BY P. GRAY MEEK.
INK SLINGS.
—It is just twenty-four days until
Christmas. Have you shopped any
all yet?
—1It is beginning to look very much as
if Roumania is to suffer the fate of Bel-
gium and Serbia.
—The pecentage of illiteracy in this
country is constantly on the decrease.
is about ten per cent. now.
—Villa will be careful to do his ram-
paging at a safe distance from Pershing’s
column, you can bet on that.
—.No, Mabel, it isn’t because Centre
county so nearly voted dry at the last
election that so many farmers arej{com-
pelled to haul water now.
—Somebody started the social uplift
business several years ago and, natural-
ly, everybody lacking in the sense of dis-
crimination thought the movement in-
cluded prices.
— With three months in jail to think it
over “Smoke” Miller will probably come
to the conclusion that he will be safer
on the water wagon than on a smoke
wagon when he gets out.
—The fellows who ate forty-cent turkey
yesterday are not feeling a bit better to-
day than we poor mortals who were just
as happy and probably more thankful
over twenty-cent chicken.
—1It would be in order for “Our Boys”
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VOL 61.
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Worrying Without Good Reason.
The accumulation of gold in this coun-
try is the latest source of worry to the
calamity howlers. One of them, posing
as a financial expert, exclaims, according
to a Washington correspondent, “get rid
of the blamed stuff. It isn’t doing us
any good and it may do immense harm.
We, as a nation, are just like an individ-
ual. When we have just enough to keep
us, we keep striving all the time. If
each individual in the nation had a lega-
cy left him suddenly, there wouldn't be
much striving. That is our fix. We
have got more gold than we can use. It
may lead to unwise loans and resultant
speculation. It is keeping us back now
because bankers, afraid of an overbal-
anced loan system, are afraid to loan
money.”
This overburdened plutocrat may com-
pose his perturbed soul. There is no
danger of such trouble as he apprehends.
A surfeit of depreciated currency might
be harmful because loans based upon
band to get the music and practice up
on “When Johnny Comes Marchin’
Home.” That will be the tune tof! escort
such security would be unsafe. But
there is no danger of anything of
that
Troop L up High street to.
kind when the basis is gold. It doesn’t
— The death of Inez Milholland ~Bois- | Shrink much in value, however plentiful
sevain removes from the ranks of the
Suffragists their most beautiful member.
Let us hope that no unseemly scramble
occurs for recognition as the departed
beauty’s successor.
it may seem, and can’t run away. No
banker, unless he is trying to qualify as
a patient in an insane asylum, will refuse
to oblige customers who offer gold as se-
curity for a loan. In fact it is a safe
guess that most of them would prefer
—Why not send that friend or relative
who is now living away from the old
home in Centre county the “Watchman”
for a year? It would be a present worth
while. One that he or she would appre-
ciate every week in the year.
—The United States Steel Co. didn’t
burn any red-fire or hire bands to make
a noise over Wilson's re-election. It sim-
ply raised the wages of all of its workers
ten per cent. to show that it has confi-
dence in the new President and the par-
ty that will make the laws under which
this great corporation must operate dur-
ing the next four years.
— Holiday business has already begun
to tax the capacity of the express compa-
nies and we want to remind you that
anything you have in mind that you
might need before Christmas, should it
be necessary to employ either the mails |
or express to carry, should be ordered
on the way early. It might save you a
great disappointment later.
—The Penrose promise to have the
“assistance” clause wiped out of our
election law will be looked upon with
suspicion by those who remember how
he corrected the unsatisfactory “party
circle” that caused so much clamor be-
cause of its being a means to so much
crookedness in elections. He simply
squared the “circle” and made it the
‘party square.”
—It might be interesting for you to
know that for well nigh half a century
the “Watchman” has been printed on
paper made in the same mill and bought
from the same firm. It might also be
interesting for you to know that the
price you are paying for this copy of the
“Watchman,” three cents, is only a trifle
more than the raw sheet of paper could
have been sold for before it was sent
through the press; SO rapidly has the
price of paper advanced since this sheet
was bought.
—A lot of editorial writers who have
spent their lives pushing pencils and
have finally worked up to a desk that
commands forty dollars a week are
gravely telling the country the calamities
that are to befall it on account of Wil-
son’s re-election. And there’s that poor,
illinformed Charley Schwab ordering his
engineers to spend a hundred million
dollars in enlarging plants so that they
will be ready to take care of the business
that he expects to get within the next
four years. Surely Charley is too dumb
or can’t read the productions of these
prophets of woe. .
—The esteemed Pittsburgh “Dispatch”
is sorely distressed because two Demo-
cratic Congressmen have been elected
from Allegheny county, the very heart of
the industries that require the policy of
a high protective tariff to maintain them.
The “Dispatch” is working itself into a
fury of indignation, we surmise, not so
much because it believes what it says as
because it wants to capitalize the defeat
of Barchfeld and Coleman in the next
municipal elections in Pittsburgh. It
does say quite truthfully, however, that
the defeated Republican Congressmen
owe their defeat principally to the fact
that they both voted in Congress accord-
ing to orders from Senator Penrose rath-
er than according to the sentiment of
their constituents. This is exactly what
caused the near elimination of Congress-
man Rowland, of this District, and we
understand that Mr. Rowland is going
back to Washington in December to be a
very different Congressman as a result
of the lesson he has learned.
such collateral to even guilt-edged for-
eign bonds or shares in the most popu-
lar “war-bride” corporations.
Moreover the analogy which this ex-
pert sets up is not substantial. He says
“if each individual in the nation had a
legacy left him suddenly there wouldn’t
be much striving” and adds, “that is our
fix.” Thatis not our fix “by a long
shot” and likewise by “a large majority.”
Only a few are burdened with too much
gold even though the European war has
caused a considerable flow of the pre-
cious stuff in this direction. There are
enough of us left to strive to keep things
moving and unless appearances are de-
ceiving moving at an accelerated speed.
Prices are sparing and if there were a
dangerous excess of currency in gold !
All things '
that would not be the case.
considered we decline to worry.
— When Troop L comes home it is to !
bring thirty-two of its border trained
horses with it. What an inspiration
seasoned mounts will be to Capt. Curtin
and his gallant troopers and what a help
in keeping up to the standard of efficien-
cy they have set for themselves while on
duty in Texas.
Investigate the Philadelphia Election.
Let us hope that the promise of a Con-
gressional investigation of the Philadel-
phia election will be fulfilled. For years
electoral frauds in Philadelphia have de-
feated the purpose of the voters of the
State and the corrupt contractors who
organize fictitious majorities in that city
are sent to Congress or the State Senate
instead of to the penitentiary, where they
belong. This year the usual frauds were
perpetrated and because it was a Presi-
dential and Congressional election a Con-
gressional investigation will be legal.
Therefore it should be instituted and
prosecuted to the full extent and those
responsible punished as severely as the
laws allow.
Election frauds have become a custom
in Philadelphia because they have the
sanction of the Union League and the
suport of the Manufacturers’ club. The |
millionaire grafters who compose the
membership of those organizations long
ago persuaded themselves that any sort
of electoral frauds are justified in order
to preserve a system of taxation which
robs the wage-earners in order that un-
earned bounties may be bestowed upon
the tariff pensioners. Accordingly they
have freely contributed funds to pay |
party rounders for the hazard of stuffing
ballot boxes, falsely counting votes and
filing fraudulent returns. Contractors
who have grown rich out of the loot of
politics may bear the expense largely
now. But they were taught by those
higher up socially.
The vote returned for President Wil-
son in Phildelphia this year was the high-
est since 1888 when Cleveland polled up-
ward of 92,000. But there are substan-
tial reasons to believe that it is much
less than was actually cast for the Demo-
cratic nominee. Probably an honest re-
turn of the vote would not have changed
the result on any candidate but it is cer-
tain that it would have reduced the ag-
gregate Republican majority in the State
and created hope for the future of the
party that would have been felt through-
out the entire country. For these rea-
sons a thorough and searching Congres-
sional investigation should be begun and
carried to the limit.
———
——They are all good enough, but the
WATCHMAN is always the best.
STATE RIGHT
There Will be No Embargo.
AND FE
BELLEFONTE, PA.. DECEMBER y,
The proposition to put an embargo on
foodstuffs would be absurd if it were less
| brutal.
{ millions of people in Europe without af-
| fording the least mitigation of the evils
| in this country which suggested it. The
| high price of foodstuffs in this country is
| not ascribable to exports. It is the re-
! sult of criminal conspiracies to withhold
| the commodities from the markets of
vote in Pennsylvania was the result of an
It would mean the starvation of
| this country. Out in Chicago, at the |
| present time,
there is a fiend in human
form who boasts that he can and will |
| run the price of eggs up to a dollar a | his obligation to the industrial element
| dozen. If he were taken intoa public of the electorate. But the actual cause
place and scourged with a whip no one | of the increased vote of the party was
| would imitate him for a generation.
Happily eggs are not essential to life. voters.
|
| They are nutritious, healthful and appe-
| tizing but may be dispensed with. But | made permanent if those in control of
! in creating a corner in eggs reveals such
| a cruelty of nature, such astrocity of
mind, that any one guilty of doing so is
|an enemy of humanity and should be
treated as venomous serpents and rabid
| dogs are treated. That would soon put
| a stop to such cruelty. The wealth ac-
| quired by such methods would afford lit-
| tle recompense for the punishment which
| such treatment would inflict. Punishing
| others for the offences of such miscreants
{ would be alike unjust and inadequate.
i The suffering should be imposed upon
| those responsible for the condition that
brought it about.
An embargo on foodstuffs would not
perceptibly decrease the price of any of
the commodities involved. It might
make the manipulation of the market
more difficult but it would not prevent it.
Possibly it would require a great amount
of capital to create the condition but the
money would be obtainable and the con-
dition would be reached. An embargo is
the instrument of a quick economist and
would work infinite harm without doing
the least bit of good. But there will be
no embargo. Reason has not been entire-
ly dethroned at Washington and while it
retains its seat quack remedies will not
be adopted. Woodrow Wilson is a guar-
antee against such an absurdity.
——Along with the other misfortunes
, we have undergone this week the “Watch-
man’s newsy letter from Corp. Harry 1.
Cohen failed to arrive yesterday and we
know that many readers will be as much
disappointed in not finding it as we were
in not receiving it, and the only thing we
can do is to promise to publish it next
week.
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Penrose Takes Long Chances.
Senator Penrose is taking long chances
in adopting Richard J. Baldwin, of Dela-
ware county, as his candidate for Speak-
er of the House of Representatives. It
may be worth the hazard for it is certain
that in the event of Baldwin's election
Penrose would have a servile instrument
in control of legislation. But the elec-
tion of Baldwin would so outrage public
morals, would be so repugnant to every
principle of political progress, that who-
ever might be responsible for it would be
under popular condemnation for many
years. Penrose can hardly afford to as-
sume such a burden at this time. The
fight against him in his own party is not
. ended or likely to be relaxed.
“Dick” Baldwin is a sort of political
“rough-neck.” Unpolished but with keen
intelligence and abundance of cunning,he
would be a power in the Speaker’s chair
either for good or evil. He is a typical
| political rounder. He believes in all the
| old theories of plunder in politics. The
spoils of office, in his mind, the just re-
! wards of sinister party service. Such
| a man in the chair would make a
| travesty of legislation if he set himself
to serve politics rather than public inter-
ests, and he has always served politics.
| Nevertheless Senator Penrose may se-
riously contemplate putting Mr. Baldwin
in the chair at the opening of the coming
| session. He is a bold buccaneer in poli-
| tics himself and may have in mind a pur-
‘pose to ride rough-shod over the opposi-
tion that has been set up against him
and end it by force. On the other hand
he may imagine that it would be wise to
take up the reform side of the political
| situation and justly conceives that Bald-
| win would be a most efficient instrument
‘to guide the work. In any event the
adoption of Baldwin is a dangerous ex- :
| periment and if Penrose has determined
| upon it we shall await with intense anx-
| jety the development of his plans.
came maim
— Don’t worry because there is
too much gold in the country. Gold
is not perishable and rarely shrinks
| in value; besides that it is attractive
to the eye.
mm ——
— Our Republican friends might
| as well have remained in the Salt
| River region for the return trip will
| be hazardous as well as uncomforta-
ble.
ERAL UNION.
Future of Pennsylvania Democracy.
The splendid total of the Democratic
absolutely harmonious and united party.
Thousands of those who voted for Wood-
row Wilson on the 7th of November had
just grievances against the managers of
the party. But out of pure patriotism
and in obedience to a keen sense of fi-
delity to principle, they submerged per-
sonal resentments, forgot animosities
and voted the ticket. New accessions
swelled the total, a token of appreciation
of the President’s just interpretation of
the unity of action upon the part of the
This full measure of harmony may be
the party organization are wise and ca-
pable. The one weakness of the Wilson
administration was revealed in the dis-
tribution of the rewards of the victory of
NO. 47.
Penrose as a Party Problem.
From the Johnstown Democrat.
The esteemed “Leader” opines that
Senator Penrose will be very glad to
permit the Brumbazughites to play
ward polities while le poses as a
statesman at Washington. It is pre-
dicted by our contemporary that the
Senator will be doing business as a
statesman long after his enemies in
the Republican party have been plac-
ed away in the political graves in
which ward politicians are sooner ov
later entombed. The “Leader may be
quite right. Pennsylvania probably
loves Penrose, but as long as it does
the cause of the Republican party in
the nation is very materially weaken-
ed. The middle west has its own idea
about Pennsylvania’s Senior Senator
There are even western States in
which Penrose is an issue. Congress-
men from the west and middle west
frequently complain bitterly to their
Pennsylvania colleagues that while
members of the lower House from
Pennsylvania do not seem to he damn-
ed because of Penrose they frequent-
ly are. One of the circumstances that
had a good deal to do with the defeat
|
|
of Mr. Hughes was the afct that Pen-
rose trotted over to New York to the
headquarters of the Republican party
1912. Bosses were substituted for lead-
ers in the party government and the par-
ty patronage used as reprisals for enmi-
ties of the past. Men were favored with
important places, not because of merit or
fitness, but for the reason that their ele
vation was offensive to former party
managers. The President loaned himself
to this perversion Qf power and patron-
age, without understanding, no doubt,
but nevertheless it harmed the party and
impaired the efficiency of the force.
But “let the dead past bury its dead.”
The Democracy of Pennsylvania is re-
united and a potent instrument for good
in the Commonwealth if it continues in
harmony. But factionalism must be
eliminated alike in the distribution of
awards and the administration of party
affairs. The names of men who were
formerly unselfish leaders must not be
anathema because of the enmity of oth-
ers. The hand of fellowship must be ex-
tended and the sign of fraternity ex-
changed among all who are willing and
able to work for the good of the cause.
If this policy is pursued the splendid
etal of the last election will be augment-
ed each year until success is achieved.
If Congressman-elect O. D.!
Bleakley depends upon the manner of
getting to Washington "to give him
distinction he has a rude awakening
coming to him. Something besides
absurd idiosincracies are necessary to
attract enduring attention in the
House of Representatives.
— Tt looks now as if the Demo-
crats will have a safe majority in the
House of Representatives at Wash-
ington and though not a matter of
grave importance it is gratifying be-
cause it will keep the Chicago rough-
neck Jim Mann out of the Chair.
— If it is t-ue, as has been asserted, |
that Roosevelt wanted to defeat Hughes |
so as to make it easier for himself next !
time, it may be said that he won “a fa |
mous victory.” Every State in which
Roosevelt spoke voted for Wilson.
——Nearly all the Ohio officials—elect
are or have been newspaper men and the
esteemed Springfield Republican is mean
enough to say that good newspaper men
“stick to their jobs” instead of running
for office.
— The returning guardsmen get
cordial welcomes everywhere and they
deserve all the honors that are be-
stowed upon them. They “have done
the State some service.”
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The high cost »f living will
probably decrease the indigestion of
the country the day after Thanksgiv-
ing. That is the silver lining to an
exceedingly dark cloud.
——0Of course Thanksgiving dinners
were expensive this year but there is
abundance of prosperity to meet the cost
and “may good digestion wait on appetite
and health on both.”
cir sbi
— “The test of great wealth is upon
us,” writes a Philadelphia banker. Well
let it rest on us. We'll try to bear our
share of the burden with a good imitation
of fortitude.
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— When Hughes gets into his Wall
Street law office he will be able to serve
his friends though not as well as if he
had gotten into the White House.
xara meee
——When those eggs which the ‘“egg
king” has corralled get good and ripe he
would make a shining mark to throw
them at.
—
—.That talk of an embargo is probably
only one of Representative Fitzgerald's
jokes. Fitz is an Irishman and full of fun.
mmm —
—Villa may be limping along on a
crutch but it must be admitted thatitisa
nimble crutch.
i ducer and continue
for the express purpose of pulling the
organization out of a hole. Penrose’
friends made a great deal out of the
fact that his help was needed. So did
Mr. Wilson’s frineds in the west and
middle west.
There was many a California Pro-
gressive who sat pon the fence until
Penrose was called into the Republi-
can councils for the purpose of help-
ing to save Hughes. That minute the
Californian got down from his perch
and began shouting for Wilson. As
long as the people out beyond the
Mississippi can be assured that Pen-
rose is one of the Republican party
managers just so long can the: be re-
lied upon to help the Democrats along
in their national fights. If Penrose
really had the welfare of his party at
heart he would get out fo the .politic-
al arena. The way things stand now
Pennsylvania Republicans can choose
between two alternatives. They can
keep Penrose in the Senate and by so
doing help the Democrats keep a
President in the White House or they
can take Penrose out of the Serate
and by so doing increase their chances
of capturing the Presidency. When
it comes down to brass tacks it ig a
pretty safe wager that Penroibghdnld’
rather be in the Senate than get out
and by so doing help a Republican be-
come President.
———
The High Cost of Living.
From the Harrisburg Star-Independent.
What will be the results attained in
reducing the high cost of food products
since President Wilson has determined
to personally superintend the investiga-
tions to ascertain the causes for the ex-
traordinary increase in the prices re-
mains to be seen. According to all ac-
counts the cost of foodstuffs has risen
because speculators have bought up near-
ly all available stocks at a minimum fig-
ure and then stored them in warehouses
until a scarcity of the articles in the
markets would send the prices skyward.
The federal probe of this apparent
conspiracy should be thorough and far-
reaching. It ought to start with the pro-
in all. channels
through which the food travels until it
reaches the confines of the cold storage
houses. In order to get these alleged
conspirators into a trap the government
officials will discover they have rather a
tough proposition to contend with. The
food pirates know they are violating the
law but they are shrewd, and if they
don’t beat the devil around the stump it
will take some of the best legal talent in
the Department of Justice at Washing-
ton to prevent it.
Meanwhile, as the investigations con-
tinue, there is little hope of consumers
being benefitted before the cruel wintry
blasts sing requiems over the larder
which, though bare in a land of plen-
ty, ought to be well stocked with the
necessaries of life were it not for the
machinations of the food sharks who, in
their greed for pelf, override the laws
and have no consideration for a long-
suffering public. Relief can only come
quickly if federal as well as state officials
can compel those in charge of food stor-
age houses to place the contents of the
latter in the market. There is not much
prospect of this being realized, however.
Not unless the speculators become alarm-
ed over the activity of a governmental
probe and decide to unload. It is not ex-
pected the latter will be done until the
owners put up a strong legal battle to
prevent it. In the meantime the people
will pay the exorbitant prices for food
and continue to grin and bear in the hope
that relief will be forthcoming assoon as
possible.
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Shifting.
From the New York World.
This election throws many useful po-
litical terms into the discard. After the
contrasted performance of New York
and Indiana with that of Kansas and
Utah and Ohio, who will dare to name
the “doubtful States.”
T. R. and California.
From the Washington Star.
Of all the strange things Theodore
Roosevelt ever struck in his travels,
those returns from California are far
and away the most remarkable.
aman or esi
——Hughes is going to practice law
in New York and we hope he will
have better success as a lawyer than
as a ~andidate.
ETA SORE A SARA RTE,
'SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—A 950-pound hog has been fattended by farm-
er Blair Kauffman, near Mexico, Mifflin county.
—Thomas Koske, a 16-year-old boy, of Cran-
berry, was crushed to death in breaker machine-
i Ty.
i —Robbers on the farm of G. L. Strock, near
' Mechanicsburg, entered his chicken house and
i killed 30 fowls.
{ —The city of DuBois is to have a garbage in_
| cinerating plant, the city council having agreed
| to install one costing $5,000.
| —A charter has been granted at Harrisburg to
the Denver & Ephrata Railway company, of Lan-
caster county. The route is 4 7-10 miles long.
—Lawrence Dolan, a Reading conductor for
more than 25 years, failed to notice a train ap-
proaching cars at Mahanoy Plane, and was kill-
ed,
—Butler county’s banner potato crop this year
was raised by H. C. Fleming, of Penn township.
He harvested 738 bushels on three acres and sold
them for $1,052. =
—Two hundred thousand cords of chemical
wood and 100.000 cords of hemlock bark are
awaiting transportation by sled in the forests of
Warren, McKean, Elk and Forest counties.
—Westmoreland county coal business is to be
further augmented by the opening of 1,200 acres
of coal land recently purchased by a Greensburx
company in the northern part of the county.
—One of the worst epidemics of apple blotch is
gaining headway through Montgomery, Bucks
and Berks counties, with the disease rapidly
spreading toward the central part of the State.
—Judge Bell has cancelled the December "term
of criminal court in Clearfield county. The triz!
list was so much smaller than usual that it was
deemed best not to hold the regular session of
court.
—The town of Cassandra, Cambria county, has
been considerably demoralized by an epidemic of
measles which has broken out among the town’s
children. It is said some families have as many
as five cases.
—The Vintondale Colliery company, with ex-
tensive operations at Vintondale, Cambria coun-
ty, has closed a deal for the purchase of 5,800
acres of coal and surface land from the Lacka-
wanna Coal and Coke company, in Indiana
county.
—While plowing in a field near Spring Grove,
John Amspacher uncovered a pocketbook which
he lost four years ago. It contained silver coins,
bills and a check. The check and all of the bills,
except a $10 note on top, were not in condition
for circulation and were sent to Washington for
redemption.
—The largest bee tree cut in the Tuscarora
valley fora long time, says the Port Royal
“Times,” was felled by Frank Harris at the foot
of Tuscarora mountain. It was a large hollow
pine and was packed full of honey, the largest
comb was 9% feet long, in some places it was
four inches thick. The tree contained nine large
pails of choice honey.
—Will Lutz, 30 years old, a farmer, is ina hos.
pital at Warren suffering with anthrax. He con
tracted it when he skinned a cow ten days ago,
but it did not show until Wednesday. A blood
culture taken showed negative, and physicians
say they may keep it out of his system. One
hand is affected. The hide has disappeared.
Health officers are trying to trace it.
—A tramp who was given a Sunday dinner at
the home of William Burnell, of Lock Haven,
showed gratitude by taking his host’s watch and
chain while Mr. Burnell left the room for a min-
ute. The loss was discovered at once and with
the assistance of two friends the man was
caught before he had a chance to board a freight.
He gave up his booty without remonstrance and
was allowed to leave.
—Gov. Martin G. Brumbaugh has granted par-
dons to Fred A. Hoover and Joseph Sbarado,
who are now in the new State penitentiary at
Rockview, Centre county, Hoover 'was sentenc-
ed from Indiana county in July, 1915, to serve
from four to fifteen years on a serious charge,
and Sbarado was sentenced at the same time
from Somerset county for from four to six years
on a charge of larceny.
—Mary Ritter, aged 32 years, a resident of Wil-
liamsport, committed suicide by jumping from
the Market street bridge into the Susquehanna,
early the other morning. Her body was seen
floating in the river a couple of hours later. She
was in ill health and is said to have been disap-
pointed in a love affair. A pair of spectacles
which she wore when she jumped from the bridge
were still on her nose whenthe body was taken
from the water.
—1I. C. Burd, of Shamokin. last Friday started
work on scrapping the Winfield and New Berlin
railroad for junk. He recently acquired the
property at receiver’s sale for $11,000, and, itis
said, expects to realize twice that much out of
the rails. Built fifteen years ago to connect New
Berlin, a college town, with the Philadelphia and
Reading railway, five miles away, the railroad
was never a success. Four years ago the road-
bed was virtually ruined by a cloudburst. The
cost of repairs burdened it with debt and it could
not meet expenses.
—On motion of counsel for the coal miners
Judge Bailey on Monday postponed the hearing
on the injunction of the Rock Hill Coal and Iron
company against the Robertsdale miners until
Saturday. Meanwhile all the mines in the Broad
Top region except two are idle with no immedi-
ate prospects of resuming operations. A confer-
ence of the operators was held at Saxton Mon-
day to formulate what action they will take.
The Huntingdon dealers, unable to obtain any
Broad Top coal for their patrons, are delivering
hard coal instead.
—The State Livestock Sanitary Board has is-
sued a quarantine embargo against the importa-
tion to Pennsylvania of any cattle, sheep or
swine from Nebraska or through the Kansas
City stock yards. The quarantine embargo fol-
lows the discovery of an outbreak of the foot and
mouth disease in the two States and every pre-
cautionary step will be taken to prevent the in-
troduction of the disease into this State. The
quarantine embargo positively prohibits the im-
portation from the restricted districts for any
purposes Whatever.
—The A. J. Haws Ganister company, of Johns-
town, is clearing fifty acres of scrub timber from
Black Log mountain, inthe Lewistown Narrows,
on which toerect an up-to-date brick plant of
large capacity. The deposits of ganister rock
within easy reach of this plant include billions of
tons of the best quality. Some of this land, de-
nuded of valuable timber ten years ago, sold for
less than $1 per acre, but could not be bought at
any price today, the value of ganister rock and
the advent of the state road through the Nar-
rows having made it one of the most select sec-
tions of the State for summer cottages. Another
year will see it one of the favored monntain re-
sorts.
—David Benjamin, head of the Pennsylvania
Quarrying, Stripping and Contracting company,
president of the Benjamin Iron and Steel works,
and one of the best known men in the anthracite
field was killed, and his son Harry seriously in-
jured on Tuesday in an accident at the Ebervale
operations of the firm. Riding on the bumpers
of a small locomotive running backward up a
grade at good speed, the elder Benjamin was
seized with a fainting spell and fell off and was
crushed to death. His son, in trying to rescue
him, sustained several broken ribs, a probable
fracture of the leg and contusions. Benjamin
was a Republican candidate for national delegate
in Luzerne county a year ago, but was defeated.