—Anyway the bow-legged girl couldn't
very well adopt the hobble skirt.
—The VANDERBILT cup races might
prove a very beneficent event if only
certain kinds of individuals were per-
mitted to drive automobiles in it.
—It is estimated that the total number
of pigs in the world is one hundred and
fifty million. Of course only the four-
legged kind are counted in this estimate.
—Mr. BRYAN will stump Uncle JoE
CANNONS congressional district against
him. This will be harder on the old man
than if the Colonel, himself, were to doit.
—Such a fair day as yesterday will
probably not happen again in the life
time of anyone of us. Nothing more ideal
could have been imagined for an October
day.
—And the Democrats carried Georgia
on Wednesday by seventy-five thousand.
It was so easy because there was no oth-
er ticket in the field. Oh, for a Centre
county Georgia!
—The refusal of Governor HASKELL, of
Oklahoma, to attend the ROOSEVELT
reception at Little Rock will probably be
read with much pleasure by Senator
LORIMER, of Illinois.
—Tomorrow will be the last day on
which you can be registered if you want
to vote in November. An important elec-
tion is coming. See that you are quali-
fied to take your part in it.
—Would there be any need of a “new
nationalism" if the old were not so be-
fogged and incapacitated by restrictive
legislation and rendered lifeless by officials
who pervert rather than conserve it.
—The Sultan of Sulu has fourteen
wives and he is over here telling us that
one is enough. He might have brought
the fourteen along so that the inquisitive
ones might have had a look at the one.
—Pineapples that sold in the Philip-
pines at less than a cent apiece before
the American invasion now command
double their former price. Beat us
Americans, if you can, at puttin’ things
up.
—The further candidate WILSON pro-
ceeds with his campaign in New Jersey
the more the public becomes convinced
that the light of the most adroit politician
ever has been hid beneath the books of
Princeton.
—It is quite evident that those nine
eminently respectable and aristocratic
Republicans of Philadelphia who invited
both GRiM and BERRY to take themselves
out of the running are impressed far more
with their own importance than any one
else is.
—The Colonel is to deliver two lectures
on “Peace at Harvard" during the fall
and the probabilities are strong that he
will jump right down off the platform and
lick the stuffin’ out of any of the students
who make an unseemly noise while he
is doing it.
—The Democrats of New York have
placed a splendid ticket in the field and,
already, a clean sweep of the Empire
State is predicted. Is Pennsylvania to
remain corrupt and contented with her
rotten machine. If you are not for that
vote for GRIM.
—Dr. STEWART, of Clearfield, our nom-
inee for Senator was in town yesterday
making friends who will ultimately be
voters for him. Dr. STEWART is so clean
cut and so eminently qualified that his
personality is at once impressed upon
those who meet him.
—If you can point to any better admin-
istrations that this State has had since
the war than Governor PATTISON'S we
would like to know of them. They were
the only times the Democrats have been
in control in all those years. Wouldn't
you like to try another. Vote for GRIM.
—Wonder whom President TAFT might
have had in mind when he said: “Gov-
ernment is a serious business, to be car-
ried on with prudence, reason and justice
and not upon emotional impulse.” Can
you see a clipping of this sentiment lying
on a certain desk in the Outlook editorial
rooms?
—Major Gen. FREDERICK DENT GRANT
is in favor of passing 2 law that will em-
power the government to draft all auto-
mobiles in time of war. Fine! I can
just see that old green wonder of mine
sailin’ up some hill like San Juan on the
high, carrying half a regiment of soldiers
and makin’ such a devilish noise that the
enemy would break and run at the very
nerve of it.
—On Sunday prayers were being offer-
ed for rain in York county. All this
week certain gentlemen we know of have
been praying that it wouldn't rain. We
haven't heard of the answer to the York
county prayers, but we know what it did
to the Centre county fair, so we come to
our own conclusion as to the weight the
supplications the certain gentlemen re-
ferred to have.
—Mr. Scawae blew that Chinese Prince
off so hard that the soul went sick
on his hands; then got him to
Sign com ract for two battleships to cost
million dollars and a special
train to jerk nim back to San Francisco
and him on a boat
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
I —— —_———
Justice for Senator Grim.
'
No eulogy that has been or canbe pub-
lished of Wooprow WILSON, the Demo-
Grim's Magnificent Answer.
Senator GRIM'S reply to the Philadel-
phia gentlemen who had appealed to him
and to Mr. BERRY to withdraw from the
Dickinson and Berry.
Easily the forensic feature of the Al-
lentown convention was the speech of O.
BELLEFONTE, PA. OCTOBER 7, 1910.
respective tickets upon which they are
candidates for Governor in order that a
ticket might be named upon which the
supporters of both could unite, is char-
acteristic, forceful and admirable. It
frankly states the facts in relation to the
receipt and disposition of the letter. It
was received by Mr. GRIM on his return
to his home in Doylestown on Friday
evening, and though not addressed to the
executive committee of his party, it was
submitted to that committee, at a meet-
ing held next day though called some
days before it was written. That com-
mittee alone is vested with authority to
fill vacancies on the Democratic ticket
and if Mr. Grim had withdrawn, it would
have been obliged to name his successor.
Therefore it was rightand proper for him
to refer the subject to the committee and
unselfish and patriotic in him to say, in
referring it, that he would abide by the
judgment of the body.
Mr. GRIMS letter is in excellent temper,
though a trifle of irritability might have
been justified under the circumstances.
For example we all know that the nine
excellent gentlemen whose names are
signed to the letter are not now and never
sey, is fulsome. He deserves every sylla- | ing to the convention the name of WiL-
ble of praise that has been bestowed up- |
on him. He is as well equipped as any
man in the United States for the office to
which he aspires and would adorn even
the greatest office in the gift of the peo-|
ple of the United States. Moreover he is |
a Democrat through and through. He
understands the philosophy of JEFFER-
soN and believes in the policies of TiL-
pEN. He is worthy of all the commenda-
tion he has received.
But at that the Democrats of New Jer-
sey have nothing on the party in Penn-
sylvania. The nominee of the party in|
this State for Governor is equally deserv-
ing of approval. Dr. WiLsON is making
admirable speeches in the campaign and
so is Senator GRIM. Dr. WiLsoN talks |
Democracy and so does Senator GRIM.
Dr. WILSON is an ideal citizen in public
and private affairs and so is Senator
GRIM whose life is worthy of emulation
and challenges admiration. We cannot
understand, therefore, why Pennsylvania |
newspapers should praise Dr. WILSON |
| bonds of friendship and the kinship of a
LiaM H. BeErrY. There were a good |
many good speeches in that convention.
The address of JosepH P. CULLEN,
porary president of the body, was a
sic. The phillipic of Hon. JoUN G.
MAN, permanent president, was a
The speech of Mr O'BRIEN, of Scranton,
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gem.
eloguent and able. But it is not invidi-
ous to say that the speech of Mr. DICk-
INSON was the most forceful, logical and
effective of all. -
Mr. DickinsoN lives in Chester, Dela-
ware county, and is a neighbor and per-
sonal friend of Mr. BERRY. He was in-
spired in his convention speech by the
common purpose to promote civic im-
provement. He believed in the integrity
of Mr. BERRY’S character and life and in
the sincerity of his professions of unself-
ishness in public affairs and gave him
such support in his aspirations as such
high impulses only can inspire. But Mr.
DICKINSON believes that Mr. BERRY had
have been active in State politics and the and denounce Senator GRIM or give space ' a just opportunity and fair chance in the
gentlemen who solicited and procured generously to one of these splendid can- Allentown convention and having failed
their signatures has been and still is an | dates and scant recognition to the other. | to secure the nomination is in honor and
active partisan in the Keystone move- It doesn’t seem consistent. i
ment. The gentlemen have participated As a matter of fact Dr. Wooprow WiL-
in local movements against the Philadel- SON, of New Jersey, and Senator WEs-
phia Republican machine, but they have STER GRIM, of Pennsylvania, are men of
infinitely more interest in the election of | very much the same type and calibre.
Republican Congressmen than they have They represent the rejuvenated Democra-
in projecting the spirit of righteousness | cy just as Governor HARMAN, of Ohio,
into the State administration in Harris- | Mayor GAYNOR, of New York, Judge
burg. In other words these excellent BuckLEY, of Connecticut, and JOHN A.
citizens of Philadelphia are beneficiaries Dix, Democratic candidate for Governor
of tariff legislation and might readily lend | of New York, represent that element in
themselves to an enterprise that would the electorate. Therefore we have no
demoralize the progress of a campaign quarrel with the eulogists of WILSON,
which promises to make a material change ' HARMAN and the others but insist that
in morals bound to abide by the action
of the convention. He has no excuse for
bolting the ticket nominated.
At a meeting of Democrats of Dela-
ware county held in the interest of WEB-
STER GRIM, at Media, last Saturday even-
ing, O. B. DICKINSON, the eloquent orator
of the Allentown convention, was one of
the speakers and he was as forceful and
efficient in pleading for votes for GRIM at
the polls in November as he was in im-
portuning support for Mr. BERRY in the
convention. He participated in the con-
| vention and closely observed its move-
in the political complexion of the Penn-
sylvania delegation in the next Congress,
and the Keystone managers are not above
employing “cat’'s-paws to pull chestnuts
But Ms. Sais reve
But Mr. reveals no suspicion on
that score and no resentment. He recites |
the action of the Democratic executive
committee. He points out the fact that
the able, conscientious, courageous and ments and work. He is a lawyer of keen
' consistently Democratic Senator GRIM be intellect and analytical mind as well as | the party
given a just share of praise or at least a judicial temperament, and if there had and
' fair measure of recognition by the news- been any unfair methods employed in be-
| papers of Pennsylvania. :
Er them. But there were none and he is
Either Pool or Brave. supporting the ticket as all Democrats
In his speech at the banquet of the should.
; National League of Republican clubs, in
“ult of Crim, he would have discovered | f,
A Dangerous Combination.
in the judgment of the committee it iS New York, the other night, President
“too late in the campaign to arrange the | Taopr “ridiculed the assertion of the |
fusion along the lines proposed,” and that ' Democrats that $300,000,000 would be
in the opinion of members of the com-'gayed in national expenditures each year |
THEODORE ROOSEVELT have joined hands
mittee “Mr. BERRY should show his sin- | if that party were placed in power, ac- | in support of ROOSEVELT'S ticket in New
cerity by withdrawing from the Keystone | cording to the Associated Press.” In this | York and it may be said that demagogy
WiLLiAM RANpoLPH HEARST and
movement, particularly in view of the
fact that his candidacy offers no hope of
success and by dividing the Democratic
vote is indirectly contributing to the suc-
cess of Mr. TENER.” He reminds the
gentlemen that the Democrats supported
an Independent Republican four years
ago and that there is no reason why the
authors of the letter should not join the
| matter, however, the President “is in has found its lowest level. ROOSEVELT
wrong.” It wasn't the Democrats or even |
a Democrat who made the assertion that |
| the expenditures are $300,000,000 in ex- |
cess of what they ought to be. Senator |
| NeELsoN W. ALDRICH, of Rhode Island,
' Republican leader in Congress and “guide, |
philosopher and friend” of President TAFT, |
| made that statement in a speech on the
Democrats now in the support of the
Democratic candidates, who, in the opin- |
ion of the committee “are as honest and | jess than a year ago, President TAFT de-
capable as any that could be selected.” cared that Senator ALDRICH is the best
Finally Mr. GRiM declares, wisely and | informed and best equipped statesman in
properly, that the conclusions of the com- | the public service of the country. If that
mittee, rather than his own desires,should | pe true Mr. ALDRICH'S statement con-
prevail. . : : | cerning the criminal profiigacy of the ad-
Mr. GRiu is not insensible of the perils | ministration of the government should
which his action invites. He is “not un- po he made the subject of ridicule. If it
mindful of the criticisms and insinuations jg not true the President tried deliberate-
that may be made in certain quarters.” jy to deceive the people in uttering it. In
But conscious of the rectitude of his OWN | either case the President is either a fool
purposes and confident of the honesty of ',. . knave and we leave it to him to
his title to the nomination, he courage. | determine which horn of the dilemma he
ously and manfully asserts his rights and prefers to be impaled upon. He cannot
maintains the honor of his party. In this escape both or evade by the smile that is
he presents a magnificent example of the ,, jonger as enduring as it used to be.
best type of citizenship and earns not: aq a matter of fact, however, ALDRICH
only the profound respect but the earnest (aq right in his estimate of the excessive
support of every Democrat in the Com- | expenditures. Ever since the elevation
floor of the Senate.
In a speech delivered in New England,
monwealth and every citizen who stands | ¢ ROOSEVELT to the Presidency the ex- |
for political integrity and civic righteous® | pondity es have been multiplying and
ness. | though TAFT has been introducing pic-
Schofield Will Run Independent.
selected as his candidate a man upon
whom he can depend for servility and
HEARST supports that candidate because
the candidate of the Democratic party is
superior to the demagogy of both. The
Democratic candidate, JOHN A. DIX, re-
fused to vote for HEARST as the Demo-
* cratic candidate for Governor four years
| ago, though he had paid $75,000 for the
nomination and Mr. HEARST now pro-
| poses to “get even.” But the fact in no
respect alarms Dix.
i Mr. ROOSEVELT and Mr. HEARST repre-
| sent the New Nationalism. That is to say
| they propose to obliterate State and local
lines in government and direct all legis-
lative and administrative activities from
| Washington, the Congress to be sub-
ordinate to the executive. The control
of railroads and manufacturing corpora-
| tions is to be centered in the White house,
' if their plans prevail, and that will make
| it easy to control elections in the future,
| With such machinery behind the Presi-
- dent he would be invincible as a candi-
' date to succeed himself not only once but
. indefinitely. It would hardly be worth
i while for any one else to aspire for the
+ office.
But the combination of such pernicious
| elements in politics is likely to defeat its
own purposes by frightening the conserv-
ative minds of the country. For that
| ayune reforms in order to save a few :
i ! ; 1 | reason Mr. DIX is not alarmed by the al-
pennies here and there, he BO liance of ROOSEVELT and HEARST. He
On Monday FREDERIC R. SCHOFIELD | agro heck del £ rofligacy |
filed nomination papers with the Secre- | 3 er i Soe oe ie oo of the | feels that it will drive conservative vot-
tary of the Commonwealth and will run counery to a point which threatens to be ers in greater number into alliance
for Senator in this, the Thirty fourth nendurable in the near future. If the Sgaluat the Sangerous Snkiontion. ¢ Be
district, under the head of “Independent ponocrats come into power these gx. | SHOWS 11a th ee a
Party.” Mr. SCHOFIELD Was an uNSUC- | ¢ravaganceswill be stopped and $300,000,- i : ah 2 man.
cessful aspirant for the regular Republi- | go ayear will be saved to the people. | 8s Sssing hit date would involve
can nomination and his entering the field | Not only that but three times that mich | 2 fon o r ide Sive
as an Independent will make a three cor- | jj) pe saved which is now collected for | 70 1 ¥ Be
I, 1% | the yaw ot the tari banons these disturbers just as GAYNOR treated
lature he is especially well known over ——The ladies of the M. E. church at them while running for mayor.
there and his candidacy will undoubted- ' Stormstown have planned a unique af- |
ly weaken that of JOSEPH ALEXANDER, the , ¢.. |
regular Republican, very materially, thus | fair for the benefit of their church, in the |
adding h to the chances of Dr.
STEWART, the Democratic nominee. The |
i | ——Samuel B. Miller recently had a
! shape of a measuring party, which will | big fat hog, which weighed in the neigh-
be held on Monday evening, October 31st. | borhood of four hundred pounds, and
latter has aroused so much enthusiasm
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er The invitation is in the shape of an
: little “sack,” enclosing a card on which
are very good indeed. It is a source of |,
gratification to know this because Dr. | is a stanza of poetry extending an invita-
ART is so eminently qualified to rep- | tion to the recipient to be present and
resent the district in the Senate that also to pay three cents for every foot he
which «for she is tall and one cent for every inch
| over the number of feet. The affair
which he had sold to a Bellefonte butcher
for delivery in a week or so. On Wed:
nesday he decided he would drive the ani-
mal down to the fair and get a first prize.
He let it cut of the pen when the animal
gave a few convulsive shakes and fell
! over dead. Mr. Miller is unfortunate in
| losing one or more fat hogs every year.
NO. 39.
Why Prices are High.
From the Johnstown Democrat.
When the Taft-Aldrich bill was
before
the Senate blind Senator Tom P. Gore, of
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capital consists wholly in his successful
prosecution of the S Trust cases
while United States district a . The
strength and weakness of the mson
candidacy, however, is entirely Mr. Roose-
velt’s strength and weaknessin New York
State, and within 24 hours after the
Democrats have nominated their ticket,
it will be universally that
Theodore Roosevelt is the paramount
issue in the New York campaign. A vote
for Stimson will be a vote for Roosevelt
and his future possibilities as a national
dictator; a vote against Stimson will be
a vote against Roosevelt and against the
menace of a 20th century Caesarism.
Why Meat is High.
From the Johnstown Democrat.
Thirty-five per cent. is the amount of
profit Armour & Co. forced the public to
pay last year. This became known
through a statement submitted by Ar-
mour & Co., in connection with the list-
ing of abond issue of $30,000,000 on the
exchange.
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a gross t of or year
1909 on a capital stock of $20,000,000 and
earned a surplus of $7,127,926, or the
equivalent of a dividend of 35.6 per cent.
As the price of beef was boosted with
the beginning ‘of 1910 it would appear
that in the of Armour & a
35.6 per cent. profit on capital stock is
not ample, even though
involved is one of the necessaries of life.
Armour & Co. is one of the Beef Trust
firms which
from prosecution by the Government un-
til Federal Judge Landis, of Chicago, an
Insurgent, forced the Taft administration
to take cognizance of the fact that the
Bap Trust was illegally holding up the
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Carpets, Candy and Cotton.
From the New York World.
Following the arrest for smuggling of
carpet-makerand a -maker comes
As in the case of carpets and candy
cheap cotton products pay a prohibitive
duty. For dollar's worth of raw
cotton we sell al d we im but 13
cents’ worth of manufactured cotton. The
duty as averaged by customs officials ran
last year to 67.47 per cent on the cheap-
est foreign stockings and hose; 56.81 per
cent on the knit underwear, and
72 per cent on heavy corduroy for work- |
men's clothing. !
Cheap candy tariff-taxed 61.67 per
cent; cheap carpets 60 per cent and more;
cheap cottons 56 to 72 per cent. And yet
the carpet-makers, makers and
From the Rochester Herald.
Everywhere insurgency is rampant ex-
capt in Pennsylvania. In that State Boss
Penrose always keeps the public in a
tractable temper. It will eat out of his
the commodity |
perfect immunity |
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—An automobile costing $11,500 has been made
at a Pottstown plant for Charles M. Schwab, the
Bethlehem steel king.
~The Kennett Square branch of the Chester
County Electric company is to be sold at receiv’
er's sale this week. The Delaware end was sold
a few weeks ago for $10,000.
—Schuylkill county reports a herd of deer roam-
ing the mountains and frequently feeding with
the cattle. Farmers say the herd consists of six
old ones and an equal number of fawns.
—Over 5,000 peppers were used among the
fruits and vegetables comprising the handsome
harvest home festival decorations in the Firsy
United Evangelical church. Reading, last Sunday
~Thus far 830 cases of infantile paralysis have
been reported as existing in the State. Of this
number Dauphin county contributes one. So far
as known, the disease has not appeared in Blair
county.
—To show the immensity of the Allentown fair
afew figures are quoted : Receipts at the gate,
$60,000; sauer kraut consumed, twenty tons;
frankfurters and other meats, 60,000 pounds; at-
tendance on Thursday, 40,000.
—Col H. A. Gripp, of Elkhurst, near Tyrone, as-
signed on Wednesday for the benefit of his cred-
itors, William B. Hicks Esq., of Altoona, has been
named as the assignee. The court on Wednes-
day stayed the writs that had been issued.
—A saw mill has been installed on the Robert
McGarvey tract of timber in Chest township,
Clearfield county, and the owners expect to cut
1,000,000 feet of lumber this year. The considera-
tion of the purchase of the land was $5,500.
~The two judges of Westmoreland county are
having their hands full in the trial of 400 cases in
which murder, riot, arson and various other
trouble grew out of the recent strike in that coun-
ty.
—James M. Graham, of Newton Hamilton, has
a fig tree at his home which produces a good yield
of figs annually. This year's abundant crop is
ripening at the present time. The fully grown
and mature figs are the size of walnuts
good eating.
—A force of engineers in the
road is to be built for the use of the Berwind-
White Coal company.
~The grand stand and club house of the
liamsport baseball club, the club house of
Williamsport Gun club and about 100 feet
fence of Athletic park were destroyed
supposed to be of incendiary origin
night. Loss about $4,500.
—A horned owl, so called, made an unexpected
visit to DuBois and flew in the back door of the
Himebaugh candy parlors. His owlship was
somewhat dazzled by the lights and was easily
corralled. He was added to the collection in the
Mead window, in the First ward.
—Wilkes-Barre water is getting a bad name,
In his monthly report, Captain Parker, head of
the Wilkes-Barre Health Department, urges ac-
tion for the revocation of the charter of the Spring
Brook Water company. He says that the water
at the county seat is not even fit for washing pur-
poses.
—Hazleton is somewhat agitated over the dis-
covery of sufficient dynamite under the residence
of Lawrence Pascoe to have blown house and in-
mates into fragments. To the dynamite was at-
tached a fuse about two feet long and a two-inch
cap. The fuse had gone off, but the cap was not
discharged, so no harm was done.
~The Indiana Eventing Gazetle says there is a
probability that the Blairsville College for Women
will receive $25,000 with which to build a new
building. The Blairsville Presbytery, at a ses-
| sion at Ebensburg, recommended that that sum
be given from the $750,000 left the Presbyterian
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~The citizens of Bolivar have the courage of
their convictions. They not only hold meetings
to further the interests of the town, but back
their words with money. At two recent meet-
ings held there relative to forming a company to
take over the furnaces and works of the old fire
brick company, they raised $13,250 for the pur.
pose.
—Contracts aggregating $1,000,000 have been
closed by the General Electric company, at Erie,
for two buildings over 800 feet long, of fireproof
construction. These will be the first of the new
$25,000,000 plant and the nucleus of the new town
the electric company has planned to be located
three miles from Erie. The buildings are to be
finished the first of the year. :
~—In the Blair county court on Monday William
Heaman, of Osceola Mills, pleaded guiity to the
larceny as bailee of a livery rig. He hired ahorse
and carriage at a Tyrone stable. The rig was re-
covered at Houtzdale. Heaman admitted that he
had been in jail twice before in Clearfield and
Huntingdon counties. He was sentenced to pay
$25 fine, and to go to jail for nine months.
—James Clark Campbell, of Derry, a brakeman
in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad com-
pany, was dropping cars down one of the tracks
in the Pitcairn yard, and was applying a brake,
when the wheel on the car he wasfon twisted off
and he was thrown to the tracks. The engine
and seven cars ran over him. causing injuries
from which he died later in the union station at
| Pittsburgh.
| —Stunned, his hair singed and his body marked
! by lightning, was the peculiar experience of
| Andy Gillespie, while fully half a mile under
| ground Tuesday evening. He was working in a
| new slope recently opened by the Portage Coal
company at Portage. A bolt of lightning struck
| a steel cable leading into the mine. It spent its
| force in its pranks on Gillespie, knocking him
| over, doing a few tonsorial stunts to his hair and
| searing his body with livid marks. Gillespie is in
his usual health again.
barn and before the flames had burned them.
selves out, the barn, residence and a number of
outbuildings were a mass of ruins. A large crop
of hay was also consumed as were a number of
farm implements. The live stock was saved.
The loss is estimated at $10,000.
«=A young man named Snyder, employed at th,
Boyce saw miil, near Dimeling, Clearfield county
had a very narrow escape from a horrible death a
few days ago. He crawled under the saws to take
out a coat which had been thrown there and
while in the act of doing so the saws were set in
motion. They struck him across the back at the
waist and cut deep into the flesh. He had pres.
ence of mind enough to drop to the floor and thus
save his life, as he certainly would have been cut
intwo. He was taken to a hospital and the phy-
sicians are of the opinion that he will recover.
—Arthur Mills, a painter, fell Thursday, Sep-
tember 20th. from the top of a 75-foot smokestack
of the Lackawanna mills, at Scranton. He struck
on a fellow-workman part way down the stack
and broke his fall somewhat, and then hit the
foreman on the job just before he landed at the
bottom. Mills was made semi-conscious by the
drop, but an examination at the State hospital,
| where he was taken, disclosed the fact that no,
bone was broken. Mills was working at the
of the stack, the last of three that he and the other
two men were painting at the mills. He atte:npt-
ed to shift the swinging scaffold on which he was
hand at any time.
working, and in doing so he slipped.