i Besides Webers i Besides Webers Guernsey Bros, control the sale of the following celebrated Pianos: Linderman, Wheelock, Everett, Stuyvesant, ALL GOOD. WHY NEW Ml IS ASKED Arguments That Were Made Yester day in the Merolo Case. REASONS THAT ARB ADVANCED It I Said That the Diitrlct Attorney Want Too Far In Uia Address to the Jury Change of Venue Refuted. Murderer Crexenio Merola, firmly handcuffed and in charge of Warden Thomas Jay, was brought down from the county jail to court yesterday after noon and as he )eered wistfully over the balustrade of the prisoner's dock In the corner of the court room, he heard argument made by Attorney Joseph W. Brown for a new trial for him. District Attorney John R. Jones, just out of a sick bed, opposed the grant ing of a new trial. - The three judges were on the bench. Mr. Brown's argument was directed principally to set up in the minds of the court that certain remarks made by Mr. Jones during the progress of the trial, were of nature serious enough to warrant a new trial for the condemned man. The district attorney was charged by the prisoner's counsel with having expressed himself aa not wishing to be a party to Merola's adding perju-y to the crime of murder. Another remark attributed to Mr. Jones was that the defense could not get a single resident of Old Forge to come forward and swear he Is not the rlsht man, and that Mr. Jones had personal knowledge that the prisoner's counsel did all they could to find someone down there to testify in this manner, but they failed to do so. Other Reasons Advaneed. These were the two principal argu ments for a new trial. Other reasons given were that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence and the jury had not given the defendant the bene fit of a reasonable doubt. Mr. Brown argued sreclflcally on the remarks of the district attorney and said the de fendant is, entitled' to a new trial from the fact that Mr. Jones' words created an unfavorable Impression In the minds of the jury and made It Impossible to render the defendant a fair and Impar tial trial. Mr. Brown also touched on the charge of Judge Edwards in taking the consideration of manslaughter way from the Jury. ' The district attorney, when he began his argument, was told by Judge Arch bald that the court would like to hear from him on what ground he justified the use of the remarks attributed to him, as they were serious ones. Mr. Jones with much warmth and In a sharp and logical style replied that when he was elected district attorney he took treat pains to know how far and no further he could go In his comments, and that he was convinced that he had not overstepped his domain In the Mer ola case. He assured the court that he had not made the remark which he did make, In heated manner; but that they were made by him with due delibera tion. He complained that Merola's at torney had not quoted him correctly with reference to the failure of the de fense' In getting a resident of Old Forge to swear that the prisoner was not Merola. Argataent He Old Make. Mr. Jones said that what he did say was that It had been proved that Mer ola lived two years in Old Forge and. ho rilE That Wonderful Weber Tone GUERMSEY had not put a single witness on the stand from Old Forge to swear that he was not the right man. He said that he had a perfect right to mane this ar gument to the Jury. In regard to the other remark that he would not be a party to the perjury of the defendant, as he was already guilty of murder, Mr. Jones said that he had put thirty wit nesses on the stand; everyone of them knew Merola and they unequivocally Identified the prisoner at the bar as the right man. When the prisoner was arrested In Boston two letters were found on his person addressed to Benianlnnl Mor ettl, a man who used to board at Joseph Salvi's house In Old Forge and who went away a month after the murder. These letters contained references to the Merola family and the names of ...e prisoner's parents In the letters tallied with the names found on a military cer tificate in the trunk of Merola In Old Forge five days atfer the murder. Under those circumstances the only hypothesis was that the defendant was committing perjury. He would use the same expression again If the case were tried over. Attorney John T. Martin was not present during the argument, which did not occupy more than three quarters of an hour all told. The Hums-Smith Cane. Judge Ounster handed down an order refusing to grant a change of venue In the Burns-Smith cases. Argument was then made on the rule to set aside the award of $15,000 made by Arbitrators Fred. W. Fleits, George M. Watson and Thomas P. Duffy. Arguments were then mado to strike off the appeal and set aside the award and the court tooic the gapers. - OF A REL1CI01S NATIRE. Like the ten days preceding Thanks giving Day, the present period In the church world is being almost wholly devoted to rehearsing church and Sun day school music or In preparation for the variously planned Christmas tree or other church functions for Christmas eve or Christmas night. This condi tion necessaiilly overshadows all other usual church doings, and church people who are not working for Christmas In the church Itself are devoting . their time to the house, store or office In con nection with the pleasure or profit that this season brings. All this portends that whatever may be the absence of the usual week-day . trimmings of church life, the famine will be more than bountifully balanced by the good cheer and good things that the holidays always bring. "Jim" Burwlek's Work. Tomorrow afternoon at 3.15 o'clock In the railroad branch of the Toung Men' Christian association will be held the last of the meetings which nightly for two weeks have been .addressed by "Jim" Burwlck, the freight-conductor-preacher of the Evansvllle and Terre Haute railroad. Burwlck, without any attempt at advertising or assumed ec centricity, which might have been ex pected In his peculiar combination of railroader-preacher, has attracted large crowds, and, what Is better, has brought about an Unusually large'' number of conversions. What . he says la ex pressed In the vernacular peculiar to the railroader, and this style Is more In telligible to his hearer than Greek or fountain talk. His-knowledge of the Bible and fund of practical argument have done much In contributing toward his success. . ' Religiose Notes. ... Professor James Hughes will preach tomorrow at the Dickson City Presby terian church. SCRANTON TKIBUNJfl Exists only in Weber Pianos, - makers, no matter how iamous they may be. Guernsey Bros. (Jt course, we sell other fianos, but none equal to lection of Musicians flood us with them in Weber Pianos. Here's how we get rid PIANOS Hardinan (upright) $150; Chickering $50 ORGANS Mason & Hamlin, $30; New England, $30; Acme Organ, 11 stops, $11. PLENTY MORE JUST AS CHEAP. Rev. Ralph Glllam will preach In the Dunmore Presbyterian church tomor row morning and evening. Sunday evening, in the First Presby terian church. Rev. Dr. McLeod will de liver a sermon on the "Gospel of fur Hy." The doctor is a vigorous talker and an original thinker and his remarks are sure to be of interest. The regular meeting of Methodist ministers will be held in Kim Park church, Dec. 23, at 10 a. m. Essayist, Rev. Charles McGee, pastor of Howard Place church; theme, "Our Nation's Disgraceful Lynchlngs In the South. The Elm Park Epworth League will hold a special Christmas service Sun day evening. Song service at 6.30, con ducted by chorister, subject, "Chlstmas Gifts;" leader, H. H. Beldleman. Se lections by choir of young men. All young people welcome. Rev. L. C. Floyd will preach on an Interesting topic tomorrow evening at 6.30 o'clock. Dr. Floyd Is a very pa triotic gentleman. He has taken a great Interest In the Cuban controversy and will give his views on the matter in the evening sermon. Rev. S. F. Matthews, of Croton, N. Y., who has accepted the call extended to htm by the Scranton Street Baptist church, Is expected to preach his first sermon at the church tomorrow morn ing. He will take charge of the church on the first Sunday In the new year. At the Toung Men's Christian Asso ciation tomorrow afternoon at 3.46 tne address will be delivered by u.e Young Men's Christian Association State Sec retary, S. M. Bard, of Harrisburg. The subject of Secretary Bard's addresa Is "Through a Hole In the vVall," and Is an unusually Interesting subject. The music under the direction of J. M. Chance will be of special interest Sec retary Mahy's Bible Workers' class, which convenes immediately after ie service, will welcome any one desiring to become a member. The Sunday afternoon meeting at tne Young Women's Christian Association, 205 Washington avenue, at 3.45, will De In charge of the Student Volunteers ot our City and will be of special Interest as "A World's Needs and How to Meet Them" Is to be talked upon by H. W. Luce and A. B. Williams, who are very earnest workers in the student volun teer movement, and very interesting speaker. Good muslo will add to the Interest of the meeting, and It is hoped that many young women will be pres ent. The Hands News Tomorrow. Be sure and get it! It will be a grand double number consisting of 16 pages finely Illustrated matter. It will con tain an Interesting notice of Earle H. Eaton In which he speaks of sport on the alleys and gives a few points to the novice; an excellent humorous page home for the refugees; how a senator got even with a Pullman porter; the double dealing Sultan and his appoint ment of Bahri Paahl; a handsome fashion page. In which all the latest fashions may be found; the traveling men's home,(flnely Illustrated), showing picture of George C. Green; De Wlndt's long trip, to go from New York to Paris by land and spend 825.000 on the way; the story of a remarkable whale; In the drug stores, some funny happenings that are seen at the soda fountains; the Brundell murder, a mystery that has never been solved; Chief Byrnes' sue cessor, peaceful Guerrillas; Author Heme says nature should be produced on the stage; picture of the man who beat the - great Zimmerman in Aus tralia; checker and chess department; science and progress; the household, good health: our young folks column: the curiosity shop; many local cuts of people well known In the elty and the latest national new together with the most exclusive local of any Sunday paper in uu section ot the state. SATURDAY MOENINGr, DECEMBER 21, 1895. and is not even imitated in the instruments of other . 4 4 .a . -W-T "T 4 44 t . WEBER X"X 0 Cfi'l ' I e xst PPuar priced iustru- ' if , : nients that we know of are those f?sr j Farr & votey na I and j(f The Chase We have at all times a large se second-hand Pianos and Organs. BROTHERS, 224 Wyoming Ave. THE WORLD OF BUSINESS Stocks and llonds. New York. Dec. 20. As ehown elsewhere In dispatches the Ueulings at New York Stock Exchange were attended with un usual excitement, and a general "slump" in the gilt-edged securities which forced several firms to the wall. National Lead preferred dec-lined 1616 to 73, Consolidated Gas, 12 to 139; Delaware and Hudson, 7 to 118; National bead, common, 8 to 20; Pacific Mall, 6',4 to 2214: Omaha, 8 to 31; Tennessee Coal, 7 to 3; Manhattan, 8 to 95; Jersey Central, 9 to 97; New York Central, 614 to 91; Canada Southern, 8 'to 44; Michigan Central, 7 to 95; Louisville and Nashville, 10ft to 39; Lake Krle and Western, preferred, 8 to 85; Lake Shore, 8 to 142; Gneral Electric, 914 to 2U; Lackawanna, 5 to 15814; Colorado Fuel, 614 to 2014; St. Paul. 10 to 62; Tur lington and Ouiney, 6 to 74; Northwest. 7 to 94; Chicago Gas, 7 to 61, and Mis souri Pacific, 81i to 1914. TheCanadlan banks were among the first to cull In their loans and In answer to In quiries some of the foreign capitalists raid that they were compelled to use the money to purchase exchange. Borrowers were compelled to seek elsewhere and nfar the close the Central Trust company caine In the market and offered $5,000,000, which broke the money rate from 80 to 6 per c-'.nt. In the final dealings the rate worked back to 50 per cent. The decline In money, start ed u: a little better demand for "stocks generally, and on purchases by bargain hunters and others a recovery of la7 per cent, took place In the' standard Issues, and 11 per cent. In Lead, preferred. A ru mor which had some Influence at this time was to the effect that the head of the Belmont-Morgan syndicate had been called to Washington. Lead, preferred, rallied 11 to 84; do. common, 4 to 24; Con solidated Gas, 614 to 14514; Sugar. 4 to 90; Tobacco, 3 to 72; Lake Shore, 3 to 146; Louisville and Nashville, 3 to 42,: Manhattan, 6 to 100; New York Central, 6 to 93; Canada Southern, 24 to 46; Jersey Central, i to 994; Rock Island, 4 to 67; Delaware and Hudson, 2Vi to 120; Lake Shore, 4 to 146; Susquehanna and Western, preferred, 3H to 25; Southern Railway, preferred, 44 to 26; Ruhber, 4 to 25: Leather, preferred, 4 to 64, and Western Union, 2 to 8546. The gain was not fully maintained, how ever, and ln the final trading the market was feverish and unsettled. Net changes for the day show losses of la7 per cent. The total tales were 743,271 shares. Furnished by WILLIAM LINN, AL LEN ft Co., correspondents for A. P. CAMPBELL, stock Broker, 412 Spruce street. Op'n- High- Low- Clos. Inir. est est. In. Am. Tobacco Co 73 73H 8K HH Am. Cotton OH 16 1 1514 Ku, Am. Sugar Re'g Co.. 9H M W Atch.. To. ft 8. Fe... 14V 1414 12 Canada Southern.... 48 48 45 40 C hes. ft Ohio 14 1414 1214 14 Chicago Gas 67 67 6114 6314 Chic, ft N. W 99 99 92 95 Chic, B. ft Q 7914 8014 74 74 C. C. C. ft St. L 38 38 J3 3414 Chic. Mil. ft St. P... 6914 694 62 4 Chic, K. I. ft Pac.... 7014 70S 43 66 Del. ft Hud 120 122 118 120 D. . L. ft W 161 161 1G6H 169 Dlst. ft C. F 1814 18 1416 1414 Gen. Electric 2814 2814 21 2414 Lake Shore 14614 146 142 14 LouK ft Nash 47 47 4114 M. K. ft Texas 10 10 10 10 Manhattan Eta 1004 102 95 100H Mtcb. Central 95 86 96 fA Mo. Pac 24 U 20 22 Nat. Cordage 5 614 1 414 Nat. Lead 2314 25 2014 24 N. J. Central 100 102 7 9914 N. Y. Central 97 7 1 94 N. Y.. L. E. ft W 10 10 10 10 N. Y.. 8. ft W 814 14 8 814 N. Y.. a ft W., Pr.. 24 2414 21 Nor. Pac, Pr. 12 12 12 11 Ontario ft West 11 11 12 11 Pac. Mali 2714 2714 2214 2314 Phils. Read 714 714 7 Southern R. R 8 714 1 Tenn.. C. ft Iron 1014 H4 23 . 25 Texas Pacific 114 Hi I bee the Weber and exchange for of them: shipments, 355 bags; quiet; prime cash, Union Pacific 514 G 5 614 Wabaxh 114 6 6 5 Wabash, Pr 15 15 13 14. W intern Union 87 87 8214 84 W. L. 11 11 7 8 V. 8. Leather 1014 1014 9 974 U. 8. Leather, Pr.... 64 61 6014 82 CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE PRICES. Open- High- Low- Clos WHEAT. Ing. est. est. Ins. May 68 68 67 67 OATS. May .19 1914 19 1 CORN. January 25 25 2514 25'4 May 28 28 27T4 27 LARD. January 6.22 6.22 6.20 6.22 May 6.46 6.45 5.45 (.45 PORK. January 8.37 8.40 8.37 8.40 May 8.80 8.82 (.70 8.70 Scranton Board of Trade Exchange Ono-tatlons-AII Quotations Based oa Par of 100. Name. Bid. Asked. Green Ridge Lumber Co 110 Dime Dep. ft DIs. Bank ISO Scranton Lace Cur. Co 64 Nat. Boring ft Drilling Ci SO First National Bank 660 Thuron Coal Land Co 90 Scranton Jar ft Btopr. zr Co 23 Scranton Glass Co 5 Spring Brook Water Co 103 Elmhurst Boulevy.M Co 100 Scranton Axle Works SO Third National Bank ISO Lacka. Trust and Safe Dep. Co ... ICO Scranton Packing Co 9714 Scranton Savings Bank 209 ... Lacka. Iron ft Steel Co 160 Weston Mill Co 250 Scranton Traction Co 15 Bonta Plate Glass Co 10 Scranton Car Replacer Co 100 Economy 8team Heat and Power Co 60 BONDS. Scranton Glass Co 100 Scranton Pass. Railway first mortgage, due 1918 110 ... Scranton Traction Co 86 People's Street Railway, first - mortgage, due 1918 Ill ... Scranton ft P:ttston Trac. Co. ... (0 People's Street Railway. Sec ond mortgage, due 1920 110 ... Lacka. Valley Trac. Co., first mortgage, due 1921 to Dickson Manufacturing Co 100 Lacka. Township School 5 102 City of Scranton Street Imp ... 103 Scranton Axle Works , 100 New York Prod nee Market. New York, Dec. 20. Flour Dull, barely steady. Wheat Active for export, tower with options; Mo. 2 red store and elevator, 68c; afloat, S9a6914c; f. o. b., (7a6914c.; ungraded red, la70c; No. 1 northern, S4a 65c; options unsettled and weak at 114 lc. decline; May-July most active; No. 2 red, January, 4c; February, 66c; March, 6614c; May, Wc; May, 64c; July, (414c.; Dec. 63c. Corn Dull, firm; No. 2 at 33l4a33c. elevator: 2414a34c; afloat; op tions were dull and firm at unchanged prices. Oats Quiet, steady; options neg lected and oominaiy unchanged; spot prtceo. No. S at 22c; No. 1 white, 24c; No. 2 Chicago, 23c; No. S at 21c; No. 1 white, 2ta28c. Provlslons)-Qulet, steady at unchanged prices. Lard DuOl, weak; western steam, 85.4714c; city at, t6a6.10; December, 85.45; renned quiet; continent, 86; South America, 86.30; compound, 4a5c. Pork-Dull, steady; mess. S8.76a9.2S. But terQuiet, fancy steady; state dairy, 13a 14c; do. creamery, 20a27c; western dairy, HaJ9c; do. creamery, 19a23c; do. June, 17a 24c; do. factory, 10al9c: Elglns, 26c: Imi tation creamery, 15a22c. ; rolls, Italic. Cheese Fancy, fir, unchanged. Eggs Steady, moderate demand; state and Penn sylvania, Zta26c.; Southern, SOaSlc; Ice house, 17a19c; do. case, tt. 754.26; weetern fresh, 30a22c; limed, 17al7c Baffalo Live Stoek. Buffalo, N. Y Dec. 20. Cattle Receipts, 281 tiead; on Mile, 65 head; market, very dull end 25 cent lower. Hogs Receipts, 15,1)0 bead: oa sale. 14,000 head; market hear it at the IN CASE Th Armies That the United States Field for OCR FOHCES ON LAND AND SEA. At the present time the entire standing army of the United States, Including cav alry, artillery and Infantry, reaches a total of 25,871, enlisted men and officers. The distribution by geographical depart ments Is as follows: Enlisted Departments. Officers. Men. Total. California Ill 1.403 1,514 Colorado 2;i 3,299 3,560 Columbia 133 1.5U9 1,702 Dakota 197 2,427 2,621 East 625 6,795 7,320 Missouri 3U7 4.154 AM Platte 2M 1,649 2,753 Texas 143 1.7f6 1,9.17 Totals 1,880 23,991 25,871 In addition to this available force the National Guard could be called upon Im mediately. The latest census of the Guard shows that the total force Is 114,930 men and officers. This Is divided as follows: Infantry (men and officers) 101,504 Artillery (men and officers) 6,151 Cavalry (men and officers) 6,249 Total 114,930 By combining the standing army and National Guard a total of 140,801 men could be placed in the field at short notice. At the present time there are sixty-four war vessels of all descriptions in commis sion In the United States Navy. Includ ing the recently formed naval militia, the total available force amounts to 17,255 officers and men. The war vessels are di vided into classes as follows: Armored. Line of battle ships 3 Coast defense vessels .16 Cruisers 1 Total , Protected cruisers., Cruisers Gun vessels Torpedo vessels .... Unarmored. 13 29 8 1 Total 42 Torpedo boats 2 Total (all descriptions) 64 There are In course of construction at the present time ten armored and nine un armored veseels and seven torpedo boats. The naval force Is divided as follows: Navy, officers and men (Including marines) 13,460 Marines stationed at navy yards 1,100 Naval mllltla (reserved) 2,05 Total ..17,255 very dull; roughs, 13a3.1E; etss, t2.76a3: good Yorkers, 83.75l4sl.60; light lots, 83.66a 1.70; pigs, t2.70a2.76; Yorkers sold late at $166. Sheep end lambs Receipts, 5,400 head; on sale, 9,000 head; market dull for II kinds of sheep end slow for lambs; prime Jambs, 14.35a4.60; good to choice, S4a 4.16; light to fair, 13.35a3.S6; culls and com mon, S2.76al.26; seven loads Canada lambs sold ranging S4.40a4.60, with most sales S4.46a4.56; good sheep, 12a2.25; choice, 12.85a 1.40; culls to fair lots, ll.15al.80; yearlings, good to extra, t2.70al.50. Toledo Grain Market. Toledo, O., Dec. 20. Close. Wheat Re ceipts, 6,200 bushels; shipments, 4.600 bush els; dull, lower; No. 1 red cash, 49c; May, Sc. Corn Receipts, 46,107 buehels; ship ments, 17,400; easy; No. I mixed cash, 2814c.; No. 1 do. 2314c; No, S yellow, 27c; No. 1 white, X514C Oata-:Recelpta. S.O0O bush A; shipment, 1,000 boaheht; nothing doing. Clover seed Receipts, 626 hags; i aafciea OF A WAR. and Great Britain Could Put Into th Active Service. THE BRITISH CONTINGENT. Kngland's regular army, excluding the militia and volunteer corps, Is, approx Imately, as follows: Home Total and British Col. India. Army Horse Artillery 3,131 2,478 6,00 Cavalry, including Household Cavalry. 12,907 Artillery 19,225 Engineers 5,198 Infantry, Including 4,312 . 428 1,741 28,891 6.(21, Foot Guards 76.366 46,768 122,134 Service Corps 2,990 2,990 Colonial Corps. 2,485 1,746 2,481 1,741 Army Hospital Corps. Additional force In consequence of re enforcements, total. 3,900 1,900 Totals 127.947 62,651 190,600 Of the total 190,600 men 7,980 are officers, 16.560 are non-commUsloned officers and 166,070 are rank and file. There are 11,321 horses for use of this army. Great Britain's military system lncludei Field Reserve Non-commissioned officers and men 70,35 -Guns (including fortresses and gar risons) 1,11) . First Reserve. Non-commissioned officers and men. 600,000 Guns 1,260 Horses 119,74! . Second Reserve. .. Officers, non-commlssloned officers and men 200t Grand Totals. Officers, non-commlssloned offl- . cers and men 1,039,760 Guns 4,83- Horses 171,741 Population capable of bearing arms, ln eluding Canada and Austrian, but ex eluding India, and other colonies, 12,000,600. About 60 per cent, of the vessels enu--i merated In the following table are ready, for action, while from ten days to period . i,i he reaulred te ' put the others in condition for active r vice. . ' h Great Britain's Nsvy. Armored battle ships M Armored coast defense vessels 11 Armored cruisers 21 : Cruisers (protected) Cruisers (unprotected) U Gun vessels (Unprotected) 1 Torpedo vessels 24 Torpedo boats (over 100 feet long).. 110 Torpedo boats (under 100 feet long).. Of ) Total number of vessels 601 ,.. Total number of guns , 6,790 Officers 2.711 Seamen eS.516 Marines, officers SOU Marines, soldiers 14,211V 141714; January, 14.2214; February, H.JJp,' March, 14.3U. Oil Market. Oil City, Dec. 20.-OII opened, tl.St; high est, 11.39; lowest. $1.30; closed, 81.30 bid. Pittsburg. Dec. 20. Oil opened, 1S -: highest. 11.39: lowest, 11.29; oloeed, SLSf bid. Bisnuara s price, 11.43. Philadelphia Tallow Market. Philadelphia. Dec. 20. -City tallow, hogsheads, !c; country, do., 14alHc- ( to quality, and cakes, 414c A Professions! Advsntag. "Don't you want to hire my parr aid a little colored urchin. . t " ! What for?" "Ter put up de stovepipe." v' 'Does he put up stovepipes wtllf -' 'Deed he do. An' de bes' oh it am dog . he's deaf an' dumb, my par la, so de wo while he's wuhkln."-Washlntoa 9 tar,' i ' i 5