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THE SCRANTON TJRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1899,
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DR. H. B. WAR13,
SPECIALIST.
Eye, Har, Nose and Throat
CRIceltour Oium, tol2.!10 p.'li 'Jtol.
Williams iliilldliig, Opp. I'ostolllco.
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CITY NOTES
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KCNBltAL TIIlltSK.W. The limenil
of Mrs. Catherine li Lucy will take place
from licr Into residence, li New street,
un Tliurstlay niornlntf at V o'clock.
FIFTH ANNIVHIttfAltY.-Thc V.enlth
Literary society will celebrat. their llftli
anniversary at tin- home of It. D. Hleh
nrds, JH I'lne street. Tui-mI.iv uvunln?,
January. 31, tvj!'.
I2.V. J3C L'TI V K COM AI ITT K K Al K KTI NO
A mcctlrar o the executive tonimittce
of tlio 1N9 llrcmtn's convention ursa.ilzn
tlon will bo held thin afternoon In tlio
Ullofs of Chief lllckey, ot the lire depatt
nicnt. iiisTomcAi soruri'v mkuts.-a
reRUlnr meetlntr of the Catholic Histor
ical Society ami Newman MuKiizlnr club
wns held last niKht. Over 1.71 members
listened to the inteiestlns papers that
-were rend and dWeusscd.
FAMILY AFFAIH.-Warrunts for the
nrrest of Frederick Frcndcnshuss, of 1W1
Atoltkp avenue, have been Issued b Al
derman Howe, at the Instance of the for
mer's stepdaughter, Sophia, llockscherf,
tind his wife. Thev alleKe thai Frenden
ahues came home drunk and beat thern.
UOIUIKD Wltll.K ASLK.KP.-A man
named John Noilly was robbed of i'-'M
while, asleep in Thomas' saloon on lower
"Lackawanna avenue yesterday morning.
Ho did not know tlie tiamo of the tlilet
but ho had a. clue to his identity and
caused Alderman Howe to issue a war
rant for the arrest of "John Doe."
now hi no iiAToir i'osti'onko.-
Tho howllnR match that was to have
taken place between the Kilt club and the
Scranton nicycle club tonight has been
postpone! until next Monday night. The
Klk team ill not able to bowl this even
ing on account of the absence of several
members. The first series will be bowled
on the bicycle club alleys.
STOCKHOLDERS' MKKTINCJ.-Stnok-liolders
of the Feranton Redding company
held their annual nice tint; and elected
the following dlreetors yesterday: Dr.
?'. Y. Leet. T. H. Renton, II. K. 5'alne.
Luther Keller and Conrad Schroeder. Dr.
Leet was elected president: Air. Value
vice president and Mr. Kenton secretary
ami treasurer of the board of directors.
PUBLIC INSTALLATION'. The fourth
nnnual public Installation of olllcers of
Sosthones lodge, G. I'. O. of (1. F.. will
be held In Alusle hall this evening. A
committed from Wilkes-ISarro lodge will
be present to conduct th'e ceremonies af
ter which a reception will lie held. The
Brand inarch will be at M.IV o'clock, Re
freshments will be served by th. ladles
of the Household of Itiilh. Lawrences
orchestra will furnish music fm the oc
casion. RARMnN WILL DANVK.-The original
Tiartenders' association will nu et at Car
roll's hotel at 7.,".0 o'clock next Monday
evening and proceed in a body to the
Delaware and Hudson station, thence to
Pittston. where they will attend the an
nual ball of the llartehders' association
of that place. The committee having
chargo of the arrangement.! follows:
Henry O'Hara. Lurry K trick. Arthur
Avails. A. G. Lundy. Allch.iel AleGnver'i,
C. 11. Koelle, James Hughes and Anthom
Cook.
WILKES-BARRE CANDIDATES.
Nominated by the Republicans of
That City.
Tlio first Republican city convention
held In Wilkes'-Harrf in fifteen years
assembled in that city Monday night.
The following candidates were nomi
nated: v
Controller J. It. IVtrv.
City Trcasuier Ilobert W. Williams.
Assessors K. 11. Kulp, Henry Uodmer
nnd W. J. 1". Willi'tms.
School Directors Dr. G. W. Gulhlie
nnd Dr. W. G. Wcavei.
MARRIED.
OJ.AUIC-SMtTn.-On Jan. in. IS'A at the
residence of Air, Saltry, b It, v. Will
Jam lSdg.ir. Air. Daniel Clark and Allss
Agnes Smith, both of Scranlon.
DIED.
MULDOO.W In Scranton, Jan. 17, IS'.b.
Airs. Ann Aluldoou. widow of the late
Anthony Aluldoop. ai?ed h7 yi.irs. Fu
nenil from her late n sldcnce, ISM Venn
avenue. Thursday forenoon. A solemn
hlsh mass will lie sum; in St. Paul's
church at 10 o'clock. Jnturtncnt in the
Hyde Park Catholic cemetery.
SAIM3KNT. Jn Ser-inton. J'a.. ,Un. ,
1STO, Jumes Sar'itnt, afted SO yearn. 11
montlis and 6 days, at residence of his
daughter. Airs, AI. A. Dimil. 212 Fran
lln avenue. J-'un-ral notice later.
The Wttkcs-Bnrre Record can bo had
In Scranton at the r.ews stands of P.els.
man Ilros., 401 Spruce und 03 Llndjn
Hweet: Mac, Lackawanna avenue.
HTOF)Ar we cose out tl arSe "umber of
odd pairs of Men's Shoes, our reg
ular $3 and $3.50 lines, in calf aud patented leather.
Also the retnaiuder of the winter russets strong, ex
cellent shoes, with double soles aud extension edges.
They will go at $2.00. The thrifty man, if he fiuds
his size, will buy two pairs. It is safe to say they will
all be sold today. $3.50 shoes at $2.00.
Schank & Spencer
410 Spruce Street.
NO TWO SAW IT
EXACTLY THE SAME
HIGHLY CONTRADICTORY TES
TIMONY IN JOYCE INO.UEST.
Tliero Was Evidence That the TJn
fortunate Little. Children Wore
Walking When Struck; Other
Evidonco That They Were Riding
on a Sled, and Still Other Eye
Witnesses Could Not Say Whether
Thoy Were Riding or Walking.
Neighbors Even Differ as to There
Being a Hill on the Street.
How dlffetelU persons will sec the
same thlmr In wldel different ways
was instanced last night in the Inquest
conducted by On oner lloberta into tit)
lentil of little Genevieve .Joyce, who
was killed by a tiolley car at the cor
ner of Stone n venue and lllver street,
Mondny morning.
Three eye-witnesses wen- positive
that the children were on a sled when
the car mruck them; one was equally
positive that they were walklnu over
the crossing, two were in doubt as to
whether thev were standing up or sit
ting down, and nnnther could not
swear thnt lie noticed Just what posi
tion the children were in when the car
cuiue down upon them. ulthoiiKh he
was looking at them when the tragedy
occurred.
The most intelligent aoeount of the
accident., w a s given by Thomas and
Kdwnrd" ICarl.v, of Green JUdge.
Thomas, who was fit st called, stated
that he and his brother were driving
along Stone avenue in a southerly
direction. They saw the car coming
towards them, and, on account of the
road being nnrtow at the point where
they would pass the car if they kept
going, they stopped to let the car go
by. The point where they stopped was
forty feel north of the corner where
the accident occurred.
HOW IT HAPPEX1CD.
As the car wan coming down .Stone
avenue, where there is a slight grade,
the inotoitnan was twisting Ids brake,
as if gradually slowing up In approach
ing the crossing. When the car wns
a few feet above the crossing, a sled
bearing two children, a boy and girl,
came down IJlvor street. The car came
on the street Intersection from Stotm
avenue at about the mine moment that
the sled passed over the crosswalk on
the lllver street side.
The sled came on the track just a
few feet In advance of the ear and
was halted by reason of the snow hav
ing been worn awny at that point. Tho
children did not seem to be aware of
their danger. The niotornian shouted
and appeared to be exerting every ef
fort to stop the car.
The fender of the car struck the chil
dren at about their shoulders1. The boy
was rolled over a few times and then
thrown by the Pilot board to the east
side of the track. The girl was rolled
over nnd over again and llnally disap
peared beneath the pilot board. The
sled was pushed along for a short dis
tance and then crushed by being
squeezed between some obstruction on
the track nnd the pilot board. The
children were struck a little to the
north of the center of the street Inter
section. The car was brought to a
standstill with its tear end even with
the northerly crosswalk.
Kdwnrd ICarly's testimony was sim
ilar in every respect to that given by
his brother. Neither of them would
venture an opinion as to the rate of
speed at which the car was going.
AXOTHEIl ACCOUNT.
Chester M. Ilutt, wholesale produce
merchant, saw the accident from a
point on lllver street forty feet away
but could not say whether the children
were on a sled or standing up when
they were struck. lie heard screams
from some women and looking up saw
the car coming down upon the children,
lie turned his head nwny so as not to
see them struck. In answer to ques
tions by the jurors he gave It as his
opinion that the car was running at
greater speed thnn it should when
passing over a crossing. After strik
ing the children the car went about
twenty-live feet, he said.
Hryan Collins av the oceurance from
the front of his lot, one hundred and
forty feet away. Ho swore positively
that the children were walking along
when the accident occurred. They
might have had a sled with Iheni, lie
said, but they were not riding on It
when they were struck. He thought
the ear was going twelve or fifteen
miles an hour. The street there Is per
fectly level, he averred,
John Walsh, a painter, who was
working on the gable of a nearby
house, heard screams, and, looking
about, saw the car running down the
children, He saw tho children some
twenty minutes previously and they
had n sled with them. Whether or not
they were sleighrldlng when the acci
dent occurred he could not say.
Al. J. Pern, nn engineer, living close
bv, heard the women ncrenmlns and
looked around, hut not In time to wit
ness the cur striking the children. He
00 Pairs
Men's $3.50 Shoes
AT
2.00.
!
could not say whether or not the chil
dren wore walking or riding when the
accident occurred. The cur, ho thought,
was mnkliig about eight miles nn hour.
It was stojiped within thirty feet of
tho point where the accident occurred,
but, in the witness opinion, It would
not have been jiosslble to bring the car
to it hnll Inside of a hundred feet nnd
It not been for the fact that the sled
and Hie little girl's body blocked Hie
wheels somewhat. There i a down
grade at that point, he positively
stated.
MOTORMAN'sS HTOHV.
The niotoimun, George M. Lindsay,
said he was ten or fifteen feet from
the crossing when he saw the sled,
bearing the children, coming down
lllver street. He felt that the sled nnd
car would collide and shouted In alaim,
while he reversed the power nnd ap
plied the brake. The sled stopped oil
the track between the rails', and a
moment later was struck.
The car was not maklnc over five
miles nn hour, he said. At Hickory
street he shut off the power and tight
ened up the brake, to allow the car to
run by gravitation down the grade.
James P. Collins, the conductor, and
Thomas Prosser, n passenger, testified
that the car was not going at a high
rate of speed.
It wan thought from the questions
asked by the Juiors, and the arguments
they Indulged In with the witnesses,
that they would bring in u verdict cen
suring the company. They did not,
however. Their verdict simply war that
"Genevieve Joyce came to her death
by being run over by an electric car,
in the charge of one George Lindsay,
at the corner of Stone avenue and
lllver street." The Jurors were John
Carroll, John Fceney, Philip Alt-Hugh,
Michael Davitt, John Carey and J. C.
Aloran.
SHIPS AND PORTS COMPARED
Captain Mnhan. Criticised for Not
Perceiving Relation of the Navy
in Coast Defence.
From the London Times.
There Is certainly some lack of luci
dity in Captain Alahali's recent hand
ling of the subject of coast defence,
and some confusion of thought in his
statemeW that "a navy Is essentially
an offensive and not a defensive organ
ization." Ah a timely protest against
the theory of naval defence implied In
the term "coast defence ships," this
proposition might pass muster; but
obviously for Powers Mich as the
United Kingdom, whose territories are
separated by sea from those of pos
sible enemies, a navy Is. as "Nuvalis"
says, primarily a delenslve force. It
defends ItH own country from Invasion
by pursuing, attacking and destroying
the only form of hostile force that
could render Invasion possible that is,
the enemy's lleet. In other words, It
defends by taking the offensive. Its
purpose Is defensive though Its meth
ods are offensive. It acts on the piln
clple enunciated by Farragut "The
more you hurt the enemy the less likely
he Is to hurt you." Hut a navy can
hurt badly that Is, It can achieve the
decisive ends of war on Its own ele
ment alone. It Is as 111 qualified to at
tack coasts as It Is directly to defend
them. Indirectly It can defend them
completely by acting on a vigorous of
fensive against the organized naval
forces of ItH adversary, directly It can
defend them only Inadequately and
can attack them hardly at all. J''or
oversea operations of any moment
ngalnst hostile lenltory the co-operation
of the naval and military arms Is
essential, and when that business is on
hand the army becomes the offensive
force properly so called, but only on
the condition that the navy has first
discharged its defensive function to the
full by establishing Its command of
the sea and thereby securing the com
munications of the army.
It Is certain, on the one hand, that
well equipped forts will rarely be at
tacked and never overcome by ships
alone, but this is no argument for pas
Hive nnd sedentary coast defence, be
cause it Is equally certain, on the other
hand, that no forts, however well
equipped, will prevent invasion or in
vestment by an enemy who has es
tablished an assured command of the
sea and possesses military force ade
quate to the undertaking. Hence the
question of the Hiiiliciently or insuffi
ciency of coast fortifications cannot be
prolltubly or even Intelligently dis
cussed In the abstract and without re
gard to the postulate or datum of sea
supremacy. This Is tho great truth
which Cobden dearly discerned more
than a generation ago, and which Cap
tain Mahan seems In some degree to
have nilsHed, in spite of the experiences
of the late war. For thlrf country, at
any rate, the problem can only be
stated, as Cobden almost alone among
his contemporaries had the Insight to
perceive, in the terms propounded by
"Xavalls;" "It is essential that our
navy should be able to take the offen
sive on the sea: If It cannot do so we
perish as a great nation. (liven this con
dition, what probable demands can be
made upon passive coast defences? Our
long history supplies the answer." The
history of the late war supplies the
same answer for the I'nlted States.
Cuba could never have been freed nor
Spain defeated if ' the navy of the
United States had been unable to take
the offensive on the sen. Captain Alahan
has done us the honor of quoting with
approval our statement that "the mo
ment Admiral Ceiwra's lleet was de
stroyed the war was practically at an
end." Surely If the naval force of the
United States was equal to the de
struction of Admiral Cervera's licet It
was a fortiori more thun equal to the
protection of Its own coasts.
COURT HOUSE NEWS NOTES.
Tlie report of the viewers in the mattor
of grading Carbon and Uurdon streets
was eonllnmd ibially yesterday.
Charles Coascli, of Old Forge, charged
with felonious weundlns was uifmlttud
to ball In tlie sum of $l,ou0 yesteiday by
Judge Ounster. Philip Swartz became
his bondsman.
Judge l,iiu h.is granted tt rale for a
new tilul In the case of Ellen Tavlor
utfutnvt tho city of Scranton. Arguments
on the lulu will be heard at tlio next
term of argument court.
Tho following were granted niairlago li
censes eitcrday; David J. Thomas, of
Klkdale, and Alary L Moscb, of South
Gibson; Kdwuni Itellly, of 713 Hrook
street, and Julia Walsh, of 112S Cedar
avenue; Adam Fasgatc, of 71T, J.aeUa
wannu nvenup, and Hertha Al. Avery, of
Providence. It. I.: William T. Williams,
of :I1S Thirteenth street, and Maine
Drowning, of JO Storrs avenue; John Koi
musky and Aunlo .Mlclawsaitcti, of
Throop; Kmll L.tnu, of Kl Heecli street,
and Hertha Witt, of tH7 Prospect avenue:
I'Mwuid Lumper and Airs. Anna Harden,
Syracuse. X. V.; Anthony M. McDonald,
of Dunmore, und Kllei, Ducoy, of 033
Orchard street.
Sight Singing.
Class lessons in this Important ntudy
at the rate of $3.00 per term of ten
weeks, Jervls-Hnrdenbersh Piano
school.
ARGUMENTS HAVE
ALL BEEN HEARD
SUPERIOR COURT SESSION WILL
ADJOURN TODAY.
Cnso of Jadwin Against Hurley, in
Which the auestion of What
Official Shall Issuo a Real Estate
Broker License in This City, Was
Among tho Cases Arguod Yestor
day Four Cases from Bradford
and One from Susquehanna Are
Heard.
When the Superior court adjourned
ycMerduy the argument list had been
exhausted. Today the judges will hand
down a number of opinions and then
final adjournment of tlie session will
be hail.
The broker's license case, in which
C. P. Jadwin, uppellant, is plaintiff
and Robert E. Hurley, defendant, wus
argued by C. Comegys and W. A. Wll
cox for the npjiellant and Jessup & Jos
sup and T. F. Wells for the appellee.
Air. Jadwin claimed a commission
from Air. Hurley for securing a pur
chaser for three lots In North I'nrk.
The sale was never consummated, but
this. Air, Jadwin claimed, was nn fault
of his and should not operate against
his being paid for his services.
Air. Hurley alleged that Mr. Jadwin
tried to negotiate n sale but fulled, and
consequently was not entitled to any
commission. One of the reasons why
Air. Hurley refused to entertain Air.
Jndwin's claim was that he Informed
him during the early part of the nego
tiations thnt the Intending purchaser
was un out-of-town man and a total
stranger, while It developed that It was
A. C. Fuller, of this city, with whom
Mr. Hurley had had previous dealings
concerning North Park property.
LICENSE WAS ATTACKED.
The question of whether or not Air.
Jadwin did the work he contracted to
do wns overshadowed In the trlat of
the case by the question of his right
to do n real estate brokerage business.
Ills license was attacked by the de
fense on the ground that It should
have been secured from the county
treasurer Instead of the city treasurer.
Judge Love, who specially presided in
the case, sustained this contention and
directed judgment for the defendant.
The appeal Is from this judgment.
The main question put to the
Superior court was, as to whether or
not the specinl act of 18S7, permitting
Scranton merchants to pay their mer
cantile tnx to the city treasurer, had
been repealed by the Act of 18S7, which
stipulates that in all counties except
Philadelphia tho county commission
ers shall make tho mercantile uppralse
ment through an officer to be appointed
by them and that the mercantile tax
should be paid to the county treas
urer. The appellants claim that the spe
cial act was not repealed. The defend
ant contended that the main purpose
of the act was to repeal this special
act. The latter was pasned, it was
alleged, for the convenience of th
Scranton merchants. Tho formation ot
Lackawanna county removed the need
of the special act.
The case of Simon Olbbs and others
ngalnst Alary 15. Tiffany and others,
appellants, common pleas, ltradford
county, wa.8 nrgued by H. F. Alaynard
for the appellants and J. C. Ingliam
for the appellees.
HHADFOllD COUNTY CASE.
S. W. Little, for the appellant, and
II. V. Maynard, for the appellees,
argued the case of S, J. Little, appel
lant, asainst the Lehigh Valley Ilail
road company, garnishee of Louis Hal
llette, common pleas, Hradford county.
The question involved Is the legality
of attaching wages for labor by for
eign attachment.
A. .1. Adams' appeal from the llndlng
of the Orphans' court of Susquehanna
county, in the matter of exceptions to
tho widow's appraisement and inven
tory In the estate of Calvin A. Simons,
deceased, was argued by Edson W.
Baffin d, for the appellant, and AV. D.
13. Ainey, for the appellee.
Rodney A. Alercur, for the appellants,
and S. W. Little, for the appellee, pre
sented the case of AVilliam Little, ad
ministrator, against A. C. Falrchild
and Uoorge (Irace, appellants, common
pleas, Hradford county.
The nppeal from the judgment of the
common pleas? of Hradford county In
the case of the commonwealth to the
use of A. IJ. AInrkham against Uriah
Terry und others, appellants, was
argued by I. AlcPherson, for the ap
pellants, and W. 'J'. Davies, for the
appellees.
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TO ENJOIN MILK DEALER.
Scranton Dairy Company Says Mayo
Played Double.
An equity suit was begun yesterday
by the Scranton Dairy company to re
strain Oscar .Mayo from engaging In
the milk business In this city or here
abouts. More properly speaking the
.suit is to compel him to hold to an
agreement not to re-enter the milk
business In this vicinity.
Prior to Jan. 7, 1S9S, according to
the oath of Charles E. Rogers, man
ager of the Scranton Dairy company,
Mayo was a milk dealer in this city.
On the date named he sold out ills
business and good will to E. L. Fuller
for $."00. agreeing at the same Urn"
not to re-engage In the milk bushiest!
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1505 Arch St., Philadelphia
In this city, directly or Indirectly for
a period of five years. June 1, Air. Ful
ler assigned the business to the Scran
ton Dairy company, which appears sis
plaintiff.
Despite the covenant. Mayo, It is al
leged, re-engaged In the milk husiness
In this city on Nov. 1, 18'JS, and has
continued in that business contrary to
his agreement tip to the present. The
dairy company wants an inlunetion to
compel Atnyo to live up to his covenant.
Judge Gunster, before whom the peti
tion was laid, declined to grant the
Injunction, but granted a rule return
able Jan. 23, to compel AInyo to show
cause why tho Injunction should not
Issue as prayed for. Willnrd, Warren
& Knapp represent the petition.
ELECTRIC CO. DIRECTORS.
Were Elected at a Meeting of the
Stockholders Yesterday.
Directors of the Scranton Illuminat
ing, Heat and Power company were
elected at an annual meeting of tho
stockholders yesterday.
The directors elected were Franklin
Howell, Theodore 15. Wolfe, Walter
Briggs, Charles Robinson, Clinton W,
Wlsner, Henry W. Darling and Edwin
D. Alullen.
KEWS AND COMMENT.
Assistant Postmaster General Merrltt
has decided upon the designs for u series
of new postage stamps for the Island of
Cuba, and they will be. supplied r.s
promptly as possible by the bureau of
engraving and printing in Washington,
The 1-ccnt stamp will bear a representa
tion of the statue of Columbus which
stands In the patio, or courtyard, of tho
captain general's palaco at Havana. Tlie
i-cent stump will bear a map of Culm;
the n-eeht htanip u. reproduction ot tlie
statue of "La Ciibann," a female figure
In marble, emblematic of the island,
which stands in one of tho parks of Ha
vana. The 5-cent stamp will bo decorated
Willi a picture of one of tlio new steam
ers of the New York and Cuba. Alall
company, and tho 10-ccnt stamp will pre
sent an ngrleultuial scene, u Cuban plow
ing in a tobacco Hold with a ybkc of oxen
and a group of royal palms In the back
ground. Another series of stamps of
equally appropriate designs will be made
for Porto Rico and a third set for tlie
Philippine islands. They will be fur
nished by the United States, but the pro
ceeds of their sale will be turned Into
tho local treasuries until congress shall
order otherwise. All three of the new
colonies are to be treated by the post
olflce department as foreign countries
until, some permanent form of govern
ment has been adopted for them, und the
old rates of postage will be maintained.
It will reaulro a 5-cent stamp to carrj a
letter to Cuba and Porto Klco as before.
Says tlie Sun: Nearly IW.000.UOO pounds
rif r.ft'fu, vvrnt. Inmnrled into the United
States during the tlscal year ending July
1. 1SHS. an Increase over the year preceu
Ing of more than luo.0o0.000 pounds. Dur.
i,,o- ,),., unin,. iixrlful ten to the amount
of 70,(100.000 pounds was imported into tho
United Stntes, against ivo,wn,uh puuiem
of ten in the year preceding. While tho
average consumption per capita of tea
has remained stationary for twenty-live
years tho popularity of coffee as a drink
has been steadily Increasing. Tlie coffee
Imported into the United States comes
chlellv from Ilrazil, which furnished last
year IM5,000,K0 of tho S70.000.000 pounds re
ceived. From other South American
states SO.OOO.OOO pounds was Imported Into
tills country, from Mexico and Central
America 70,000.000 and from tho West In
dies, chiefly Cuba and Porto Rico, G,W0.
KV). Porto Rico Is a great colfee-produc-ing
Island and its commerce with the
United States must be largely Increased
under the newly established conditions.
Nearly S,noo,timj pounds ot coffee wns im
ported Into the United States from Asia
and Ocenntca last year, chlelly Irom Ha
waii, and the trade with Hawaii In cof
fee seems certain to be Increased In the
future, too. Thus all economic, conditions
appear to bo favorable to tlie glowing
popularity of coffee as a drink, and no
like conditions favor the more extended
popularity of tea. Not only was tho
consumption of coffee in the United
States lareer last year than ever pre
viously In the history of tho country,
but It was larger per capita than ever
before and was exceeded by two couil
tiles only. Holland and Dcnmnik. the per
capita consumption of coffee In Holland
being 23 pounds and In Denmark 11.
against 11 In the United States.
According to the Independent's i
IIbIoum census for lM'S tlio church mem
bership of tho United States Is over :W.
uOa.OOO, Tho four bodies of the Catholic
faith uro the strong! M denomination, ex
coedlng the Methodists, who nru R.iSO.000,
by 2,500,000 The Raptlsts have M9ji0,
the J'resbyterlnns J.&OO.uW, the Jews 1.
aw.ooo. the Lutherans, l.boO.ooo and the
Disciples of Chi 1st a trltle over a million.
The numbers then inn dciwu to the Or
thodox SchwenkfeWians. who have a
membership of but aofi. Tho Church of
the New Jerusalem Is the only one whl'ii
Is charged with a loss. Its numbers buy
ing been reduced by U72 during the year.
Tho Catholics liavn Increased bv 21!),7ti,
tho Alethodlsts by Jii2,J and the others
except the one nainsd, proportionately
with their nrovlnua strength.
NAVAL PERSONNEL
BILL IS PASSED
WHAT THE OFFICERS HAVE DE
SIRED FOR MANY YEARS.
A Measure That Rractlcally Equal
izes Pay of Army and Navy Ofll-cors-Prizo
Money Is Abolished.
The Marine Corps to Be Increased.
Nicaragua Canol Bill in the Senate.
WnHhlnuton, Jan. 17. The house to
day passed the naval personnel bill
without division on Urn llnal passage
thus accomplishing what the olllcers
of the navy have striven for during
more than a decade. Hy Its provisions
the line and the engineer corps are
weded Into an amalgamated line;
staff olllcers are given positive rank,
hut their command I limited to their
own corps and a system of voluntary
and compulsory retirement on three
nuurtern pay us next higher rank of
forty olllcers a year is established,
which Is designed to remove the con
gestion In the lower rank at forty-five.
The bill also practically equalizes their
pay with that of army olllcers. Three
importnnt amendments weie adopted.
One creates a judge advocate's corps,
another abolishes prize money nnd n
third provides for the retirement on
three quarters pay of enlisted men and
petty olllcers in the navy after thirty
years' service.
Hut the most Important change In
the bill as reported wns the adoption,
after u hard light of a suhsltute for
the organization of tho marine corps by
which the corps Is to consist of (1,000
enlisted men nnd potty olllcers with
general olllcers and staff. This will
incrense the marine corps by 1,"00 men
nnd increase the cost ot its mainten
ance $lr00,000. Stvernl unimportant
bills were paused by unanimous con
sent before the personnel bill was taken
up.
NICARAGUA CA.NAL HILL.
Almost the entire session of the sen
ate today was devoted to consideration
of the pending Nicaragua canal hill.
Speeches were made In support of the
measure by All. Chilton (Tex.) and Mr.
Turner (Wash.), and In opposition to
it by Atr. Spooner (Wis.)"
The first vote reached was on an
amendment offered by Air. Rawlins
(Utah) which In brief provided that
the United States should have absolute
control of the canal for mllltarj. or na
val purposes with power to dictate the
use of the waterway during the exist
ence of war. The friends of the pend
ing bill rallied against the amendment
and It was defeated by the decisive
vote of 3 to 0 A provision wns Insert
ed In the bill providing thnt no more
than $5,000,000 should be paid the marl
time canal company for Its concession
and work already done on the canal.
When adjournment was taken, the sub
stitute measure offered by Air. Caffery
(La.) was before the senate.
La Grippe successfully Treated.
"I have just recovered from the sec
ond attack of la grippe this year,"
says Air. James A. Jones, publisher
of the Leader. JUxIa, Texas. "In the
latter case I used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and I think with considerable
success, only being in bed a little over
two days ngalnst two days for the
former' nttack. The second attack I
am satisfied would have been equally
as bad as the first but for the use of
this remedy as I had to go to bed in
nbout six hours after being 'struck'
with It, white in theflrst case I was able
to attend to business about two davs
before getting down.' " For sale by
all druggists. Jlatthows Bros, whole
sale and retail agents.
Oo to Lane's for your meals. 320
Spruce street.
Cbimne
On a lamp used as an
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that is constructed on
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tough glass to withstand
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If you have the M, & P.
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tried. Others find com
fort in its use, why not
you? Ask your dealer
for it. See that it has
this trade-mark,
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You wouldn't think thnt to look ak
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Itifr but a nulbbler on fractions will
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Guernsey Hall
Was not built merely as an idle ex
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lilil?, Kroivhiff city. We believed tb.it
the time had come when such an ,.
tubllshmont as ours was a nccossltv.
and tho success which has attended
our huso investment shows that wa
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It takes an
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Four choice rooms fronting on W'l-h-inKton
avenue still for rent In the Guern
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udapled to use for Doctors or Ltiwye-s.
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