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Juelieen of the Peace C. A. Randall, D. W. Clark. Conneumen. J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale, O. It Rnbli.nnn, Wm. Smearbaugh, J. W. Jaraliwon. W. J. Campbell. Countable Charles Clark. Collector W. H. Hond. fk'hoot OirectoreS. O. Soowden. R. M. Herman, Q Jaminnon, J. J, Landers, J. R. Clark, V. O. Wyman. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of OongreimTS. P. Wheeler. Member of Nmatel. K. P. Ball. Assembly A. R. Mecbllng. President Judge Win. B Rice. Annocmte Judge -P. X. K re 1 tier, P. C. Hill. Prothonotovy,RegiUr& Recorder, te. -J. C. Ueist. VherUrS R. Maxwell. 'Preanurer C)e. W. Holeitian. Orm?mowr -Wm II. Harrison, J. M Zunndel. II. H. McClellnn. Omtrxet UornyA. C. Brown. jury CommUtioners Ernest Slbble, Lewis Wanner. Coroner-Vr. 0 Y. Detar. County Auditor -Oxnrge H. Warden, A C. UregH and J. P. Kelly. CountwHttrveyorD. W. Clirk. County Superintendent 1. W. Morri son. Iteiular Terma f Cc-urt. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meetings of County Commis sioners bit and 3d Tuesdays of montb. ' Church and Habbnth Hehoal. PreHbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a. in. : M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching .n M. K. Church every Sab bath even i nar by Rev. W. O. Calhoun. Preaching Jn the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev, E. L. Monroe. Pastor. Preaching in the Presbyterian church every Sabbath at 11:00 a. m and 7:30 p. m R.iv. H. A. Ha ley. Pa-tor. The regular meetings of the W. C. T. U. are held at the headquarters on the second and found Tuesdays of each ni' tub. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. rl N EST A LoDW E, No. 369, 1. 0. 0. P. M et every Tuesday evening, In Odd Fellows' HallPartridge building. . - ...... ..tnnnt rtskjm VT D"i CAPT. UVAiti'in Oiuvv ruoi.nmn O; A, R. Meets 1st and 3d Monday evening In eacu inoniu. CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 137, W. R. C, meets flint and third Wednesday evening of each month. RITCHEY A CARRIGER ATTORN EVS-AT-LAW. Tionesta, Pa. CURTIS M. 8HAWKEY, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. P BROWN, . , A ATTORN EY-AT-LAW OIHoein Arner Building, Cor Kim and Bridge Sim., Tionexta Pa FRANKS. 1IUVTEK. t) D. 8 R u over Citizen- Na' Bank. i ION E.STA, PA nR. J. C. DUNN, Diivurni A M i Nn HTTRlJF.ON. i ii i .v. .1 .- ...... -, - - . and DRUGGIST. Otllce In Dunn & Fultn drugstore. I'lonesta, Pa. Profess ional calls promptly respouded to at all hours ot nay or nignt. iwwiuouuo St., three doors above iu store. IR. F. J. BOVARD, I J Phvatcian A Surireon. TIONESTA, PA. D R J. B. 8IGGINS. Phvulnian and Surireon. OIL CITY, PA. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER. Ti.iu hninl. formerly the Proprietor, Lawrence "Tlouse, has undergone a ooinp lete change, and is now mriimueo wuu m em improvements. Heated throughout with natural gas, hot and cold water, etc. The guests never neglected. . the mod- mid lighted bathrooms. comforts ol "1ENTRAL HOUSE, I i uw.ttiiw A GEROW Proprietor, Tionseta, P This is the most centrally located hotel in the place, and has all the i i.nnrovMiiiflnts. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping nii.no tor tlin traveling public. Ural class Livery in connection. D H 1 L. KMERT vikipv univT A SHOEMAKER, Shop over R L. Haslet's grocery ftore ' . r .. .. . .1 ... all on Kim siroei. is f0!"""" - ij.. ....ut.... oniric frmn thfl filieSt tO KIUUH 111 uunwiii ....... - the coarsest and guarantees his work w give perfect salisiacuon. rnimii" tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. Fred. Grettenberger GENERAL BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST All work pertaining to Machinery, En Hah or Water biU Kill tin. vii .-w.--t , ting and General Blacksinithing promp - I V done at Low Kfties. neiminuK Machinery given special attentiou, and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop in rear of and Just west of the Shaw House, Tiuiouie, ra. Your patronage solicited. FRED. ORETTENBERGER JAMES HASLET, GENERAL MERCHANTS. Furniture Dealers AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN P3, duGUsrMQftc& OFTICIA IsT. Offlc ) i 7X National Bank Building, OIL CI r x , fa. . F.vam nvaitil-iAfl free. Exclusively rrtH;h cm IS ST01B0II President Taft Took Oath of Of fice In Senate Chamber. Instead of on the Open Air Platform Which Had Been Erected In Front ol the Capitol Great Stands In Which Seats Had Been Sold For High Prices Remained Almost Empty, Parade on Limited Scale. William Howard Taft and James Schoolcraft Pherman are now presi dent and vice president of the United States. Driven from the Inaugural stands by such a storm as Washington never saw before, the president at 12:5u p. m. Thursday took the oath of office administered by Chief Justice Fuller In the senate chamber instead of on the open air platform which had been prepared for the occasion, and the reremony lost nothing In impressive- uess thereby. Vice President Sherman had pre viously been Inducted into office by his predecessor and immediately as sumed the gavel in the senate cham ber and swore In the newly-elected senators. Though scores of thousands of visi tors from all sections of the country, who had poured into the capital city for the event, were doomed to bitter disappointment the favored few, con sisting of members of both houses of congress, the diplomatic corps and as many invited gueits as the galleries would hold, witnessed an Inaugural such as has not been held for seventy- six years one which recalled the sim plicity of the early days of the repub lic. Aside from driving the principals in the ceremony indoors, the weather, by practically cutting oft the capital from the outside world, served further to recall the pioneer days when details of the happenings had to be sent across the country by couriers on horseback. For hours, all telegraphic and telephonic communication was cut oft, the railroads were blockaded end the country roads were impassible to such r.u extent that automobiles could not carry the news to near by cities, which had telegraphic facilities left. nad it not been for the wireless, which (lashed short bulletins of the proceedings to New York and other points, Washington would have been as isolated as '.in the day when the first oath of office was administered. Later In the day conditions Improved to such nn extent that news of the happenings could he sent out In roumidabout ways. Prom before midnight until noon the snow came down In whirling mass, piling into drifts, which made the streets Impassible, bedraggling the fes tive- decorations and dampening the ardor of the thousands who crowded the hotel lobbies or surged into Penn syhanla avenue to brave the ele nieiits. The great stands in which seats had been sold for high prices remain ed almost empty, and it was not until the parado started in the afternoon that the throngs, disregarding all po lice restraint, surged Into points of vantage to see what they could of the spectacle. By that time an army of men had scraped the snow and slush from the main thoroughfare of the cap ital, and the more hardy of the visit ing governors and their staffs, together with the naval and military organiza tions, went through the program as originally scheduled. DATE OF INAUGURATION Speaker Cannon Will Help to Have It Changed to May 1. Sneaker Cannon of the house of enresentatives has declared himself in favor of changing the date of the presidential inauguration from March 4 to May 1, and added that as one representative in congress he would, lend his aid in an effort to bring this about. "I witnessed tho dreadful weather conditions that prevailed In 1872 when four or five hundred people caught their deaths, he said, 1 recall the Harrison Inauguration with the soaking, chilling rainstorm, and the snow and icy g ile that made life miserable at Cleveland's second In auguration. . If the change of date Is made, it might as well be fixed later than April, for even April rain would cause great discomfort and jnuch sickness, and I should think that May 1 would provide more certainty of fair weather." 1-Year Coal Agreement Ends April 1 It was In April seven years ago when the six months strike In the onthracite coal regions began and brought In Its wake public hardshl) that will not soon be forgotten. The last three-year agreement will expire on April 1 eud upon the early renewal of a working agreement rests the mat ter of harmony or strife In the anthra cite Held. Indications are that an understand lug will be reached, though possibly the contract will be modified In cer tain provisions. President Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America hab been in Pennsylvania conferring with the mine owners and his union as sociates and npprars hopeful as to the pitcome of the informal negotiations liius tar eouau-iea. DISEASED AMERICAN MEAT London Medical Officer Said Consign menta Bore Official Inspection Label. Startling allegations concerning thi diseased condition of some recent con Bignments of American meat are con tained in a report by Dr. Williams medical officer of the port of London presented to the city council at thi Guildhall. a shipment of meat that arrived Feb. 2, consisting ot tongues, kidneys liver, tripe, lamb plucks and sweet breads. Dr. Williams reports that h found 528 sheep livers and 130 lunge diseased out of a total of 2,400. Ther wre also 300 frozen hog carcasses or board this ship, of which 15 wer minus the lymphatic glands. One oar cess was affected with tuberoulosls. "There is no necessity," Dr. Will lams says, "of removing the lymphatic Alnnds unless with some specific oh Ject, and presumably In the case ol the 15 carcasses found without glands they had been discovered, on lnspec tion In the United States, to show some evidence of disease." Continuing Dr. Williams points oul that In the above consignment morc- than 600 cases of tongues, livers plucks, etc., bore an official label In dicating that they had been inspected and passed as sound In the country ol exportation. The city council decided to forward Dr. Williams' report to the local gov ernment board with the idea that the Incidents therein be brought to the no tloe of Ambassador Reid and the vari ous port and sanitary authorities and that earnest representations be made to the board to give this matter earn est attention In the Interests of the public hpalth. DEATH OF MR!). POTTER rVas Active In Charitable Work Sur vived Bishop Potter Only 8 Months. Mrs. Elizabeth Scrlven Potter, wid ow of Bishop Henry C. Potter, died at her home in New York on Thursday after an Illness extending over several days. She survived Bishop Pottet only eight months. Mrs. Potter, whose first husband, Al fred Corning Clark, left her an estate of several millions, was very much In terested In charity and It was through her interest In charitable Institutions conducted by the Protestant Episcopal church that the friendship was first formed which resulted in her marri age to the late bishop ot New York. Mrs. Potter had been for years a sufferer from bright's disease but noth ing in her recent condition had pre pared her relatives and friends for her death on such short notice. So confident were her sons that their mother was In no danger of sudden taking off that her death found three of them abroad, two, F. Ambrose Clark and Stephen C. Clark, In England, and a third, Robert S. Clark, In China. The fourth son, Edward S. Clark, was with Mrs. Potter when she died. The funeral services will be deferred until the arrival here of the two sons now in England. In all probability the inter ment will be In Cooperstown, N. Y on the extensive estate left by Mrs, Potter's first husband. Among the many charities in which she was Interested were the Clark Neighborhood house, maintained cn tirely by her, and the chapel of the In carnation built by her eon Edward S. Clark In East Thirty-third street. RECIPROCAL COAL TRADE Western Pennsylvania Operators Sign Petition to Congress. In an attempt to persuade con gress to establish reciprocal coal trade with the Dominion of Canada, prac tlcally every coal operator in the Western Pennsylvania district has signed his name to a petition ad dressed to the ways and means com mittee of the house of representatives Such an agreement, say these men, would mean an Immense Increase in the output of bituminous coal, as un der the existing circumstances the en tire middle portion of Cnnada wpuld draw directly from the Western coal fields of that state. The high duty on coal at present makes such trade al most piHibitive and It is th wish of the operators that this duty be re moved, so that bituminous coal, for which Canada has great need, may be poured In from the local mines. The concluding paragraph of the pe tition Is as follows: "The position of the operators signing this paper is that if the Canadian government does not abolish Its duty on coal, the pres ent tariff be not disturbed." GETS PAY AFTER 45 YEARS Buyer Receives Check For Corn Pur chased For Government In War. After waiting forty-five years John Baker, an aged resident of Pontlac, 111., who was a grain buyer for the northern armies during the Civil war, has received a draft for $1,000 for a shipment of corn which he purchased during the wnr for Uncle Sam. Mr. Baker was commissioned by Gov ernor Yates to go through central Illln oiu and buy grain. He bought and paid for a certain consignment which through some blunder was npver ship ped, but rotted at the station. Mr. Baker bad given up hopes of ever Becutlng the draft and the receipt came as a great surprise to him. Surgeons at Ilubbardstou, Mass., rrafted sections of skin from the back if a ten-day-old pig to the body of a it tie girl. They said the operation would undoubtedly have a successful nutconje. LUMBER DUTYHALVED Understood toBeOneof Changes In New Tariff Bill. Argument For Conservation of For estsMichigan Lumber Men Contend That Rates Should Be Increased. Stated That Hidea Have Been Placed on the Free List Material Reduc tion on Leather Manufactures Tax on Coffee Stamp Tax Revived. Washington, March 9. A cut of one- hair In the duties on lumber and man ufactures of lumber Is understood to be one of the changes provided by the new tariff bill which Is printed pre paratory to Its final revision by the Republican members of the house ways and means committee. Another change that has been made, according to Information from reliable sources, s that hides have ueen pi iced on the free list. There has been much con tention over the duties of these two articles. During the hearing on the lumber schedule It was claimed that the for ests of the country could only be con served by admitting foreign lumber free of duty. It Is understood that. C.iffnrd Pinchot, chief forester, Is pre paring figures for the committee in a further effort to have lumber placed on the free list. Champ Clark, the house minority leader, claimed at the hearings that the profits of the lumber Interests were unduly large. Representative Ford ney of Michigan, a member of the com mittee, has championed the cause of the lumber men and the latter have been working energetically to prevent the free entry of lumber. They con tend that the rates of duty should h Increased In order that the American Industry may compete with the cheap er labor employed In Canada and be cause of the better facilities for trans portation afforded by the proximity of the Canadian lumber camps to water ways. The effort to obtain free hides Is be ing made principally by the New Eng land shoe and lenther manufacturers, and Is strongly opposed by the cattle men of the West. It Is said that the tariff framers have agreed to a mater ial reduction on leather manufactures. An Impression prevails that the plan Is to have the hide and leather sched ule fixed in conference after tiie ques tions have been thoroughly threshed out on the floor of the house. In the senate finance committee and on the floot of the senate. It Is understood that the policy of the Democrats will be to criticize the Republican bill and offer amendments to It. They will follow a tariff for revenue rather than a free-trade policy. A duty of 4 cents a pound on cottee Is levied. This is by way of compro mise with the Porto RIcafls, who de manded a tax ot fi cents a pound. It having become manifest to the committee that the duties derived from customs under the new bill would not produce the revenue ex pected, they turned to the expedient of reviving the war revenue act of 1 SOS, which placed a tax on telegrams. bank checks, playing cards and all stocks bought or sold. That feature of the war revenue act Is Incorporated In the measure as drafted, it !s said. DISCHARGED NEGRO SOLDIERS Reasons For Delay In Organization of Commission. Washington, March 9. The hearing authorized by recent act of congress to the dhichnrged negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. In order that they might clear themselves of the charges of participation in the Browns ville riot, with the view to their re enlistment, Is not likely to be con ducted for some fine. Various reasons are assigned at the war department for the delay in the organization of the commission to con duct the Investigation, the principal one being that the certified co.iy of tho law has not yet been Issued by the state department and that care must be exercised In the select loi of (he personnel of the commission to avoid any grounds for possible allegations of bias. ATTACKED BY BULLDOG Lies Unconscious at Hospital and May Lose Sight of an Eye. Ithaca, March 9. Warren Wilson. IS years eld, Is lying unconscious at the City hospital as the result of an fncounter with a blue-ribbon winning bulldog belonf.ln? to a friend, Will lam LaBarr. Wilson and LaBarr were engaged in a friondly scuffle, when the dog came running up and took a hand In the fray, believing that his master was be ing attacked. Before he could be beaten oft he had seriously wounded Wilson about the face and shoulders. Wilson may lose the sight of one eye. Heinzcs Identify Necklace. Omaha, Neb., March 9. Mr. aud Mrs. Otto C. Hcinze of New York ar rived here and positively Identified the pearl necklace recovered by the Oma ha police from the Creek, John D. Sa vis. Savis signed a statement telling where and how he found the necklace and waiving any claim to the property, and at the request of Mr. Hcinze he was released from custody on his own recognizee. Tuerc be no prute cutlon. TAXES DUE TOTAL MILLIONS State Treasurer Sheatz Makes Aston ishing Discoveries. Harrisburg. March 9. Millions of dollars are standing on the bpoks of the state treasury In the form of up paid taxes, due from the year 1907 as far back :s 1SS2. Only about one-third of the accounts have been gone over, and these show a total of nearly J3.000.000 uncol lected. This startling condition of affairs was discovered by State Treasurer John O. Slicat., who. in a communica tion to Attorney General Todd urges that something be done to clear up the treasury pecounts. Such accounts as are now outlawed and uncollectahle, he thinks, -should be stricken from the books of the department. As a side-light on the manner of freusury bookkeeping In the past. Mr. Sheatz reports to the attorney general that many hundreds of Instances ai pear where entries of payments of corporation taxes have not been cred ited against the accounts. As far as the Investigation has gone there are $2,868,841.53 due on 1,947 nccounts. 65 CENTENARIANS IN PENNSYLVANIA One Was Aged 115 and Nine Near That In 1908 Death List. Harrisburg, March 9. According to the records of the bureau of vital sta tistics of the state department of health, 10 ot the 112,291 persons who died in Pennsylvania during the year 1908 were more than 100 years of age. One of the 10 was 115 years and 20 days old, another was 111 years 4 months and 17 days, another 110 years 9 months and 17 days, and the other seven between 100 years 4 months and 12 days and 107 years 10 months and 16 days. Seven of the 10 were women, 4 were native Pennsylvanians, one of Virginia (colored), three of Ireland, one of Scotland and one of Hungary. Only one of the 10 died from nn acute disease. Under the rules of the de partment the names of the persons cannot be disclosed. The statistical officials say that the reputed longevity of people of ancient times as compared with modern is not borne out by the records. For instance, the census of Pennsylvania in 1900 showed G5 persons over 100 years old In a population of six and one-half mil lion, whereas a census of the Roman empire of A. D. 74 showed only 129 persons over 100 years of aga In a to tal population of 9,000,000. SUDDENLY STRICKEN BLIND Elevator Operator Victim of Strange Malady. Pittsburg, March 9. Becoming sud denly blind while running an elevator In the Arrott building, Fourth avenue and Wood street, Saturday, William Sample, 31 years old, Is at the Alle gheny general hospital, where the phy sicians say he is suffering from men ingltis. Although he underwent a surgical operation yesterday his sight has not been restored. His total loss of sight came without warning. A physician was callfd and Sample was sent to his home at 181 Itin Btreet.'Xorthslde. He suffered in tense palu In his head all Saturday night and was delirious yesterdny morning when taken to the hospital. - No Strike of Mine Workers. Wllkes-Parre, Pa., March 9. Organ izers of the mine workers' union are speaking in scores of mining towns in an effort to Increase the membership of the union largely before the present agreement with the coal operators ends on March 31. There is growing confidence throughout the anthracite) region that there will be no strike and that the union will not order any sus pension of work pending the outcome of tho negotiations for a new agree- Manager's Death Followed Accident. New York, March 9. William H. HIsliop, well-known In tho theatrical circles as manager or owaer of such old-time stage successes at "The Illack Cn.ok," "What Happened to Jones" and "Tho County Fair," died here Sun day .it his home from internal injurh sustained three weeks ago when he was struck by a heavy automobile truck. Mr. Bishop was 64 years old and a native ot Buffalo. Trousers and Money Stolen. Irwin, Pa.. March 9. When .lame--Hudson of North Irwin awoke Sunday morning his trousers were gone along with 32 in cash. A pair of trousers full of holes had been left by tho rob ber, who operated while Mr. and Mrs. Hudson slept. Several pieces of jew elry were taken and the in) ruder hid helped himself t a lun'heou i" Hn rantry. Wages Reduced Ten Per Cent, l'hoenixv.ille, March 9. A re duction of 10 per cent In the- wages of the employes of the phoenix Iron rnmpanv went Isto effect yesterday af fecting about 3.000 men. The Phoe nix Iron company is one of I lie biggest cl tin? lutH,p"nd,,nt eoicvrrt:i. THE NEVMMMJkRY Short Items From Various Parts of the World. Hicord of Many Happenings Condensed and Put In Small Space and Ar ranged With Special Regard For the Convenience of the Reader Who Ha Llttla Time to Spare. Wednesday. The case of a Spanish dancer'.? son, who claims the title and estate i f the late Lord Sackville-West, opened in Madrid. The suprt-iiie court orders the New Haven railroad to dispose of all trol ley holdings In Massachusetts before July 1, 1909. The Ohio and tho Missouri, battle ships, just back from the big cruise, joined the Rhode Island and the New Jersey in New York harbor. Ambassador Whltelaw Reid and Sir Arthur I'nnnn lnle were the princi pal speakers at a banquet given by tho Authors' club in London in . eielualiim of the centenary of the binh of Poo. Albert T. Patrick, Benin.; a life hentence tor the murder t,i V. M. Rice, appeared in the appellate divis ion of the supreme court in Brooklyn to argue against the constitutionality of the commutation of his death fcent ence. Thursday. Tie Lackawanna Steel company at Buffalo has reduced the pay or its employes about 10 per cent. Senor Castro, deposed Venezuelan president, has been indicted for alleged complicity In the plot to assassinate President Gomez. The Consolidated Gas company in New York and the lesser companies paid out about $100,000 to about nine thousand consumers under the 80-cent rato rebate decision. Lloyd C. Grlicom, American ambas sador In Rome, has sent his resigna tion to the state department. He in tends to devote himself to business af fairs in the United States. The navy department announced that Rear Admiral S perry will haul down his liag as commander-in-chief of the Atlantic licet on March 8, to be sue ceeded by Rear Admiral Schroeder. Friday. In political circles In St. Petersburg war between Austria and Servia is re garded as inevitable, says a dispatch from the Russian capital. Capitalists joined with A. M. Her ring and Glenn 11. Curtis in a $300,000 company which will manufacture aero planes in llanimondsport, X. Y. Assemblyman Foley Introduced a oill at Albanv to curb so-called "shys ter" lawyers who do divorce nnd col lection business as corporations. The special select committee of tho house, In its report on secret service, asked tho passing of a law defining the duties and scope of that, branch of the service. James J. Jeffries, formerly champion heavyweight pugilist of the world, ar rived In New York to begin a vaude ville engagement. He said he would fight "Jack" Johnson if he could get Into condition. Saturday. An automobile coach line was estab lished yesterday between New York nnd Philadelphia. Theodore Roosevelt. In his first signed article as associate editor ol the Outlook, assailed "yellow Journalism." Senator Isaac Stephenson was re elected to thy United States senate by the Wisconsin legislature on the twenty-third ballot. Ex-President Roosevelt announced thnt he v.-Ml ail for 'fiiea on March 23 at noon, lie will take passage ou the Bteamer Hamburg. Monday. William Loeb, Jr., was confirmed as collector of tho port of New York. Theodore Roosevelt will receive 'io good wishes of Oyster Hay In a great farewell gathering beroie he departs for Africa. Senator Depw introduced u resolu tion In tin; senate to change inaugura tion day from .March 4 to the last Wednesday in April. The new tariff bill was sent to the public printer in Washington by the ways and means committee, with in structions to keep Its text secret. Charles McVeigh of Newark, after private prac tinners and county hospital surgeons had declared him insane and probably incurable, recovered hlti mind and health lluough hypnotic treatment. Tuesday. Oscar Harris, a hotel proprietor n?. Cameron Mills, N. Y., was killed near his home by an Erie railroad train. The tarilf bill prepared by the wajn and means committee was said to rec ommend n 30 per cent reduction in tlie duty on steel products. ,'iiseph Ilrucker outlined project for airship voyage from Spain to the Wes! indies, asserting that trip could be nia-Jo in live dayr. An avulaneho has dtioyed a v. o,k men's shelter at Pankt Johan. In the I'ougau district of Salzburg, Austria, killing 27 rcTS0lls- Fifteen bod have been recovered from tho wreck age. John W. Fisher of Buffalo, formerly prominent as a lawyer and politician, was sent to Auburn prison by County Judge Taylor, one of his old filetid i, ::. his plea o guilty to giur.d larcouy In Cn- litbt deiret. TARIFF ISSUE STIRS FRANCE Senate Discussion Promiset to Be Protracted and Bitter. Paris. March 9. The debate ou the proposed general revision of the tariff of 1S92. which has aroused a storm of opposition at home aud abroad, will open In the senate this week and promises to he bitter and protracted. The situation Is analogous to that in Germany, follow!) g the Impetus given V agriculture by the adoption of a protective system. The tariff of 1S92 was framed prim arily in the interest of French agri culturalists and. havng brought them prosperity and tinned a deficit In ag ricultural products into a surplus, the manufacturers are now claiming their chare. Tliey have waged a successful campaign before the parliamentary committee, having secured the aid of many workmen's organizations, which found that tho payment of duties by the rich would relieve them of Borne of the burdens of taxation. Foreign opposition to the revision was accompanied in- some cases by unveiled threats of retaliation. The Vnlpd States, through the embassy here, made formal representations against tho proposed Increases In the duty on cotton, corn nnd oils. Eng land and other ct un tries strongly op posed other schedules. The Frenrh government realizing the danger of tariff wars, formally refused to accept the oleaginous oil, textile, metal and machinery schedules. TO SUCCEED KNOX George T. Oliver of Pittsburg Will Probably Be Choice of Repub lican Caucus. Ilarrisbnrg, March 9. The Republi can members of the two houses of the Pennsylvania legislature will meet In joint caucus to name a candidate for United States senator to succeed P. C. Knox, who resigned March t to be come secretary of state in President Taft 'a cabinet. Mr. Knox's term would have expired March 4. 1911, and the new senator to be elected will serve out the unexpired term. The resignation of Mr. Knox, received by Governor Stuart Tuesday, was sent to the legislature last night. It Is probable that only one name, that of George T. 01Ier of Pittsburg, will be presented to the caucus and that he will b unanimously selected. The two houses of the legislature will take separate ballots on the sena torship on March 16 and on the fol lowing day will meet in Joint session to tormally declare the successful candidate elected. The Republicans have a majority of 167 on Joint ballot. Bequest to Wellesley College. Boston, March 9. A bequest to Wellesely college of the residue of the estate of Miss Ellen A. Kendall of Boston, estimated at between $75,000 and ISO.0II0 was made in the will of Miss Kendall Hied for probate today. The will directs that the money shall be used In the establishment of a pro fessorship named for the donor and that everything In excess of $60,000 shall be used to assist worthy students. Boys Find Buried Money. Klklns. W. Va., March 9.A large sum of nmney, consisting of gold, sil ver and copper, was found by chil dren while playing In a woods near the home of the late George Piercy, who is believed to have burled all his avail able cash during the civil war rather than have It fail into the hands of federal troops. MARKET REPORT New York Provision Market. New York, March 8. WHEAT No. 2 red, $1.21',; f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 northern Dtiluth, $1.23?4. CORN No. 2 corn, new, 74c f. o. b. alloat; 76c elevator. OATS .Mixed oats, 26 to 32 lbs.. 57Vif .r',4f; clipped white, 34 to 42 lbs, fill til 61c. PORK Mess, $ 18. 50 J 19.00, family, JlS'ifi 19.2.V HAY Good to choice, 80W8.rc. RIITTKR Creamery specials, 29tj (ti'.blc; extra, 2SV4Ji29e; process, lgfjp 21c; western factory, 1 ! i ft 20c. CIIKKSE State, full cream, fancy, Ififi IliVf-c. 'GCiS State and Pennsylvania, 25 4! 2Kc. i oTATOES Maine, per 180 lbs., J2..'i0'?(2.62; state, $2.2fff 2.37. Buffalo Provision Market Buffalo, Mirch 8. WHEAT No. 1 northern, carloads, $1.1 8 ; No. 2 reel. $1.26 4. CORN No. 3 yellow, 7OV4C f. o. b. afloat; No. 3 yellow, 69-1ic. OATS No. 2 white, 57 'fee t o. b. afloat; No. 3 white, .ri6V'ci 57c FLOUR Fancy blended patent, per bbl.. $6.50W7.25; winter family, patent. 116.10ft 6.65. BUTTER Creamery pilnts. fancy, 30'ii31c; state and Pennsylvania creamery, 2Sc; dairy, choice to fancy. !(!' ?7c. CHEESE Choice to fancy, full cream. WW 15c; fair togoid. 1314c. EGGS Selected white, 2lc. POTATOES White fancy, pe- Mi., tS2a8;!c; fair t) good, 7S(ti80c. East Buffalo Live Stock Market. CATTLE Prinio export stews. $fi.5l fje.ij; good to choice butcher steev $.).00S6.0(j; choice cows. $4.755 o.lo; choice heifers, $5.751 6 00; common to fair helfe s. $1.255.65; common to fair bulls. 3 2-Vi LOO; choice veala, $!i.2.Vn9.50; fair to good. $8.5ncT9 0rt. SHEEP AM) LAMBS Choice i.piing lambs. 7.757.SO: choice ) callings. $.o0f! 7 .Oil; Mixed fhep, $5.00.(1 6.75. HOGS- l.icl". Yorker. $-J.S"i'i S.S5; medium ami h "avy .fcc:v. $7.1"; '10; pigs, $t.05 "5 fi-76.
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