lliib navy czn i c-. rjj Forces . r .- OF X1I JX 3 '- . .' His Ward:; z3L ' to EaallV Els Onus Increas" el Hunter of Eaips "Gee. I wish I eeuld enlist. , "Well, why don't yout" ; "Because I am only 17 and mother will not kt .; , . Tw voti2 fellows were standing be fore the' large poster la-' the lobby of the PostoSee building; gsxiag with en vious eyes at half-tones representing jailor's life ' board one of Caele bern's" battleship Onlyisitkig the recruiting efiew on th second floor it beeome erident there were young men in Salon who were fortunate ia. having mothers who real ised that for a young man there is noth- " ing that will gratify one's desire to see the world, and at the same- time de- " velep him into a perfect specimen of manhood, mentally, physieally and mor ally, as a term of serriee in tbo New American Nary. Up to noon yesterday there had been twelve examinations and out of' these there were Ave who were rraiaidered worthy car being taken into . the service. From tho list of qnalifies- tioi required of the eaadidato for ex- , smiostioB it can reamiy do seen mat it is aa honor to ronng man in many ' ways to bo accepted by tbo recruiting - officer. The office here is in eharge of Hospi tal Steward Betram W. Colo, U. 8. N., assisted by J. B. Lowe, gunner's mate, and J. II. Taylor, coxswain, a trio who ara solendid examples of what the American naval service can do for the young man, and who by their unfailing courtesy tail one more man worui cu - do or the class of yonng men who have made the United States Navy what it js today. The presence of a Beeruiting Office of tho United States Nary in a city , many, miles from the - sea is i matter calculated to excite some com . went. One of the roost difficult tasks in connection with the building of the new American Navy has been to proritre the - ships with sailors. The efficient ; sol diers furnished br the great states of tbo interior furnish sjridea to tb, of ficials of the Nary and they are mak ing m campaign to sesure the brain and rausele of westerners to help man the Jare battleships. Hospital Apprentice Cole, one of the recruiting party now in this eity talks interestingly of bis work, in an inter view today ho said: "It A true that at a casual glance the Naval appropaiation of $84,000,000 looks big; but when we think what a stimulus a great nary is to tho country, what security and encouragement it circs and offers to all in business, what dignity and prestige it giro us among otber nations of the world, what petty strifes It strangles, and, greatest or all, what A great outlay and lorn of life in war which this man annual appropna Hon prevents When all these are con sidered tbin appropriation is small in deed, but Jar reaching results. Ameri eans replace foreigners. "Just a 'few years agt the" American Nary was made op of a rery large per . cent of foreign born, but today we hire an American Navy, made-up large ly of American boy In olden days, wheat our Nary spread bsr wings of canvas over the sea and handed down to posterity such splendid achievements, they wens thoroughly . imbuea with ideal of freedom, and far be it from mo to say one. word against those brare ladV -of foreign birth that. hare done ho macs to help make our glorious record: but, times have changed, and with the euange we need aad must have the America boy. "He has, as it were, by nature mechanics! tnra of mind, qsiekly grasps ine intricate uriaii i me fin oils mechanical anf electrical contri vance on board the modern battleship and he haa not been slow in coming to (he front, and while the victories under snil give us a glorious past, the Ameri can J J handled with consummate skill and great accuracy the modern fight ing machines afloat in the late War, Where such vessels were first pnt to the test and gave to the present generation swine of tho most wonderful rietoriee tho world has ever witnessed. To day these same lad, son of Americans from aU sailings and walks of life, are breaking world reeirds at Target prac tice. This increase In the navy gives .many opening for American boys wonderful opportunities that their fath ers neve had. Tho Nary Department has put itself to sfeat expense to build training stations for tho boys and men, emd It them for ship life. Everything has becsf done for their comfort and pleasnrs of tho men on board ship thst enn be done; tho food ia good, and one xeeeires the best of medical earn and attention, tho food and medical atten tion being! free of charge. "I know that if tho parents here in the northwest fully understood the ad vantages offered a lad in tho nary, be tween the aget of 17 and 18 and 18 and ITS they would be only too anxious for their sons to go. If they can send their son to college, by all means do so, for college life girea one a polish and cul ture that nothing else will bring out; but for parents who cannot afford to shod their eons to college, they can send them to the Nary. "'There is work in it for a good . cheerio! worker. Hospital 8teward Jrdo says ho known of no better place for any one than, la tho nary; but one mast b of that kind if bo wishes to uccevd At times there is plentv of w,ork and soma times hard work. Then bo must do it with a good spirit. At times thero ia little or nothing to do; then' one haa necesa to the library, which ia ' rery excellent on a modern man-of-war. For boys that are not nkeerful workers do not want to do things at the proper time aad do them well the navy has no inducements. ICood, intelligent, honest and sincere mott are wanted in the nary and ean bo sure of success. Boys who ham en convicted of crime or are. known to be of bad eharscter Will not be en listed. Admiral Dewey 'give, espeeial PIm (to the enlisted men of tho nary. ?r Wl ,or Nary U t IWrfol in tho world. It was Cjeatm sowce of strength in the Amer scaa Nary is found in tho intelligence c the men. The brains are not eSnfin. d to the oSicer. ' Aside from the fact that our men are the greatest fighers in the world, they outrank in capability of understaadicg and doing. Ttua means that wirenerer our ships are put to the test they will ' win, unless tho odds against them are overwheanung. for in telligence in tho crews nerer counted for aa mueh aa . ,n doe today. - The modern battleship is " a great machine ship. To ; operate it successfully the men who do the work must hare brains. They cannot be dull and win. battles. I know our men and know what thej can do. -I am free to say that if erery of ficer on a United States warship should bo ' killed in batth the enlisted men eoujJ and - would take the ship and fight her to victory. The nary-is filled up witn yousg men from the west who are keen, quick to learn, and intensely patriotic They are the best raw .... ma terial we ever had."- IS SCENE OF CIVIL STRIFE ZTZQUZIL, i IIXINOIS.- IS SCENE OF LABOE DISAGEEEMENTS. MA2TT SHOTS ARE rZRED. Militiamen and Miners Are Hiring a Continued Fight Over Use of Machines. . 8ereral Shots Are f'ired Between the Two Sides to the Controrersy and Rapid Fire Guns Are in Use ia the Pray. DUQUOIN, 111., Dec. 3.-One of the most peculiar situations in the history of the recent labor disagreements ex ists in Joseph Letter's model mining town, Zigler. It is stated by persons living near Zeigler that they have heard firing nearly every night for several weeks. , After a thorough investigation the staff correspondents of the St. Louis papers declare a notable find of the marks of: bullets either on the stock ade surrounding the town or at tho pump works. The reports of miners wounded like wise proves unfounded. The latest re ports state that about twenty-five min ers are encamped four, miles from Zieg ler. In the town theT are about eighty miners, eighty-five militiamen and forty deputy marshals. The trouble origin ated over a machine which is said to handle a given number of tons of coh.1 an hour. t Representatives of the mine workers of the union examined the mi dline and differed with Leiter over the amount it would handle. As the men are paid by piece-work, the question was ritaL Leiter 's wage proposition was refus ed by the miners and the miners left Zeigler and formed what proved a per manent eamp four miles from the town. Since then reports are frequent of Clashes between the union and non union men. Several trains have been fired upon but nothing yet absolutely connects th strikers with the shoot ing. A littlo more than a month ago, it was reported that a fight had taken place between the miD guards and per sons attacking the stoekadt?, but it ii stated that no one was hurt. Detona tions of firearms were heard for several hours but newspapermen failed to find the marks of the bullets. The announce ment that Leiter had been indicted for "feloniously taking armed guards through i Perrr county" and "aiding and abetting the hiring of guards ami transportation of men under guards" caused renewed interest in the situa tion. Harry R Flatt, Leiter 's attornev, states that the men are terrorized by nightly luh-whacking, which hare no hesitation of charging upon the strik ers. He savs some nights, hundreds of shots are fired. Piatt states that rapid fire guns replied whenever th location f the attackers was found. Win. Mor ris, hend ofithe min workers of South ern Illinois,1 states that union men bad absolutely nothing t do with the fir ing and pars he thinks it was done nt the instigation of Leiter and his exec utive officers or unmn private guards discharged within th last month. Two instinct attacks were made to ght on the Gordon block house, situ ated half way between the pump and administration buildings of the coal company. One attack at 7 o'clock; the second begun at 10:30. At 11 o'clock it was still on. A brisk firing was main tained by the soldiers and rapid fire guns. Deputies are scouring eigier for suspicious characters who thought lo attempt to asisansinaie nupvrinieo dents Whittier and Jones. . a ' 1 . f 1 : i. - 1 1 Dr. Stone's Drug Store Does j a strictly cash business; owes no onej and no one owes it; carrie a large stock; it shelves, counters and show cases are loaded with drugs, medi cines, notions, toilet articles. Wines and liquors of all .kinds for medical pur poses, lln. Stone is a regular graduate In medicine and ha had many years of experience in the practice. Consulta tions are free. Prescriptions are free, aad only regular prices for medicine. Dr. Stone can be found at- his drug store, Sa If m, Oregon, from six in the morning Until nine at night. f : in ii m - Miss Evelyn Pauiade, who has been visiting Mrs. Fred Goulet of thU city, returned to her home at uervais yester day on the 4:42. r John W. Ambrose, sheriff or urast county, arrired yesterday with two pris oners for the penitentiary, leavng on tho 4:42 for home. Mr. A. I Eoff left yesterday morning for Harrisburg, where he goes to look at some property with a riew of start ing a stock rancn. Miss Maud Crawford of Fendleton. who has been risitmg Mrs. A. M. Dal rymph of this city for some time, left yesterday for Albany. Mr., li. 11. Colbert or Corvailm spent Sunday here, visiting his eons who are attending the University, returning home oa the 11 avow train. .1 N'erer in the history of the citv were Salem merchants as well equipped for the reception of tho agents of old Santa Clans..;...,- A Colorado man has . developed a seedless or narel apple. It who hardly necessary, but it will no doubt have a big run, ...... . . . . : THE CLUB'S YORK SENBINQ OUT MATTEit ADVEETIS V era SALEM THSOUGH A COS. EESPONDENCE CLUB. Greater Saleza Commerial Club to Meet Next Week to Elect Officers and to Becetre Eeports dub Is Doing Good 'Work; for Salem. , , : The Greater Salem Commercial Club is doing a good work for this city ia the matter of advertising the town and the resources of the surrounding coun try. The year is nearing an end and next week the Club will meet for fne purpose of receiving reports and elect ing new oiSeiala. .i- - I ; : When the Club'deeided to take up the work in a systematic manner, the plan ia use at Portland by the Portland Com mercial Club, and that bad proven so sucewafol to the "Four State Business Men's Association" in whie'a Mr. Kioli ardson had worked before coming to Portland, wa adopted. By this plan the Club first named a committee on correspondence whoso duty it became to send out a circular letter to a num ber of people throughout the eity and county. This communication was as follows: 1 '4 , " " We want this organization ifor promoting toe development ; of Salem and surrounding country wants 1,000 names for a correspondence committee on the plan adopted by the State De velopmect League. You ' are earnestly asked to co-operate in this organization to secure-the largest s harvest of im migration for the ensuing vear that has ever been gathered into this coramuni, ty. Now is the tune to work, when Or egon is spending two million dollar on an Exposition and when there will be more travel to Oregon tnatt there has been in a decade. . "How you can help us send 'to th secretary of our club names of two classes of people: Firwt, names of men and women living in Salem and vicin, ity who are to constitute the one thous and correspondence e ommittee. For this purpose, we want be names of peojde who have come from other states to Or ejron within ne to tea years, or even longer, who in turn can give u the names of t'weir friends, relatives, or neighbors jn those states who may be interested in Oregon during the com ing ytar." Here then appears a blank for the names of those recommended. As mem bens ,of.' the correspondence committee The circular then, addsi liease send us names of your friends, or relatives, or neighbors in your old home state, or elsewhere, wuo might bo interested in Oregon, to mart them literature. e desire to get into correspondence with them and interest tbem in Salem and Marion county. Give names and postofSco address. A sou venir postal card will be mailed to each address stating that literature has been sent them at your request.- 'Help u to place the facts about our WrVand Mar ion county before the peeppte"w7ie are coming to the coasts and thi" result will bo a surprise to the mot sanguine. If one sheet will not hold the people whom you would like to have us. reach in thi nianner, call on in; for , jupe. .If yon are not already a member ,of the Com mercial Club we want you,' if join us pnd attend the mont'nly lioefiingw . This work is. paid for out of the corrospond enc fund, and if you have not yet con tributed, we would appreciate your sub scription to that fond for the ensuing year's work. Tho Commercial Club has 200 members and is need, of at leant $200 per month for one year to push this work on the plan of the State Development League. We have the best city in the interior of the state, and the best country in the world to work for, if we only can arouse our people to make the effort intelligently and in the most direct manner for one wyear. Return this sheet to us properly filled out as a starter and help ns to keep toe ball rolling. We will try to do the rest and know that you, will be pleased with the result. Very Kespeetfuliy, Ii. Frank Medr.dith, Secretary pro tern; E. Hofer; II. Ii. Thiclson; Fred A. Wigios; John .11. McXary; Hal D. Patton, Ex ecutive Committee." j This work has had a very good result already and the correspondence commit tee now has about five hundred mem-: bers. . j Te system has proven very sucess- ful, and. the name of every one to whom a letter or circular is eent is' kept in a regularly indexed book so that those who reply or write inquiries can be written again and the correspondence followed up. To each name t'nat is sent hi by the correspondence commit tee, a epoy of, the "Adam and Eve" pamphlet and "A Modern Western Country" are sent, and Other matter mat may intercut te parties. Ih m system forms an endless chain of cor respondence, for every person that is written to is also afked to send in some name of persons that may be interest ed. . r "' ? Next -week the regular meeting will elect officers to suceed Col. E. llofer, aa president, K. J. Ilendnrks as vice president, Jos. O. Graham as Secretary, J. ii. Albert as treasurer, and an ex ecutive board to sueeeed Col. E. Hofer, 11. T. Patton, F. A. Wigins, J. H. Me Nary, and II. It. Thielson. The Club has money in the treasury and is in good; shape in every way. f ; Vagaries of a Cold. " 1 You -can nerer bo quite sure w'nere a cold is going to bit you. In the fall aad winter it may settle in the bowels, producing severe pain. Do not be alarmed nor . torment yourself with fears of appendicitis. At the first sign of a cramp take Itrry Davis' Painkil ler in warm, sweetened water and relief comfts at once. There kt but one Pafn kitter, Perry Davi-'. 23 and 50 cents. Mr. and Mrs. HobtJ Starker have! taken the , Skiff house for a term off months. Mr. Starker is the resident I manager of the Sew Edison Theatre. .aivary. iiouse or Mmon, the Tanner, : Mt. of Olives, Garden of Gethsemina, Mary's Well, and many other Biblical spots in lantern slides made from neg atives taken by Mrs. Wiggins. Presby" icrian ennren. vtednenrtay nigh. Ad mission 23 rents. . a r.iosr nnr.KraADLE CURE OF HEART DISEASE Perhaps one of the most wonderful results ob record is tie wonderful cure of Mrs. 8. E. Clark by electricity and medicines administered by Dr. Darris, Mrs, Clark waa carried to Dr. Darrin's ofSco in an almost dying condition, af flicted with a complication of diseases. Here are her own words: " Ukiah, Or. To the Editor, My health began to fail oTer & year ago, I gradu ally fell away until I became very weak. -1 was suffering from lung, heart and stomach ' troubles. . On the 4th of December, 1S97, I - went toPendleton and put myself, under Dr.N Darrin's treatment by electricity-' and, medicines, and began to improve from the first treatment and continued to improve. At the-present time I "nare good health. Mjt neighbors ay they nerer expected to see me return home from Pendleton, and were greatly surprised at mr re covery. MBS. a E. CLAEK. . Six Tears Later. . ! Ukiah, Or. Dr. Darria: I am enjoy ing good health, and have gained 20 pounds in the paoc six years. . I am en tirely cured, and, am very grateful in deed to have good healta, after years of ouffering with heart, stomach and lung troubles; also diseases peculiar to women. I cannof praise you too highly. Refer to me. MRS. S. E. CLAHK. An Ashland Patient's Card. Some time; ago I contracted a severe cold on the lungs which being neglected became chronic. After vain- attempts for relief I 'concluded it waa deat'u or Arizona. On learning of Dr. Darrin I consulted him. It is now one month eince placing myself under his care, and t can truthfully say all morbid feeling has heft my lungs and I feel I am oti 'the road to a permanent cure. I am now able to work every day at hard labor. Furthermore, I will say in addi tion to his electrical and medical skill Dr. Darrin is a man with a human heart ami is unusually reasonable in Viia charges. I know Mr, O. Carey, of Sam's Valley, Or., before and after his cure of almost total deafness. Refer to me at Ashland, Or. . EARL CL1NE. Discharging Ears Cured. To the Editor: I wish to make known through your widely circulated paptr what Dr. Darrin has accomplished in my caw, that ot'ners bimilarly afflicted may avail themselves of the doctor's great skill. For many years 1 have been annoyed with a' loathtome dis charge from my ears from the effect of measles. All remedies I , have tried seemed to fail until I went under Dr. Darrin's electrical and medical treat-1 ment. I am now cured and feel very thankful to Dr. Darrin, my hearing has greatly improved. ' I reside at Adams, Oregon,where. my .-father keeps the Ho tel Oregon. Can be referred to by let ter or in person; "-''"BKRT KIRilY. A Dallas Lady's Experience. To the Public: s My daughter, -ten. years old bu bee"norely afflicted the past eight years with deafness and dis charging ears.- Throngh Dr. Darrin's electrical and-medical treatment 1 am happy to ?iay she ..an . hear about as well as any one and' the discharge of the ears ha stopped. T ean recommend Dr.. DnrriiL at Hotel CaiL I will answer all questions Iy- letter or in person at my residence on Court street, Dallas, where I 'have lived fourteen vear. . MRS. NELLIE IJ. I1AIRD. We regret to anaounce that Dr. Iar rin'sntay in Dallas is limited to Decem ler 23d only, and parti wishing t consult this famouS physician should do so at once. He has made many won derful cures in this vicinity, as the tes timonials heretofore 'oave shown. Dr. Darrin ean Ce consulted free at his office, from 10 to 5 daily; evenings 7 to 8; Sundays 10 to 3. Charges reasonable. He makes a speciality of all diseases of tli eye, ear,nose and throat, catarrh and deafness, bronchitis, lagrippe, con sumption, dy-spepsia, heart, liver and kidney diseases. All nervous. -hroni and private diseases of men. and all Kculiar female troubles are confident ially and successfully treated. Most case can receive; home treatment- after a visit to tho doctor's office. All busi ness relations with Dr. Darrin strictlv confidential. PEBSONALS. Mrs. L. Watt left yesterday for Jef fcrson, whtre she will visit friends. Mrs. Geo. Goswick left vesterdav for a short r-usineas trip to Brownsville. J- W. Cusick, a backer of Albany, was in tne city yesteraay on business A. D. Leedy, a prominent attorney of Mwyvn -wiiy. transactea Dusmess in the cay yesterday. Miss Laola Hicks of Chemawa, sy-ent yesterday afternoon in this city shop ping. torn. a. Harding and little son are visiting at 'the home of Mrs. Ha car . lit. vi mis en-. . Mrs. Mary Krucer of Siletz. is vis. iting friends in Salem, arriving on the overland. Mrs. Rubr Ward tJ Portland, waa vim. iting friemf hero on Sunday, returning Biime yesieraay. Miss Lula Beach and Miss Bessie Chiloquin of Chemawa, were shopping in oaiem yesieraay. . Mrs. Jf .f. nail of Woodbnrn, who has been visiting ia Salem for a few days, returned home yesterday. . Gov. Geo. E. Chamberlain will be at his desk again today, having returned from Portland yesterday.. Mr. TVE. Shafej and little son left yesterday morning for Turner, where Mr. Shafer has business. , 'Mrs. George Mayne spent Sunday in Portland with friends, returning on the 11 a. m. train yesterday. ; Mrs. Ell- 1 Parker of Parkersvine, spent yesterday in the city on business, tearing on the afternoon train. 1 Miss Anna Stetlaon lef t yesterdar afternoon, for Portland, where she will spend the wnter with her aunt. Mrs. A.-L.. Hussev .Tnmr. and Miss Laura Eoley of Jefferson. iting friends in Salem for a few A arm Mr. and Mrs. Tt. E. Thompson of Jef- ferson. were visiting Mr. and Mrs. El bert Thompson of this city, over Sunday- -v . ?----:' n , - - . Mrs. C. M. Smith who spent Sunday visiting her "eister, Mrs. Tom ; Cooper, of this city, returned to lier home yes- CONFESSED TO PERJURY 2XASX02T COUNTY CITIZEN TELLS STOEY OF BRIBERY. IN TRIAL 07 LAND FRAUD CASE J. A. W. Heidecke of Detroit, Springs Greatest Sensation in a Week roll of Surprises. Case Looka Worse for Ormsby and Dan Tarpley, Against Whom the Evidence .Has Heretofore Been Very Vague -Money Waa Used Freely T PORTLAND, Dee. 2. Tho climax in the land fraud trial, so far as the gov ernment is concerned has been reached, ani tomorrow, with but one more wit ness to be' placed upon the stand, the prosecution will close its case. Through out the length of the prosecution's case the evidence has been more or less sen sational, dragging, as it has, names of men high in the councils of the gov ernment into the public eye in an un enviable light, and leaving many ap parently peculiar transactions to be ex plained away fry the defense. Today s testimony was especially startling. J. A. W. Heidecke, an aged woods man, broken by his guilt, confessed a story of his relations with the accused men and Women, and told a 'story that could not ie shaken under cross-examination, even at the skillful hands of Judge O 'Day, chief counsel for the de fense. From Heidecke 's testimony many things are exacted to spring. The nanrejof N. Haskell Withe, a prom inent lumberman of .La Crosse, Wis., was connected with the ease today by the testimony of Ira P. Hower. who told of having loaned Horace U. Me Kin ley 2100 on the George A. Howe lands, which were in turn transferred to Witbe.i The testimony of Heidecke told the story of the alleged conspiracy, practi cally from its inception up to. the time the grand jury made its investigation. Heidecke was in the witness chair a greater part of the two sesions of court today. His testimony in effect charges Puter with bribery and enmeshes C. E. Loom is and SB Ormsby in a scheme to defraud the government The wit ness testified that be was introduced to S. A. D. Puter at Albany by Attor ney Dan Tarpley. Puter, the witness said, inveigled him into the case, assur ing him that his , (Puter 's) influence with United States Senator Fulton and Congressman Binger Hermann woulJ save him from any trouble resulting from his Connection with the land deals. The witness told of various sums given him by Pjuter, who asked him to use his influence! with certain residents of the district in order to secure their signa tures to jaffidavits; that he had con ducted government agents investijrat in the alleged frauds over settled T-nd. telling the agents they -were own ed by th persons named in the list fur nished liini. (Heidecke) by Futer. and that be load', rorn to many affidavits without knowing what he was swearing to. ' I - .. When, shown affidavits bearing .his signature, setting forth that' the lands Were improved and thaV the other re quirements of the government in giving title to public lands had been met. the witness said he had sworn falsely, that the lands were unimproved, uninhabited and im tillable. He further testified that after Ormsby had been in the woods be did not make out the affidavits until Ijoomis' report had been procured 'so that the affidavits would not appear inconsistent. The witness' said that when he obected to becoming a party to ithe Ormsby ' transaction, he was shown ai certificate of deposit for $250 bv Tarpley, and tola that when the af fair was! straightenl.up he could haveJN'ot much Pocahontaa cool eonis here the certificate, During the summer of K)Q2 witness met Orrnsby on the trail leading. lo De troit. Ormsby wanted witness to-meet bim at Detroit which he did. Ormnbv said tTiere was danger of trouble and that they must look over the western part of the township. . "I said I didn't want any more to do with it.T Heidecke had received his promised appointment of forest ranger, but had been discharged after a few months. Ormsby! promised he would be rein stated if be would go in again. Ormsby said there were fourteen claims which he had not visited and he must gd upon them. We started in but it began to rain and wo went no fur ther. Ormsby made out his report from tnat "The next thing that happened was when Special Agent Dixon came up to see me. He asked if I knew any of these persons, and I didn't tell him the truth about it "Then he took me to the hotel, and read me one of the reports, and it made me pretty sick. I said ' I suppose must stand for it as I signed those affi davits.' Pretty soon after I was sub poenaed to go before the grand jury, and then I was sick." Heidecke went to Ormsbr for money to jump the country, but Ormsby said "no man liring could break that re port. ( Then the witness soticht Tarn- it-j wo assured mm tnat he could not be touched, as the statute of limitations would protect him. SUBWAY'S COST. Seventy millions of dollars a vear is paid by Greater New York to keep . it eooa lis !rool. to make'lihc and operate its various mechanical plants.. Twice tbeost of the subway, in other words, goes up in smoke aud gas eaeh twelve months.. "The coal supplv of New York ! a. big factor," said the editor of the Black Diamond, the mouthpiece of the trade. j"It runs into uch huge figvres it is Bard to make verr close estimates. but inja general, way I can give vcu the result. We figure that Greater New Fork use 15.000.000 tons of coal Minn. ally out of the 20,000,000 tons which is shipped here. The difference is reship- ped to varioas other porta, about 1,250, 000 tons going to Boston. - . "InlNewjYork and the Bronx ther is nsed 12,000 JDO0 tons, of which I snonid tnmk 7,000,000 is anthracite and 5,000,000 bituminous, r A great increase ha eotn in th euse of bituminous coal la New York, as well as other Eitcrn cities ince the long strike in the an thracite region. It U Tion?ht mr,r freelyjfor steam making where smoke. . 1 Actress Escorted by When death claims Edwin YarT'y, wlTo haa been hovering on its briok'.f or several weeks and whoso advanced age J precludes cope for bis recovery,' there will be left only three members of the company that was playing "Our Amer ican (J'ousin on the stage of Ford's Theatre, Washington,, on-that, night ia 1863 when John Wilkes Booth assassia ated President Lincoln. . . Until a few. weeks ago there was "a woman survivor of that -.memorable cast, aad in her life there waa perhaps as mnch romance and tragedy as in thit unexpected plsy she and the others in voluntarily witnessed from the-stage t Ford's Tueatfe not so " momentous to the world at large, of course, but more so to her, as the story will prove... This was Sarah Stevens, as she was always consumers are installed and takes the placo of small sizes of hard coaL This tonnage is divided in New York in some such fashion as this: Private houses and small stores . 2,000,000 Flats and apartment house. . 100,000 Hotels and factories "1,500,000 Steam in factories, etc..'.,. .'.'2,600,000 Ocean steamships . . . . 2,000,000 Gas works , 00,000 Elevatedhnd surface railways 1,000,000 Harbor vessels y. ,r ,., . ' 500,000 3 -Total ; . . . , . 12,000,000 The figures far .Brooklyn are three million, divided nearly the same prcpor tion. It is doubtful whether the volume of trade this year will reach over elev en million tons, owing to the warm weather this autumn, the hard times and a general disinclination, even among the well to do, to put their coal in as early and in as large quantities as usual. The reshipments to points sup plied from New . York are also smaller than for several years up to this time. "The ftandard of cost to the whole sale dealer, quotes broken -at $4.30; eggs. $4.75; stove $4.75; chestnut, $4.73 for white ash, with 50 cents added Cor'red ash, per ton, 'and $1 more for Lykens valley; ea, $3; buckwheat, $2.50;. No. 2, $1.83; No. 3, $1.10; rice, $1.60, and barley, $1.30. At .present prices are becoming firmer. Tho prices, of course, arc for larce lots of coal only, as sold to the big dealers. 1 found some months ago that there were 108 dealers in the city with storage yards of; sheds," They "have a capacity of three hundred thousand Vons and carry as a rule about fifty thourand tons, except in the summer, wlien they are stocking up at the low warm wt-atli er rates. These dealers in niany caes have their yards on the river fronts, where their cargoes are brought from A. V V m m . a - - ine coai uepois 01 tne iieaaiug, rt-nn sylvania, I.'high valley, Ontario and Western, trie, Baltimore fnd Olio, Xew'ork Central and other coal ccrry ing railroads. It costs an average o twenty cents a ton freight to cirry the coal to docks within the regulation ra dius, which run op to Hell Gate on the Kast Kiver and to Eightieth street on the Hudson, and down to Elizabeth port and St George. It costs d akrs n ioi oi mouev to store coai, insure it ara deliver it. One advantage the trade has is that it buys the coal at a aross ton of 2,210 pounds and sells it at the net legal ton of two thousand pounds. The bituininous market is getting in better sli.-ijwj and is advancing in price. Clearfield grade Pennsylvania coal is quoted at $2.50 to 2.5, with fine grades of South Fork, Miller vein and .uoshannon at $2.5,. for rtm o mine. Gas - slack is about $2.33 and George's Creek is $3.05 to $.23. This last named is the most expensive bitu minons. It comes from that part, of Maryland near Cumberland and is chiefly used by blacksmiths an-1 crafts men wno require a long, steady fl.-'me, the bulk of the uteamship business be ing done by the Berwmd- lute com pany with Pennsylvania eoal. "7he electrifying of New York cut off many hundreds of thousands of tons ift the total used by the street railway particularly on the elevnted, but of course they;atil! consume something up ward of a million tons. Then, too. tl.e use of gas as cooking fuel in flits sn houses has cut down the coal. Even the gas companies do not usV is riany tons of bituminous as tbey did. They' make water gas with a large percent ge, of anthracite small size instead of the old bituminous gas coals, which would work up into only about an eleven con- die power product without the use of canned coal as an enriehcr. Bv the water gas process they ean enrich it as they please with anthracite. "Of course the red ash coal sell only , a ..a a ... 10 me weaitny or tnose wno want them for special purposes. They burn freer, make a hotter fire, can be slacked 89 as to burn all night, and make lees ash than the white coals. Why are some coals red ash and some white? Well, scientihcally I don't exa?tly koow. If there is anybody who knows all about coal in this country it is Profes sor Munroe of the School of Mine Columbia University. "The answer to your two questiens are not in any way connected, unless it ii by a coincidence," s.iid Protessor Munroe. "All coal was at one time peat Some of it was cut up while it lay in the bogs, by small streams, rrooks and rivulets. Thesw brought from the outside", clay, mu.l and other substances vihich were 'deposited on the peat. It is this. foreign matter which forms the ah in all eo;i!s. If the twat had no such adulteration there would be no ash. Some of these peat beds were impregnated with, sulphur, iron pyrites, or ironIt is this which makes the ash red or pink. Th .color of the ash and the presence of the material wni' h produces the folorhavj.. nothing to do with the qualitr of the coal us fUvd- lt is in no war affected bv the iron or suipunr in its merits as fuel. It so n.ippei)g that the particuiir wins wnicn have a red ash are freer turners than the others. This comes from cl.em- irsl causes in the nature of the amount of volatile matter and enrbon in the coal and their particular admixture." ( The retail coal trade of New York Is practically in the hands of tho New ork Merchants' Coal AsswciatKn, v.-hich is made up of aome hundred member ia aTl parts -f the city. Thcv keep t acb other posted aa to credits of coatoniers, m.iinia'm uniform prices for coal and delivery nod loidt after their rautnal interests. N. V. Herald. i Inown toTier fellow players. ' She died. recently in the Edwin Fomsst Home. on the outskirts of Philadelphia Fifty years ago she was the' reigning stage favorite of New York, rn demand as a leading woman by all the pro.ni nent actors of. that period. Adopt iu the stage at the age of eighteen, in the course of a few years she had played Hero to Lester Wallaci's Benedick in "Much. Ado About Nothing," Lady Anne to Edwin Booth's Richard II L, and created the role of Mary Meredith ia Our American Cousin" with the elder Sothern, the part she was playing when Lincoln was shot; She, was only twenty years old and still a shy little ingenue when one night she appeared on the stagrof a St. Lo-iis theatre. That night John C. Heeaan, a prize lighter, was in a box with a par. ty of ; friends. He had just returned iroro jcng:ana atter bis ngbt with Tcna Savers and was the hero of the hour. Heenan, of course, was aware of ifco fact that he was the gaze of all eyes, but from the moment dainty little Sa rah Stevens appeared behind the foot lights all his attention was devoted to ber.c ..j; f ' That very night Heenan wrote a Ut ter to the girl proposing mirriage, but ther were 'johnnies" in those days aa In these and Sarah Stevens laoghed and- put her letter away, although, a the sequel shows, ehe must have been secretly pleased. ' Then a curious thing happened. Ono afternoon Sarah Stevens was walking in the streef when she suddenly found herself face to face with Henan. In a me-of what she afterward describ ed as impulse, bul without a shadow of regret, she put her tiny hand on his big arm and said: . "Mr. Heenan, if you promise me that you have struck your last blow in tho prize ring. and played your last gam bling game I will be your wife." Heenan gazed in astonishment for a moment, fearing that he was the 'victim of a joke, but bc must bavo seen a light in the little woman 's eyes, for af ter that slight hesitation he thrust out his hand and said, "I promise." The actress herself was not quite is tiro of bis sincerity, after her own uncon ventional proposal, bnt her doubts wt ro set at rest the ii.'xt day, when publia announcement, was made in the news papers that Heenan had retired from the ring forever. There must have been further agreements between them for at the end of that season, at his request, she retired from tho stage and they were married. After that for eleven years the stal wart warrior of the squared circle Mid the fragile little girl pf the stage liwd, a life of almost ideal devotion. Heenan 's death wasti sad blow to his wife and cbic-Sy for the sake of keeping her mind occupied she returned to the stage not long "afterward. William II. Thompson, who will scon reapj.ear in "The Seer?t of same company with her some years isgo. He had obsened her habit of going to and from the theatre alone, end the night they hapened to Ik playing at a house the stage entrance of whih w;ijT up a dark alley in an unsavory part of the town. Their -firnt night there ThoriipiMin waited for her after the performance, and with the privilege of an old ricml said: "Sarah, lei me see you to your hotel. This is a bad neigh jHrho'd r.ud you might . be insulted. llesils, you onffht not to walk the streets of strange cities alone and at night.-' Only the other night Mr. Tlipmpson recalled t.he incident. "She looked up at me with a glow in her eyes," ho said, "and answered. ' Don "t you know. -ir. i uiimjmm, inai innn unsays vtiui me to the theatro-and tak?s me borne again f ' I did not know she had be come a spiritualist then, and 1 feared for a moment that something had gone wrong,, but I was soon enlightened. "1 happened to be'just back of lr urn she reached the stage door and p ed intoUte street. To mortal re there was no one there, but she looked up into space, murmured a fw. words in a soft tone, extended her hand s though graing another vainseen vw and tripped off. as merrily JN a bridj tn her , honeymoon. I spoke r bcr again and she said: "'John is always with me. ,Tut" as he did in life, he meets me at the stage door every night and we walk idong home together in the same old sweet way. ' '- . "I am convinov'd," contiaaed Mr. Thompson, "that she felt his kiss on her lips, the clasp of his arm in her, that' she was satisfied he was there by her side, nsihe had alwiys b-en since their marriage, and would be, so fhe ! lieved, for all eternity'. - And he had then been dead perhaps twenty years or more. - It was a-beautiful thiug to see, a sublime !licf to have in this sor did, selfish world, and I l-elieve. hc bad t up to that day a little while ego when she quietly slijiped away to ;oia bim in what perhaps is the only reiiit -death." : ST A YIN' AFTEB SCHOOL, - Jit look at me a sitlin' hero A-stayin after school, I'm ilnnercent of doin' wrong, I never broke no rulei Jist 'fore the time for leavin ' come At four o'clock today, Mws Johnson scz, "The rct may go, . But Jimmy Jones will stay." I guess that teacher's stuck on me, She make me stay so. much; I never jabbed Joe with that pin, I jist give hima touc'o; 1 An' wbot ef I did make a noise, Meowin' like a cat, j 'Twus orly just a funny joke, What barm was they in thatf I lt if Mr. Jlooserfelt Knowd how they treat kids here, ne'd otop thif stayin' after sciooL Gee! how the canir 'ud cheer; Some day when I 'm the Iresident, . This here ' no idle noise; Jist cause they robbed it in on me. " I won't have no school ror ooy. lii.le Dudley in Kaunas City Star. "