bave
too many elections and some sense in the
proposition that uniformity in the tenure
of the various offices might be of public
advantage. But these propositions were
simply masks for the major iniquity which
proposed to take trom the people the great- | io accommodate both ped
teams and all other kinds of ordinary pub-
lio travel, paying the entire cost of con-
est of all their constitutional rights, thas
of selecting their own election officers.
Happily this great evil has been averted
because the proposition has been beaten so
badly that it can’s be reversed by [alee
counts or frandulent returns.
——A majority of over 1200 agatost the
Philadelphia gaog’s candidate for Supreme
Court Judge in Centre county, pats the cur
ious hereaboute to wondering whether the
effusive praise of that nominee by the new
editor of the Republican, who aspires to be
the boss of his party, or the disgruntled
of | and jealous silence, as to his fitness, exhib-
ited by the editor of the Gasetle, who
thinks he is the boss, bad moss to do with
the result.
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during the week ending October 30th, This
is a decrease of 1,143 tons.
~—Raymond Patterson, of Clearfield, whe
was injured in an explosion in the State Col~
lege chemical laboratory when he was make
ing a test, will retain the sight of his left
eye but may lose that of his right.
—It is thought by those interested in the
company that the Fitzpatrick glass plant, at
DuBois, will be put into operation this win-
_ | ter. All the machinery has been removed
ment | 80d the works will be run on a hand basis in
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must support anything that
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professing no
is trae that the obaoge
that might shook that
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unless we are on the right track the
progress may only mean the greater danger.
How to Get Rid of Weeds.
From Harper's Weakly.
Io view of the presens prices of food pro-
doots and the oatlook for the ar
the A
of the
for
er, but is will make a deligh
tender and wholesome. The
the dandelion in this
pow well koown., Wild
obarlook, another bane of the
a delicious flavor to soup, as will
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He is
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the senator rather
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times warrant she doing of some ate
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common weeds are table ose.
Wild chicory is bitterly hated by the farm-
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the future.
—~Fifty thousand dollars’ property loss
was caused by a freight wreck near Strouds-
burg, on the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western railroad. There were sixteen cars
in the wreck, which was the result of a side~
swipe in a cut.
~Thirty looms have been installed to date
in the Susquebanna silk mill at Lewistown
and operations are expected to begin inside
the next two weeks. A large number of
operatives will be employed, with promise of
permanent work,
—One thousand dollars’ reward has been
offered by the Ohio Oil company for the ar-
rest and conviction of the person or persons
who blew up with dynamite the pipe line of
the company on the night of October 9th on
the Webster Curfman farm, in Cass town-
ship, Huatingdon county.
—Dodds & Day, of Philadelphia, have
progressed almost to completion in the line
of steel towers that will carry the heavily
charged wires of the Lewistown Light, Heat
and Power company from the Warrior Ridge
ago” | power plant to Lewistown. The line is ex-
of Andrew Jackson,”
of either, but she forse of
suoh lessons may not be entirely lost. If is
pected to be in operation in fifteen days.
—One hundred and sixty two persons are
already on the payrolls of the Whitmer
Steele saw mill at Hawk Ran, Clearfield
county, which will soon begin work. There
will be more added when the plant is in
actual operation. From this it will be seen
the new concern will bring prosperity in that
section of the State,
—Samuel Lowry lost a pocketbook con-
taining $68 in money and a check for the
same amount in the woods near Lock Haven.
Fred W. Swope found the wallet and return-
ed it to the owner,tracing him through news-
paper advertisements. Before the money
was found a heavy lumber wagon had pass
ed over one end of it. Lowry is the general
superintendent of the Kistler, Lesh & Co.,
tanneries.
~After being closed two weeks on account
of an epidemic of scarlet fever, the Glen
Campbell, Indiana county, schools will re-
" | open this week. There have been sixty
ing. tne place of bay leaves | cass of the disease in the town this fall but
sage, thyme ig the place of b weeds are | Done bas proved fatal. How the epidemic
astonishingly hatd to discourage, s6 in|started is a mystery, Itis thought that some
Europe use botb the broad-lesfed of the children remained in school after they
ourly- varieties as table vegetables. | had contracted the disease. The danger is
Nettles are mach use in Scotland, Poland
and Germany so greens when young and
n is boiled with other veg-
etables to give thedish a piquant flavor.
Sorrel is looked upon as a great pest by
moss farmers, but choice leaves picked
from sorrel ‘weeds’ make a splendid sal-
tender. Pars
ad for a game dinner. Most people th
milkweed poisonous, but is is, infact, a
medicinal vegetable with flavor all
own. The young leaves seem a oross
tween spinach and asparagus, and ina
salad are delisions.
President Taft's Sueer at Oklahoma,
From the Chicago Public.
In view of his judicial
alleged knowledge of the
ernment and bis
into the v
tions, Pi
training,
ential while to explain the d
of the Oklahoma constitution—to ea
definite bill of complaint. Still, one n
not marvel! that the president who praises
Aldrich as an unselfish statesman, and the
Talt-Aldrich- Payne tariff law as a good
law, stands io Arizona and throws a brick
at the people of Oklahoma because they
knowingly adopted a oonstitation that
enables them to govern themselves.
An Insurgent Who Insurges.
From the Portiand Journal,
neiples of gov-
ability to look
marrow of great public ques-
ent Taft should not bave con-
teated bimeelf with throwing an epithes at
the Oklahoma constitution when he spoke
at Phoenix, Arizona. It was worth the
now about over,
~All the Juniata valley, including Hunt.
ingdon, Mifflin and Juniata counties, is to be
embraced in a big charity combine the ob
ject of which will be to support the Hunt-
ingdon orphan asylum. Five thousand peo-
ple are to be organized and $1 a year is to
be asked from each one. Professor Emmert,
the head of the orphan asylum, is the origina.
tor of the idea. The proposition was launch.
ed at the meeting of the brotherhood com.
nected with the Methodist Episcopal church,
—Santon Grace, imprisoned in the Ebena~
burg jail for alleged complicity in the hold.
up at Portage when the paymaster of the
Puritan mines, Patrick F. Campbell, was in-
jured and his driver, Charles Hayes, was
killed, is alleged to have made a written con.
fession saying that he and three other Italians
made the plot which included the killing of
both men if necessary. The original plans
miscarried. He says the affair was postpond
then and he bad nothing to do with the
actual robbery and killing.
—In an official statement issued from the
executive department at Harrisburg, Attor.
ney General Tood makes these allotments of
the reward of $15,000 offered by the State for
the apprehension and conviction of the party
or parties who abducted Willie Whitla':
Patrick O'Reilly, Cleveland, O., $5,000; Wm.
H. Hunley, Cleveland, O., $2000; T. C-
Cochran Esq., Mercer, Pa., $500; Q. A. Gor-
its
be-
his
eed
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Senator Bristow of Kansas has the coar- don Eiq., Mercer, Pa., $500 Martin; Crain,
age of his convictions. His insurgency is
not a mere feint or pretense. He does
profess one thing and
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ous of iw ided
Thanksgiving day, November 25th. Pager
bags will be distributed in due time and
everything in the way of provisions, sup-
plies and linen will be appreciated. Money
to help complete the new bailding is aleo
badly needed and liberal contributions in
cash would come in bandy at this time,
practioe another.
He does vot say the Republican leaders
are wrong sud then sapport them or men
who will support them. In the coming
campaign be wili take the stump in Kan-
ican nominees who
sup-
Sharon, Pa., $100; pension fund, Cleveland
police depariment, $6,900. Total, $15,000.
—Proxies are being solicited from the
stockholders in the Citizens’ Light, Heat
and Power compauy, at Johnstown, who
cannot be present at a meeting when the
business that comes up will have to do with
the proposed merger of the light, heat and
power interests of Johnstown. The merger
may be completed, but if it does the company
will take a risk, as court proceedings are
now on to prevent the combine. Action
will be taken on the proposed increase of the
indebtedness of the merged company from
$555,000 to $3,555,000.
—Much interest is being manifested in
cross suits being heard at Ebensburg by a
board of arbitrators. It is between the Cam-
bria Lumber company, of Kaylor Station,
and Hugh I. Noel, who had contracted with
the company to cut lumber, haul it to the
mill and then take the cut lumber to the
station and pile it. He did not take it to the
station, alleging the water was too bad. The
company refused to pay the full contract
price aud Noel sued for $1.700. The com,
pany then instituted suit for between $4,000
and $5,000 for damage to the lumber.
—As the result of the shooting of the
Gummo oil well in Bald Eagle township.
Clinton county, the expected oil was not
found. One hundred and eighty-nine pounds
of nitro glycerine were put into a tubs that
extended into the earth forty-five feet and
the charge was shot off by a professions
shooter. Thare were a namber of Lock Hay
en business men interested in the affaiy
Much disappointment is felt over the failure,
as it is said that oil lies under the ground iu
that section. The failure may bave the ef-
fect of causing no more wells to be shot in
that township,
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