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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-10
"Pudd'nhead wilson,"

The second-night audience 10 greet the
performance of "Pudd' nhead WILSON, at
the Seattle theater was even larger than
attended the opening night The excellent
work OF Edwin Mayo and his capable sup
port was rewarded by continuous applause.
Tonight will he the last performance OF
"Pudd'nhead Wilson" There will be no
matinee
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-10

RESIDES the Bamboo work We have
this year imported. directly from Jar@n
porcelain. cloisnnne ware. screens and
other curinsties. Design and picture an
the ware IS strictly for the American
Grand opportunity is offered from Men
Gay. giving splendid premiurn 70 every
purchaser or goods worth 2Sc upwards
Come and see our store al Iros Snronj
avenue
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-10
"COOn Hollow"

"a Romance OF Coon Hollow will close
its engagement at the Third Avenue the
alter this evening. There will be a mat
inee this afternoon AT 2:15 o'clock. Coon
Hollow has been meeting with very fat
tering success at the Third Avenue theater
all this week
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-10

Pains IN The chest when a person has a
cold Indicate q tendency toward pnsurno-
MA. A piece % flannel dampsned WITH
ChamSerlain's Pain Rain ana ho,g-d an
70 the chest ever the seat of pair viii
promptly relieve The pam and proven. me
threatened attack ~ pneumonia This
same treatment Viii cure a lame bach IN
. few hours. Sold ey eli dea.seA
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-10

THE modern railway train has every
convenience. We sleep and dine. recltne on
ere richest upholstery Ia the best equip
rnsnt that can be aasit 50 10 ride easily
We are drawn by engines that never break
down. owe. solid roadceds and through
srenery varied a. q continent presents
such Is the Northern Pacific.
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The coming engagement a. TIRE Seattle
thsster next Tuesday and Wednesday
whtcs viii apaesi strongly 70 all fun lev
s-s Is :sst ~ racoh fAtt's company. which
wsl present EranF Stewards roaring cona-
edy. Mistakes VIII Happen" There 10
not" sAys ere az the bek dramatic critics
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-10
BIDS FOR CITY PRINTING.
Entire Matter Referred ia the Corpo-
ration Counsel

The city council committee on library
and printing, TO which was referred the
bids Tor city printing for the year Isse had
a long executive session yesterday after
noon The committee concluded It's ielit-
erations by referring the entire matter IN
the corporation counsel for a written op!n-
Ton.
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FOR STREET IMPROVEMENT.
Petition for Twenty-FoOt Driveway
ON Epler Place

Property owners OF lots lying an each
SIDE OF Epfer place have pet.tioned for
leave 10 improve that thorouchfare a.
their own expense BY constructing a
twen'y-foot driv. way. with parking strips
on each side The street sntersects 0lvrn-
pic place at right angles on the northeas,
side of kinnear park near the center
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Subscribers tickets for THE Geisha''
NAV be exchanged for reserved seats Tues
day. December H. Regular tickets on sale
Wednesday.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-10
Judge Mcdonald 10 Return.

saase William Mcdonald. Of Coifax. has
s ssa.sh letter 10 Attorney III. F.. Sneok
.assouaeing his intention 70 return 10 Sc
saae on i,ecembev u TO hear motions pend
u All eases tried by him fer Judge
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-10

THE car load 81 ia~ turkeys. geese.
ducks and chickens received by The Frye
Bruan Company yesterday WILL b placed
en- eaie today.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-10

CRAYoN. pastel. portraits. Photographs
enlarged frames made 10 order. NoeEe-
berg artist 81 Second avenue
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Licenses to We'd.

a. Ls,enses 10 wed were issued vests rasy
&c Edith Bettel tssl. ~ Miles civ Monf
n sssss q Carmichael t2f az Seattle. ana
AAss 1o'sngNood uNl Of Newcastle.
~--~-~-------~->--
;, ~ elegant chilas reefAr coat 81. 50 ,osav
= Gus Brown %
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-10

WILSON'S modern business college VS.
Seattle high school, Athletic park, p. m,
today.
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BECoMINti rimless glasses from SEQ up:
elegant Christmas present. Miss Wiizin-
ski Optician liz Cherry.
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THE GUN THAT GUARDS HAVANA nARBoR.

the five hattleshipS. which will prob
ably not be ready for service until the
latter part of the coming year. 1t is,
therefore, obvious that the United
States is not SO powerlesS upon the
seas as some would have 1t understood.
During the past ten years there have
been expended yearly ON seacoaSt for
tlticauons and their armaments and
for submarine mines and torpedoes the
sum of Sio,000,00o; our principal sea-
port towns have thus been put in con-
dition SO that, with the aid of the
navy, the country could easily resist
the attack of any one of the great naval
powers of the world.
There is no doubt as to which Of the
two nations, Spain or the United
States, is the stronger from a naval
standpoint In ships and armament
we have by far the superior navy.
While Spain has more men in her navy.
we outuumber her in ships. although
she includes some splendid cruisers in
her list Like us, she is adding to her
navy, replacing the boats she lost In
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cruisers, could do us almost irrepara-
bic damage. The power of the mod
ern ships guns enables them to do
their fighting at comparatively long
range. The deadliness of these arms
is great enough under those c!rcum-
stances, as China and Japan know to
their cost. What the result would be if
tleShips met in closer quarters may cas-
lily be imagined, and it is no eXaggera-
tion to say that the chances favor the
destruction of nearly everyone engag-
ed.
Modern gunnery and armor-making
have kept such steps together that no
sooner has plate been invented which
would resist the most penetrating
projectile of that time than a gun was
speedily devised or an explosive discov-
cred which neceSsitated the invention
of plate of still greater resisting
power This game has gone on, until
the modern ship is gigantic floating
| hulk, the p, Jpulsion of which through
calm and known waters Is no easy
task, to say nothing of its manage
ment In heavy seas or during an en-
gagement, where rapid action is peces-
sary.
But besides the things visible with
which modern cruisers must contend
is the problem of submarine warfare.
The invention of Ericsson has been i'm
proved upon, both as regards the abil.
ity OF warShips to eject the deadly tor
pedo itself ana the torpedo-boat capa-
bic of submerging itself wholly or in
part. Inventors all over the world are
working upon the submarine torDedo.
boats and rams, and, while they have
not attained the success of Jules
Nerne'S fancy, it is believed that If
they have not already solved the prob
lem 1t Is matter of a short time fill
we shall have boat capable of sub
merging itself for time sufficient TO
do terrible damage to the largest bat
tleship and still not be in sight during
the engagement
This is not speaking Of the establish.
ed practicability of the sunken torpedo
or more to be used in harbors md dis.
charged by electricity from a GSS apce
These last can be utilized for coast de.
fense and are very effective. They
could destroy any cruiser anchored OF
sailing over them, but are only useful
under those circumstances.
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sIF WAR SHOULD COME.


1895. She is obliged to have this done,
yards of her own. Her limited credit
has kept back this work, and it is not
likely that the boats now under way
would be completed even on rush"
orders before two years from now.
Then, too, the classiticatiOnS made in
the tables favor Spain. placing boats
in the second class of battle-shlps
which. although heavier than our sole
remaining specimen of that class, could
not cope with it.
On paper Spain has about the same
number of warshipS available for
fighting as the United States has on
the Atlantic coast, eliminating torpedo
boats, which can operate, by the ma
ture of things, only in home waters.
But what about the ships themselves?
Spain has only one tirst-class battle
ship, the PelayO: we have in the East
the Indiana, Iowa. and Massachusetts.
Spain strictly has no battleships of the
second grade; we have only one now,
the Texas, sister ship practically of the
Maine. Spain has one iron and use
less monitor, the Puig-Cerda; We have
four of them. matchless tighters-the
Puritan, Terror, MiantonOmah, and
Amphitrite. Spain. has six armored
cruisers, all of them practically in
splendid fighting trim-the Almirante,
Oquendo, Carlos ", Infanta Maria Ter
esa, Prncesa de Asturias, and Vizcaya.
We have two such vessels-the New
York and Brooklyn. For defensive
fighting our four monitors are superior
to the three armored cruisers which
we seem to lack in comparison with
Spain, but, allowing that they are only
equal, it may be said that in that class
the navies of the two nations are of
equal strength.
That throws the comparison back to
battleships, of which we have four
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and brought forward the three Opin-
ions concerning such matters, viZ.-the
theory which holds that we have no
more use for navy comparable to
that of the great nations of Europe
than we have for standing army like
that of Great Britain, Germany,
France or Russia; the stand that the
money put into our navy would better
have been expended in coast defenses;
and lastly that opinion which demands
that on land ana sea we should be
equally powerful to any nation on
earth.
1t is now over half century since
the guns of this country were turned
upon n foreign foe, and this long period
Of peace has inclined very large pro.
portion of American citizens to the first
named course of reasoning. The mid
die ground position is held by the coast
defense theorists. They believe that
with our coast defended by modern
b fOrtlications and guns we can almost
dispense with heavy navy altogether.
The third party believes in the widest
possible display of our naval power.
Al the present time the only country
with which we are likely to become
embrollcd in strife is Spain, and as a
war with the Spanish would be largely
a naval one 1t is therefore of interest
to consider what the possibilities of
such a war might be.
Since the Maine went down numer.
ous reports have been spread broad.
cast that Spain is now superior to lis
as Il naval power, and many persons
have grave fears as to the outcome of
n conflict. Let us see. Since lSS3
Congress has authorized the construc.
tion of Scventy-SeVen war vessels. at
n cost of Sl3I, ,430, T00.lO. Sixteen of
the vessels have not vet been com.
pleted. The vessels authorized since
1883 are as follows: Battleships, first.
class. nine; battleships, second-class,
two; cruisers, Is; gunboats. IL; harbor
defense ram, one; monitors. six: dyna-
mite cruiser, one; torpedo boats, 81.
submarine torpedo boat, one; training
ships for cadets, two; dispatch boat,
one.
or the sixteen ships of war now un-
der construction, the Secretary of the
Navy estimates that all will be COM
pleted during the present year except
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twenty; we have not more than twelve
on the North Atlantic coast. Nearly
one-half of Spaln'S gunboats. according
to Lord BraSsey, the great English au-
thority, are small steamers from 81
TO JAS tons" In the matter of unar.
mored ships, the commerce deStroyers.
Spain has a slight advantage in mum.
bers; we have slight advantage in
strength, We could Use our torpedo.
boats; Spain couldn't get hers over
here. We could use our ram Katahdin
and our Holland submarine boat; Spaln
has no such vessels.
In the matter of ships and guns. do.
spite the loss of the Maine the United
States has a decided advantage. Bar.
tleships are the ones that count in real
fighting. But naval battles are NOT
won solely by ships and guns. They are
Won by men-valorous men. patriotic
men-on board the ships. Our ships
are manned by seamen nine-tenths Of
whom are American seamen. Span.
iads, of course, man Spaln's shlps
There you are as to men; Americans on
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tor would Immediately touch a button
Ahe explosion which followed would
completely wreck the warship and
would doubtless kill all on board.
The work of preparing these mines
has been done very secretly, and no one
outside of those in charge of the har-
Dor defenses knows where they are.
The sunken casemateS, too, have been
built with caution, and their situation
is not known either. The necessity for
this caution Is apparent when it is re-
membered that any interference with
the wires by the subject of some for
eign nation might disturb the work so
that none of the mines could be used.
Another great means of defense is in
the big disappearing guns, which work
as If they have human intelligence. No
fort is necessary for these guns. The
gunners are absolutely protected by a
big parapet. When the gun is at rest
1t, too, is concealed behind the parapet
where 1t is loaded. When firing be-
comes necessary ponderous machinery
lstLStS lLlc DlS CdlllOn so tnat Its mouth
points over the parapet. In thirty sec
ondS the gunners have trained the can
non properly, and an enormous proiec-
tile Is sent flying ten miles over the
sea. Woe to the vessel it strikes, Ar
NOR has not yet been made strong
enough to stand against the shot fired
from these enormous machines.
At present the inner harbor of New
York is guarded by two 12-inch. three
lc'nch and five S-incn disappearing
gllls, as we'll as thirty-two Pinch
mortars. These are all completed and
put in position. Work is now going on
for other disappearing guns which will
be finished MS year. The southern
and eastern entrances to the harbor
are more fully protected than the inner
harbor itself. Here is an armament Of
Il Pinch guns on lifts, 30 1O-inch and
. S-inch guns on disappearing car
riages, 176 12-inch mortars and many
submarine mines operated from five
mining casemates.
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available, three frst-class and one sec
ond-class, and of which Spain has only
one available, the tirst-class Pelayo.
The armament of the monitors and ar
mored cruisers on both sides is practi-
cally equal. The armament of battle
ships is four TO one in our favor, and it
is the kind of armament that tells ten
to one in a naval battle SO much for
strictly fighting ships. We have ten,
Spain has six. In protected cruisers
Spain has not more than fifteen and We
have ten available on the Atlantic
coast. The armament of our ten, care
full calculation shows, is little more
than equal to that of Spain's fifteen.
OF gunboats Spain seems to have
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UNITED sTATES STEEL PROTECTED CRUISER COLUMBIA.

mined and wires run to underground
casemates where the operators work.
The harbor is divided into sections
and squares each of which is known by
letter or figure. For instance, in case
of war, if Spanish war vessel were
sighted, word would be telegraphed
from one of the coming towers to the
officer in charge of one of the under
ground casemates near Sandy Hook.
The message would be read something
like this: "Vizcaya op %, IA S. e.
That would mean that the Vizcaya
was then passing over certain Sec
tion of the harbor in which was To-
Gated mine or a torpedo. The opera
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The war department has guarded
with absolute secrecy the plans for all
its coast defenses. 1t is scarcely known
outside of army circles that New York
is one of the most strongly defended
towns in the world. No vessel could
get within fifteen miles of the battery
without meeting a worse fate than that
which befell the Maine.
The entire harbor is thoroughly
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decides naval contests to-day. The
man at the stokehole is just as import
ant as the man behind the gun. Spain
can't whip us on this side of the Allan
tic, that's sure; we shall not fight on
the other side.
One Serious Disadvantage.
In naval war with Spain we would
have the disadvantage of tremen-
defend. We could 90 little damage to
Spain's commerce, because she has
comparatively a small amount, while
some of her second, third or fourth-rate
boats, while keeping away from our
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lion as to the real value of our navy and
its relative Importance among the
naval armaments of the world. 1t has
revived the discussion of what the re-
suit of a war between the United
States and a foreign nation would be,
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one side and spaniards on the other
Need more be said?
Stronger than any reason yet given
as to the result of fight between us
and Spain is the one to be deduced
from the scene of action of war. The
war would take place in and around
Cuba. We could get coal easily and
Spain could not. It's the coal in the
bunkers as much if not more than the
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HE recent terri

HE recent terri
) BILE occurrence
in the harbor of
Havana, which
resulted in the
destruction o f
millions of Fed
eral property in
the shape of the
b a t t ! @ S h ! p
Maine and the
death of nearly
300 sail Ors,
startled a great
deal of Specnla-
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Two Southern men have designed d.
motor for use in churning, which con.
sists Of a framework carrying a shaft
having wind-reel at one end and a
crank at the other, which operates the
dasher.
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No woman hater Is a single man.
The sun., 1898-03-27
A NOTABL E WEDDING.
Rev. f.. Nj. DOugherty, Formerly OF
CIayInOnt, Married to Miss Clara
Laucr, of Philadelphia.

A very pretty wedding was solemnized
at the home OF the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Lauer, No. 1882 South
Fourth street, Philadelphia, on Monday
evening, March 2lst, 1898.
Rev. Louis Barrett, presiding elder of
the Wilmington Conference, assisted by
the Rev. G. NJ. Simpson, performed the
ceremony which united the lives of the
Rev. +. NJ. Doughery, formerly pastor
of the Atonement NJ. f. Church, OF Clay
mont, Del, and Miss Clara Lauer, a most
estimable young lady and prominent
church worker, OF Philadelphia.
Clarence Dougherty, a brother OF the
groom, acted as best man, and Miss
Sallie Lauer, a sister of the bride, was
maid Of honor.
After the ceremony, wedding supper
was partaken of by the happy couple
and their relatives and intimate friends,
after which the bride and groom de-
parted for their future home at Sauk
Rapids, MINI.
The gifts received were numerous and
useful as we'll as valuable. Among those
present at the reception were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Lauer, Mr.. and Mrs. Will.
liam Lauer, William Iauer, the Misses
Lauer, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Dougherty, Mr..
and Mrs. w. B. Dougherty, Mr.. Clarence
Dougherty, Mr.. and Mrs: Gaskill, Mr..
and Mrs. Fogg, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Rick, Mr.. and Mrs. Head, Mr.. and Mrs:
Cook, Mr.. and Mrs. Warren, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hannitt, Miss Hannitt, Mr.: and
Mrs. Watson, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs. William Duhls
ing, Mr.. and Mrs. shol, Mr.. and Mrs. AZ
Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Drew, Mr..
and Mrs. Reichner, Mr.. and Mrs. DR..
williams, Mr.. and Mrs. DR.. Brown, Rev.
L. Barrett, D. D., Rev. and Mrs. G. M.
Simpson, Mrs. s. Dougherty. Miss Grace
Dougherty, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Gray,
Mrs. M. J. Davis, Mr.. William Gray,
Mrs. +. L. Fisher, Mrs. John Kinsley,
Hon. Walker Bacon, "i Claylnont; Miss
Jennie Kirs!ey, Miss Ida Partridge, Miss
Lulu Fisher, Miss Florence fisner Miss
Emma Rowan, Niss Sadie Green, Miss
May Williams.
The sun., 1898-03-27
AGENTS NEED NO LICENSE,

Tweny-s sweeping decisions affecting
Agents, Auctionesrs. Canvasssrs, Distribu-
tors. Drummers, Patentees, Peddlers, So
licitors, Photographers and all others ex.
empted from local taxation sent anywhere
for Dime. Address law department,
THE SUN, Randolph Building, station G.,
Philadelphia, U. S. A. One of these De.
cisions appears in THE SUN, every month
Subscription price twenty Eve cents year.
male copy. three cents: none free.
The sun., 1898-03-27

INFORMATION wanted of the descendants of
Henry Caldwell O'Nel, who in lA5 it is be.
licycd) resided at 81 Centre street; and also OF
the descendants uf Alexander Mcclure, who, III
1895 resided at lM Henry street, both OF whoin
o,vnrd or had some interest in premises Nos. 90
o.. ~, and 96 Mulberry street in the city OF New
York. FREDERICK BELTZ, Counsellor at Law,
III Broadway, New York city,
The sun., 1898-03-27
Patroniyt Home Enterprise
Shall Everything
Go to Phila-
delphia ?
TO THE PUBLIC

The undersigned will pub
lish a DIRECTORY and
BUSINESS GAZETTEER
of the City Of Wilmington
for 1898. The book will be
distinctively a Wilmington
work. The compiling, call
vassing, printing, binding
and management will be
entirely by Wilmington
people.
The canvass of names will
be by intelligent, painstak-
ing citizens of this city, and
will be compiled by expert
cnced directory men, resi-
dents of this city. No ex-
pense will be spared to give
our citizens frst-class up
to date directory.
When a Canvasser calls FOR
your subscription to book,
or for advertisement, ask
him if he represents the
Home Concern. Patronize
home enterprises and insist
on having the directory is
sued bv the
The sun., 1898-03-27
WANTED

5000 men wanted to fill Govt
Service vacancies this year. Only
common school education needed
for most places. $1,000 to $2, 500
salaries. Dates and locations OF
next examinations and valuable
information seat FREE on re-
quest. POTOMAC CIVIL SER
VICE ACADENY, Dept B,
Wash, .. G. .
The sun., 1898-03-27

MAGGIE HARRIS-Information wanted OF
whereabouts of Maggie Harris, who was employ
ed in May, 1897 at 149 West 10Th st. riease COIL
munirate with COLE& POTTER 63 Wall street.
New York
The sun., 1898-03-27

If John Martin, who left the English navy
ship BelcrophOn about 30 years ago, IL stlll ny
ing his mother, Jane Martin (nee BranseJ!),
would like to hear from him. Communicate by
letter with l.. A., l0i Ryerson ST., Brooklyn, Ne"
FORK.
The sun., 1898-03-27

JOSEPH HUNNIS-A native of Russia, known
here as Joseph Ennis, is required TO c"nlnuhi
cate with his brother, Ma jor !. llunnis, st.
Petersburg, Russia or the Consulate General OF
Russia, "A state street. New York.
The sun., 1898-03-27

DANIEL MULLlGAN or Cornelius Carhh ds-
1881, at jefferson Barracks Mo-; entitled prop
erty; liberal reward for proof of death. address
GEO. A. SMYTHE, Counsellor at Law, ITO Ames
Building, Boston. Mass
The sun., 1898-03-27
"TbQ Book Of SQerQts"
FOR MEN ONZ y

Write for descriptive circular.
Agents wanted. Sells on sight. Every
man wants copy. Start in while
the field is clear. Fortunes in 1t for
live agents. Address r. Lusby, Nov.
elty Dealer, Vinton, la. (Mention
this paper.)