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Randall, D. W. Clark. Omncumen. J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale, O. It. Robinson, Wm. Bmearbaugh, E. VV. Bowman, J. W. Jamieson, W. J. Campbell. Oowttable Archie Clark. Collector W. H. Hood. School Director J. O. Scowden. R. M. Herman, Q Jamleaon, J. J. Landers, J, K, Clark, W. O. Wyman. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Cbnflrre N . P. Wbeeler. Member of denote J. K. P. Hall. AnnemblyK. II. Mecbling. President Judge Win. K Rice. Antoexate JudgeiF. X. Kreltler, P. C. Hill. Prothonotary,RegittrA Recorder, e. -J. C. OelMt. Wieriir-ii R. Maxwell. Preanurer Geo. W. Hnleman. Orm?ntnVtier -Win II. Harrison, J. M. Knnndal, II. II. McClellan. Dinlrxct Attorney A. II. Brown. jury OommUsionert Ernest Kibble, Lewis Wmtner. (kroner Dr. O Y. Detar. Cnunfv Auditor -Gnome H. Warden, A. C. Uresa and J. H. KpII.v. County tturveyor D. W. Clvk. fbunty Superintendent D. W. Morri son. Itesular Term f Caurt. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meeting of County Com mis loners 1st and 3d Tuesdays of month. tlburrh and Nabbnth Hchaal. Presbyterian Sabbath School at Mb a. in. ; M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching .n M. E. Church every Sab bath evenum by Rev. W. O. Calhoun. Preaching in the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. K. L. Si on roe. Pastor. Preaching in the Presbvterlan church everv Sabbath at 11:00 a. hi. and 7:30 p. m. Rev. H. A. lis. ley. Pastor. Tbe regular meetings of the W. C. T. U. are held at the headquarters on the second and fourtb Tuesdays of each mi ntb. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. rl N EST A LODUE, No. 369, 1. 0. 0. F. Mexta every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. CA PT. H EORU K STOW POST, No. 274 G. A, R. Meets 1st and Sd Monday evening in each month. CAPT. GEO RUE STOW CORPS, No. 1:17, W. R. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of each month. R ITCHEY CARRIGER ATTORN KY8-AT-LAW. Ttonesia, Pa. 1URTIS M. 8HAWKEY, ATTORN EY-AT-LA W, Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. AO BROWN, ATTORN EY-AT-LA W Office in Arner Buildiiig, Cor Klui and Bridge Ntv, Tbmesta Pa I7RANK 8. HUVTKR, 0 D. 8 I1 p. miiir i'iiI.i.ii Nai Rank. UONEMTA, PA. DR. J. C. DUNN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, and DRUGGI T. Office in Dunn A Fult"n drugstore, fioiiesta. Pa. Profess ional calls promptly responded to at all hours ol day or night. Residence Elm St., three door above the store. R. F.J. BOVARD, Physician Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. D R J. B. HIGGINS. Physician anil burgeon, OIL CITY. PA. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER. Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence H ouse, has u intervene a com p lete change, and Is now furnished with al. the mod ern Improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with uatural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, etc. The comforts ot guests never neglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, ) OKROW A GEROW Proprietor. Tionsela, Pa. This is the most ceutrahy located hotel in the place, and lias all the modern Improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place lor the traveling public. Firs! nlass Livery in connection. pHIL. KMKRT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop over R L. Haslet's grocery store on Elm street. Is prepared to do ail Kinds of custom work from the Hnest to tbe coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. Fred. Grettenborger GENERAL BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST. All work pertaining to Machinery, En gines. Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit tings and General Blacksmithlng prompt ly done at Low Rates. Repairing Mill Machinery given special attention, and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop in rear of and just west of the Shaw House, naiouie, ra. Your patronage solicited. FRED. G RETT F.N BERGER JAMES HASLET, GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND- UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA. PENN OFTIOIAK Offict 4 7K National Bank Building, F.vam ATntiiined free. Exclusively optcah MR, TAFT PROTESTS Says He Was Misrepresented as to Tariff Views. Did Not Say That Exciting Tarifl Schedules Were Responsible Foi Present Business Depression Did Say That It Is of the Highest Im portance That Work of Revising, Should Be Executed With All Pos sible Dispatch Favors Tariff Com mission. President-elect Taft made a vigor ous protest against what he said was an absolute misrepresentation In cer tain New York newspapers as to what he had .said recently In answering questions regarding tariff revision. He hud stated, he said, that the pres ent business depression was un doubtedly duo In a large measure to the fact that the to : iff Is to be re vised at an extra sosslon of congress to meet March 15; that it was of the highest Importance that this work of revision should not be delayed but ex ecuted v.'Ith all possible diligence. Mr. Taft also said he favored the Idea of a permanent tariff commis sion, the plan for which should be worked out with deliberation, the du ties of such a commission to be to make n careful study of the operation of the proposed new tariff law, to the end that suggestions be made In 'he future which would tend to place the whole question of the tariff on a more certain and scientific basis. Upon this statement Mr. Taft was made to any that the present tariff schedules wero responsible for the present business depression, and that when they were revised their own par ents would not know them, all of which waa nmrdlflod at length and made positive by appearing to be a Vigorous nnd enthusiastic statement. Mr. Tuft was pnrtlcularly perturbed over what he called a misrepresenta tion, particularly in view of the weight which Is now given his words because of his ofilrlal position. He hud, he de clared, changed his position In no way and held the siime views he had pulv llcly announced during and since the campaign. TAFT CENTER OF ATTENTION But Interest Will Follow Two Other Conspicuous Public Men. All other events of the week will hi overshadowed by the inauguration at Washington of William H. Taft, tweji-ty-seventh president of the United States. Hut while Mr. Taft Is the cen tral figure of Imposing ceremotiles on Thursday a considerable degree of un official Interest must follow on that day the movements of two other men who long have challenged public at tention and admiration. In the hour that President Taft traces the hall that will bring the In augural program to a brilliant close, Mr. Roosevelt, relieved of the burdens of state, will be surrounded by his neighbois of Oyster Ray; and Mr. Bryan. gue.jt of honor at a dollar din ner In Pittsburg will reiterate, It is believed, the convictions upon which he contested the presidency. If he Is permitted tc f-.illow the plans chosen, Mi. Roosevelt will go to New York Inte Thursday and thence at once to Oyster Bay, where a home coming demonstration his been ar ranged th.it Is likely to eclipse fovmer welcomes extended him both as presi dent and eitUeu. Lecture engagements will bilng Mr. Bryan to the Ft and the dollar din ner will follow a formal address at Carnegie Music ha!), Pittsburg. He will spe:ik nt ih-.- p;:!n In Pennsyl vania and N'tw York during the pres ent tour. N ? CHAR E AGAINST CAPTAIN Hutchlns Relieved of Command on Account of Mental Condition. Captain Samuel Hutchlns, who had been relieved of his command of tho United StnttB battleship Kearsarge by Admiral Sperry, Just before the fleet left Gibraltar, Is to be examined by a special medical board which will look Into b'. mental and physical con dition. His nif-ntl condition is ssld to be inokt pitiable. It was because of the great neivous ness under which explain Hutchius labored that l. was. at his own re quest, relip- ed of his command. His condition Is believed to be due to the great strain nnd responsibili ties Incident t.) the voyage around the world. Admiral Sperry says that there was o charge against the captain. Life Sentence For Burglary. For the first time in New York coun ty a life sentence was Imposed on a man convicted of burglary. Judge M alone In general sessions Imiiosed this sentence upon Samuel Greenburg, who with a "pi;l" robbed the apartment or Charles IS. Bailey Sept. 30 last, and svns convicted ot burglary in the first degree ns a se-ond offense. His com panion rcuMved twenty-year sent ence. Death of Dr. Cuyler. Rev. Dr. Theodore Ledyard Cuyler, aged 87, for thirty years pastor of the Lalayette Avenue Presbyterian church, Brooklyn, and well known as a writer on religions topics, died at his home in New York Friday night after a short Illness. Dr. Cuyler was born at Au rora, N. Y.. and was a graduate of the tlass of 1M1 oi Princeton university. ORGANIZATION NECESSARY Public Demanding Fuller Shar In At fairs of Government. Party organization and tho respon nihility of political parties to the peo pie was the keynote of the address ol Mr. Root nt tbe dinner of the Albanj county Republican organization. "I have no sympathy, and perhaps too little patience,' he said, "wltt those who think, or think they think that a republican government can bt continued and administered withou' party organization. Organization will always overcome disorganization. Mr. Root pointed out that there it a process going on in the country no to which political organizations should give heed. "I think," he said, "thai there has ben for some time past at Indication, that there have been man: Indication? of a widespread feeling among the people of the United States that the political organizations are nol truly representative of them." Mr. Root Raid he did not intend tc discuss any question of primary nomi nations or whether nominations should be made by political committees with a referendum or any question as tc nominations by committees. "Every man who swerves from the high duty of truly representing the p-aople by whom he Is constituted an officer." said Mr. Root, "a member ol any body, any convention, any com mittee, which has political power, who swerves from the straight line of true representation. Is doing an injury, and perhaps a fatal Injury, to his organiza tion." STEAMING TROPHY Won by Battleship Ohio; Trouble Over a Mock Marriage. The battleship Ohio sailed Monday from Fortress Monroe for New York winner of the "steaming trophy for the voyage around the world." The announcement of the award was made from the flagship Connecti cut and was a splendid tribute to tho engine room staff of the winning ship. The contest was one of economy in coal and water consumption for the entire trip. The Ohio is one of the older ships of the fleet and her steaming record Is regarded as all the more notable by thnt fact. Naval circles at Fortress Monroe had a flutter fof excitement when they learned of a mock marriage In the par lors of the Chamberlain hotel in which Midshipman Robert S. Young, Jr., ot the armored cruiser North Caro lina and Mls Margaret Connell, daugh ter of A. J. Connell of Scranton, Pa., were supimsed to be the principals. The entire ceremony was a joke among young people at a party. The young people were deeply chag rined to find a se.lous announcement In Norfolk and Newport News papers of the supposed wedding. Captain Marshall directed the one who sent out the story to go at once to the news paper odlces and make a personal re traction. SHOT DEAD BY BURGLAR Two Girls Were Alone When Man De manded Money. Miss Etnel Kinrade. daughter of T. H. Kinrade, principal of the Cannon Street school, residing at 105 Herki mer street, Hamilton, Ont., was shot dead by a house burglar. She and her sister Flossie were alone In the house when a man walk ed In nnd demanded money. Flossie was In the act of handing the mun her purse when he drew a revolver and shot her sister. She fled from the room and gave the alarm. When the police arrived the man had disappeared and the girl was found dead with five bullet holes in her body. At the time of the shooting the moth er was at the police station reporting an attempt made on Sundav night to burglarize the house. It Is believed that the Fhootlng was done by th same man. ORGANIZATION WAS MISLED Tokio Weavers Will Participate In Alaska-Yukon Exposition. The organization of weavers at Tokio, Japan, which passpd a resolution several weeks ago not to participate In the Alaska-Yukcn-Pnclfic exposition to be held In Seattle this summer, is out with a retraction which Ftates that the organization realizes now that it was misled, adding that it desires to reciprocate the sympathy and good will exhibited by the people of America and particularly of Seattle. Inventory of White House China. Preparatory to the changes In White House Mrs. Roosevelt has had pre pared a catalogue, one copy of which Mrs. Taft w'll ie-.:c!ve and another of which will be filed with the superin tendent of public buildings and arounds, of the collection of presiden tial china and tab'eware which is on exhibition In th- Kast wing corridor. With the exception of the Van Buren, William Heniy Hnnlson, Tylur and Fillmore administrations, the collec tion now contn'n some p'ece of waie representing eiicli presidential term. George Junior Republics. Miss Philalethia Stella Mlchelson, a very wealthy young attomey-at-law of Lo Angeles, California, has become associated with William R. George, the millioiidl.-e phlU'i'liropb't, in the estahllsliment or tieorge Junior Republics In every part of the countr1'. Mia Mirlu-.'.son w;i) go shortly to Freevllin. N. J., to study the work fher. KUd will then t,rocead from state to s;u'. aiasUiing in organizing tbe re-I'liWlcs. L To Be Participated In by Wives of President and Vice President. After Inaugural Ceremonies at the Capitol President Taft and Mrs Taft Will Return to the White House In the Carriage In Which the Presi dent Roae to the Capitol, and Will Be Immediately Followed by Vice President and Mrs. Sherman. Washington. March 2. For the first time in the history of the country the wivas of the president and vice pres ident will, on .Ma nil 4, participate In the Inaugural parade. Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Sherman will join their respec tive husbands when they leave the Capitol after the Inaugural ceremonies And will proceed with them to the White House. This change of program was derided upon by the committee on arrangements, and following Is the official announcement made by Chair man Senator K.noi: "After the Inaugural ceremonies are finished President Taft and Mrs. Taft. escorted by tho joint committee on ar rangements, will return to the White House lu the carriage in which the president rode to the Capitol, and the vice president and .Mrs. Sherman will immediately follow them in the car riage used by the vice president. "This change is made and Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Sherman have given consent to it in response to the urgent request of the committee to have them accom pany their respective husbands from the time the official program Is com pleted at the Capitol." The arrangement of carriages from the White House to the Capitol will be: Number one, the president, the president-elect, Senator Knox and Sen ator Lodge; (2) tho vice president, Sctfintor Bai-on and Representative Burke; (3) vice president-elect, Rep resentative Young and Representative Gaines (Tenn.) The arrangements of carriages from the Capitol to the White House will be: Number one, Senator Knox and Sen ator Lodge: (2) Senator Baron and Representative Burke; (.1) Represent ative Young and Representative Gaines: (1) President and Mrs. Taft; (5) Vice President and Mrs. Sherman. GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION Mr. Taft's Universal Good Humor and Freedom From Worry. Washington, March 2. A rush of callers, interrupted for a long walk In the afternoon, and attendance atn'ght nt the special dinner given in his hon or by the "Taft Philippine expedi tion," brought President-elect Taft to within two days of his Inauguration with less serious demands on his time than he has experienced during any day since his landing from Panama at New Orleans. The apparent splendid physical con dition, the universal good humor nnd absence from worry and nervous strain ot Mr. Taft, makes a uniformly gratifying Impression on the many statesmen, politicians and friends who are received by him daily. His Jovial remark Is that "Ills Inaugural address Is prepared, his cabinet selected, the Inaugural committee is preparing all details for the ceremony on Thursday, and why should he feel otherwise than comfortable?" The day whs begun with an extend ed conference between the president elect and Senator Knox, at which many Important matters pertaining to the next administration were gone over. Mr. Knox Is rching much attention to the prospective organization of the state department over which he Is to preside after March 4. Besides, he is being consulted freelw by Mr. Tnft re garding the affairs of other depart ments. Mr. Taft having many times remarked that he should give great weight, to the judgment of his premier. Charles Naeel of St. liouis. who is to be secretary of commerce and la bor, and Mrs. Nagel ore here and paid their respects to Mr. Taft. Frank II. Hitchcock is here from New York. He spent some time at the Capitol and hlso saw Mr. Taft re garding matters which will arise di rectly alter the inauguration. No other-members of the Taft cabinet are In Washington with the exception of Postmaster General Meyer and Secre tary Wilson, who vre attending to their respective duties in the Roosevelt cab inet. An informal tea. which Is a feature at the Boaidman house afternoons, at tracted there many members of Wash ington's oRlcIal and social life, and Mv. and .Mrs. Taft met all callers. The Philippine dinner last night was arranged by Miss Mabel Boardinun and Representative McKinley of nil Hois and was the most pretentious of the enjoyuble occasions which this fa mous party Indulged in for years. There were present spvpu United States semitors and 24 members of the house of representatives, besides a number of otherwise distinguished personages who sailed to the Orient wiih .Mr. Taf in I ?(:. The trip at-taluj-d iroft of its fame because of the matrimonial accomplishments result in r- Representative Nicholas T.ongworth and Mi.ss Alice Roosevelt became be trothed; Representative Bourke Cock ran met Miss Ide. daughter of Judge Ide of the Philippine commission, who Is now Mrs. Cockrnn, and Representa tive Swager Sherley of Kentucky met Miss Mlgmm Crltton of Staten If.'aud to whom ho teem eas'od. 1NAUGURA PARADE STANDARD O L TRIAL Only One Farmer on Jury; Case May Be Finished In a Fortnight. Chicago, March 2. Roy Cunningham of Belvidere, 111., Is the only farmer on the Standard Oil retrial jury which was completed In United States Dis trict Judge Anderson's court today. The preponderance of agriculturists on the iirst pdnel of veniremen caused Its dismissal at the request of the de fense, Attorney .John S. Miller vividly remembering that It was a farmers' jury which made possible Judge Lan rlia" fine of $:i,24u,ll00. Mr. Cunning ham's companions In the jury box in clude five grocers, a mechanic and a livestock denier. The opening statements of counsel will be made tomorrow. As the wit nesses and evidence will he about the ame as In the original hearing and the points at Issue have been sharply defined, it is hoped to conclude the case In a fortnight Judge Anderson last week ruled informally that the company can he accused of only thirty six offenses, for which the highest pos sible penalty Is an aggregate line of $720,001). HOUSE SAFE ROBBED; STEPSON MISSING Owner Finis Boy and $725 GoneTwo Chums Arrested. Pittsbuig. March 2. Oliver Wood worth, aged 17, is missing following the robbery of the home of his step father, Charles Muth of 410 Madison avenue. North Side, of $723 in cash. Two chums of young Wood worth, Jo seph A. Garhorine, aged 21, and Sam uel Rhodes, aged 19, living In the neighborhood, have been arrested on suspicion of being implicated In the robbery. Two other friends of Wood worth also ate missing. While Muth, who Is a bartender, was at work and his wife was visiting friends on I'errysvllle avenue, a small Iron safe In which Muth has been In the habit "of keeping considerable mon ey, was broken Into and tbe cash taken. Muth and his wife rpached home about the same time to find the money gone and no trace of young Wood worth. Muth at once Informed the police telling his suspicions re garding his stepson. Wood worth was anested about a year ago after having gone to Cleve land with $i(i() of his stepfather's mon ey. Because of his youth nnd his promise to relorm he was not prose cuted. TO BUY UNCLE REMUS' HOME Association Plans a Memorial to Late Joel Chandler Harris. Atlanta,' March 2. "Snap Bean Farm nnd the Sign of the W'tWs Nest," as thp late Joel Chundler Har ris styled bis home, is to be purchased by the friends of "I'nelp Remus" and presented to the public as u memorial to the distinguished author. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the I'ncle Renins Memorial association deslrss that the fund shall be secured from the chil dren who hae found delight in the writings of "i'ncle Remus." MARKET REPORT New York Provision Market. New York, March 1. WHEAT No. red, $1.24 f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 northern liulutli, $1.2(1. CORN No. 2 corn, new, 72 'jc f. o. b. nfloat; 75Vic elevator. OATS Mixed oats. 2C to 32 lbs., 57 f 58c; clipped white, 31 to 42 lbs.. 5S(Ti6:lc. PORK Mass, $17.5018.0(1; family, $lR.0Ofi 19.00. BUTTMt Creamery specials, 2'6 (filliic; extra, l'S4i 2!ic; process. lSfr 24'c; western factory, 21c. K(!(SS State and I'ennsyiranla. 2Ho. CHEKSB--State, full cream, fancy, IS1? Ir. POTATOES - Maine, per 180 lbs., $2.50?t 2.7.1: slate- $2.2.'i'il 2.50. Buffalo Provision Market. Buffalo March 1. WHEAT No 1 Mortliern, .carloads, ?1.SI; No. 2 red. $l.27',4. CORN No. 2 yellow, (ili'ic f. o. b. afloat; No. !l yellow, t:xc. OATS No. 2 white, 5fiV4f 57c T. o. b. afloat; No. :! white. 55 (a .-.. FLOUR Fancy blended patent, per libl.. $fi.."0fff 7.25; winter family, patent. $.BKi6.B5. BUTTER Creamery, prints, fancy, 31c; stale mid Pennsylvania cream ery.. 2i'c; dairy, choice to fancy, 27?w CHEESE Choice to f;uiey. full cream. HV" lc; fair tog- d. lSflHc. EOGS rieler ted while, 25 it 25'ic. POTATOES White fancy, .per bu.. 80c; fair to gi;od, 7Ufi 7Sc. East Buffalo Live Stock Market. CATTLE Prime export steers. $.1 5 ffMO; god to choice butcher steers, $5.00(ii 5.!!0; choice cows, $ 1.751 5.00; choice hei'ers. $fi.50'fi 5.75; common to fair heifers $1.251 5 25: cemmon to fair bulls :i.2.Vi l.uo, choice veals, $ll."0j 11.50; fair to good. $10.251f 10.T5. SHEEP AND LAMBS Choir, spring lambs, $7.908.00; choice yearlings, $i!.7'iff7.25; mixed sheep, t.r,.MK(i 5.75. HOGS --Light Yorkers, $6.40 fi' 6.50; medium and heavy hog.-., $6,7516.85; pigs, $t',.2.V.i6.:!5. Buffalo Hay Market. Tlmothv No. 1 on tracJk, $13.SI? J4 00; No. 2 timothy. $125011""; vt-it ail 'oat straws. S7.00 'd iM. FUNDS TO FIGHT WHITEfLAGOE Legislature Seems Disposed to Give Or. Dixon All Possible Latitude in His Great Work EARLY VOTE ON LOCAL OPTION Republican Leaders Keep Pledge That Measure Shall Be Given Fair Pby. Not in Quarter Century Has Legis lative Body Worked So Harmonious ly and Intelligently. The state of Pennsylvania Is evi dently determined to go the full limit in providing Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, State Health Conimistioner, with the necessary Winds to do battle with tho great white plague. Dr. Dixon seen:. to have demonstrated that his meth od of treating tuberculosis victims is no longer an experiment. So far as his work is concerned he has, appa rently, "produced the goods," in the vernacular of the streets. Ever since he entered the state's service bo has been giving abundantly of his wonder ful energies and his accepted skill as a physician for the best Interests of the state. No employe of the common wealth has worked harder or with more intelligence than has Dr. Dixon. Though in receipt of only a compara tively small BHlary, he "burns the midnight oil" constantly, and he reg ularly brings to his work skill of th highest order. The Legislature some few years ago was slow In acceding to Dr. Dixon's demands for financial support in his work. For the first three years of his service Dr. Dixon was actually ham pered for funds with which to carry out his splendid system of work. La ter, however, he became better known, because of his works, nnd now the Legislature seems willing and anxious that he sliall be given all possible !-'.t itude in the important labor he lias undertaken. Notwithstanding the gracious sup port extended to Dr. Dixon, be Is not in favor of having the hospitals of the state hampered to the end that bis own particular work may be extended. He Is opposed, however, to having the general hospitals equipped so that tu bercular patients may be treated in them. Such a proposition does not ap peal to Dr. Dixon. Discussing the mut the recently Dr. ltlxon said: "Our department is in hearty sym pathy with every practical effort to re duce the fearful tribute which our peo ple are today paying to tuberculosis. We must not. however, in waging war against this disease do It at the ex pense of the tight we are also making against all communicable disease, which like typaoid fever causes so much death and suffering and pecu niary loss in Pennsylvania todayj. H therefore docs not seem a wise move to let tuberculosis Jeopardize In any way the work of our general hospitals throughout the state. Such would, 1 fear, he the result of the plan that has been proposed for such hospitals to admit tuberculosis patients on con dition of state aid. "The provision in this plan that sop a rate wards be equipped at our gen eral hospitals for this would not work out, for these cases can only be prop erly handled by especially equipped and entirely separate buildings, nnd this would necessitate an enormous ap propriation to all hospitals for tuber culosis buildings. Without such sepa ration the danger to other patients in the hospitals would he too great to consider for a minute." There Is an Impression that the Leg islature will do largely as Dr. Dixon suggests. The appropriation for the Department of Health will bo liberal and will lie given with the full con sciousness that the money voted to that particular department will bo spent for the best interest of the state, and that is a sitllii ient guarantee for the Legislature. The appropriations for the charities of the state the indi gent insane, the feebleminded and all the other wards for which the state has assumed responsibility, arc to be cared for first by the Legislature. This, it is believed, will take most if not all tho time of the session now rapidly drawing to a close, so that in what time remains between now and the 'date of final adjournment, April 15, only measures of real merit and pressing need will be taken up for consideration. Of rourse, the anti-saloon or local option bill will be given serious con sideration nnd that without much fur ther delay. The liquor people were di:; posrii to have that measure disposed of by this time, but the anti-saloon peoplo fought successfully for delay, and while there was no particular reason for granting them more time for prep aration the pledge of the Republican leaders of the stale thnt local option legislation should have absolutely fall play was redeemed to the very letter and the delay asked for by Represent ative Fair, who has charge of the local option measure, was granted through tbe personal efforts of the Speaker of tho House. If tbe local option people are strop enough to pass their bill it will bo passed, for it Is very evident that the leaders In the Legislature and tho state are not disposed to interfere in the matter. At last accounts Repre sentative Fair was contldent that his bill would be passvd finally, by t In House side lit least. The liquor peo ple, on the other hand, were just as confident tfcat Uic-y vrnH hava enough votes to defeat the bill. The Republi cans of tho state, as a p.irty and or ganization, have not taken sides and every member of the Legislature ha been encouraged to act for himself lu this particular matter. The House has passed finally tho McClain bill providing that 95 per cent of the personal property taxes shall be returned to the counties from w hich that tax was collected. The bill was a very popular one In the House. Two years ago, however. It was de feated on the Senate side and there is ground for the belief that it will again meet that same fate when It reaches the Senate this year. No Legislature within a quarter of a century has disposed of its work with more harmony and intelligence than has attended every move thus far made In the present session. There have been no scandals. There have been no charges against the Integrity of the membership or the management of the several important committees, and it is a marked feature that each individual member has been allowed tiro pleasure of exercising his ovn best Judgment, re?zrdless of whateve inlluence has been brought to bear in favor of any of the measures under consideration. The Republican leaders of the stat: have determined that there shall li no profligacy, no reckless or selfi-li legislation, yet it has been made plain that any economies practiced shall not extend Into the realm of stinginess. Only the best Interests of the state are being considered, and with this important object constantly in view It Is not probable that any freak legis lation will stand any show during the remaining days of the short but skill fully managed session. CLEVELAND MEMORIAL Arrangements Completed For Public Meetings on March 18. New Yorlr. March 2 The Cleve land memorial committee appointed by Mayor .McClellan, and charged with the duty of holding meetings In mem ory of tit-over Cleveland and of arrang ing for a permanent memorial to him, has perfected its plana for the public met tint's. These will bp held on the 18th of March, the seventy-second anniversary of the birth of Cleveland. An after noon meeting will be held at Carnegie hall at 3 o'clock. The mayor will pre side and make an address. President Tart. Chief Justice Fuller of the su premo court of the United States and Governor Hughes will address the meeting. A letter from Theodore Roosevelt will be read. Richard Wnt son Gilder will read u poem, the Invo cation will be offered by Rev. Dr. William Rogers Richards and Leader Walter Damtosch will direct the music. The New York Symphony or chestra anil the German Llederkranz. under direction of Arthur Classen, will participate. The benediction will be pronounced by Rev. Dr. Samuel Schulmnn. In the evening a public meeting wll be held In the great hall of the College of the City of New York. Mayor McClellan will preside and ad dresses will be made by United States Senator Eliliti Hoot, Judge George Gray of Delaware and Governor Hughes. Though be will not speak a second time, President Taft will also attend this meeting. The music will be sup plied by the Philharmonic orchestra nnd the United Singers of New York. JURY OUT 53 HOURS Find Three Pittsburg Councllmen Guilty of Conspiracy. Pittsburg, Man h 2. After the Jury had been out for nearly 53 hours, a verdict of guilty was retai ned against President of Common Council William Brand nnd Counclltnen John F. Klein and Joseph C. Wasson, charged with conspiracy. Former Bank President W. W. Ram sey, who was Indicted Jointly with them, whs acquitted upon the order of the court and the request of the dis trict attorney. The Jury reported its inability to agree esterday morning and asked that It be discharged, but Judge Robert S. Fraer refused and sent the men back to the Jury room. A compromise apparently wns agreed upon, with n verdict of guilty and a recommenda tion of mercy. The three convicted men wcro charged with having conspired to se cure the passage; of an ordinance for the pining ot certain streets with wooden blocks, upon the payment of certain sums of money by a detective, posing as a wood block contractor, and hlr, assistants. Klein and Ramsey had already been convicted of bribery in individual ruses. An appeal will iiu taken by the convicted men. SHOWEl APPENDIX IN COURT To Persuade Judge He Could Not Ride In Speedy Automobile. New York. March 2. In defense of hl't chauffeur, who wns arrested for speeding, Waller F. Graff, a silk mer chant, nt the hearing of the chauffeur's case laid on the bench before the mag istrate a small vial containing hU vermiform appendix. Mr. Guff told the court that fivo weeks ap lit underwent a serious op eration foi the removal of tbe appeu- dlx. He had been weak ever since, hfl said, and his physician had warned him that It would be fatal for him to ride in a speedy automobile. Without in any way questioning the origin of the anatomical evidence the magis trate refused to in cept it as exonerat ing the cbiiufti-u''. who was hold for trial.