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GREAT COKE AND COAL YEAR.
Tremendous Output of Both Expected in
Western Pennsylvania in 1900.

Western Pennsylvania in 1900.
PITTsBURo. Pa. Feb. 3.-This year will wit
ness the greatest era In the coke and coal
regions Of Western Pennsylvania in their his
tory. In the ConneIlsviIle coke region more
new ovens will he built than 10 any previous
year. and the coke production will be increased
fully ~ PER cent. There are now projected and
In the course OF erection more than 1000 new
ovens. which will be put In operation by the
middle Of the coming summer which will run
TIE tota, OF the COX region up to 2l.oOO ovens,
were in operation In the region 1S.aO4 ovens.
During the past twelve months the price OF
coke has nearly doubled and the demand to-
day greatly exceeds the production. At the
present price. So. the business IL most profit
able. Two years ago coke was selling fors a
ton The production OF the coke region for
1t37 was .50D,OOO tons. while during the year
1879, o25o.OO q tons were shlrpcd from the
Connellsvile region The 1897 product was
valued at $4,000 900. while that Of Inst year
larged capacity viii increase the product for
1900 to about 100000 tons. with q value Of
nearly S30 .OOO.0OO.
famine Is not acute because coke can he had
for Immediate delivery but only IN small anan-
titles; Coke maker, are lnst n?w getting $500
coke. Western Pennsylvania coke Is now
bringing S. 40 At Cincinnati and $3.50 at
st. Louis. All kinds Of coal have greatly adj
Shnctu III Prices Hnl tO-nnV mere IL not an
idle mine IN all western, Pennsylvania. In
many cases the wages OF the miners have been
advanced greatly. The coal famine has in
b buy m m coai yIan ,nIs and gl, mamy new Sp mInss in no no
onened soon. 4 large syndicate. formed OF
Pittsburg consumers. has obtained control
OF more than 100000. acres Of rich coal lands
around the citv and will operate mines to sup.
ply their manufacturing plants
There are now. 10, Pttsburg some 3.000.-
900 tons OF coal which will he shipped down the
0hiO inst ns snpD M a IA yprahla sta0a - xyatar
Is had. Earlier In the season large fleets went
down the river and others are now being col
lected at the mines np the Monongahela.
and mining did the situation present a more
prosperous condition and the coming year will
he busy for Pttshurg. Her m Ms and factories
are all running night and day and every branch
OF commercial activity as displayed hero Is
most ptosp ne rous.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04
TRAINING BOERS' HORSES.
How They Are Taught to stand Still Where
Their Riders Leave Them.

rom M BIt more VAN.
An l.nglishman now in Baltimore Who spent
several years among the Beers in South Africa
said yesterday that the Boer force was stronger
IN numbers than 1t seemed 70 be, because every
could move from one point % another in an in.
credihly short time.
lie was asked whether the Beers kept their
horses In the trenches with them, and this aues
ton led 10 an explanation.
Every Hoer warrior has a horse" said he,
and heir horses are 50 trained tina, they will
stand where they are left until their master $
return. nave seen them training their HORSES
IN lhlS WICK ana iheIs method j. effective. though
heroic.
"A Bocr Will take a Young horse, a tyo.year.
old OF perhaps, . y|eaT.!Hg, and attach n Lalt.t
j. NM IT N III halter HANKS a Tupo and at
we ehI nl We fppe Is suspended an iron ball,
which hangs nhuut the animal s knees.
ne hut>e y urh turned lpysc in a large lot
ne lmnehlHhiy h"gins % praHcc around and
The horse Is driven Wild and lie bali Teens an
getting IN lis work. he beast MAJ st,nggls
against tic annoy luCe and pain for Lri, 40 Sys
hours, but he finally drops from Ell austion' "
Oiten II mkes three ~ four weeks tr nurs.
the horse, With his Cui, bruised and blceJinv
knees, back into condition. but whom l., ~ a, -
ride he ~ lust tie hu!se the Brr wan" "',rii
the boet has ~ d. when he dismounts is 4, ,h,ow
the bride rem uv r the horse : head ~, 49,"
ieelS Nc reign hanging from his chin AN l."
feniemhrrs Uh" pr'vluus experience With nm i,nn
ball lie Will stand stocks ,ii n. l'n,
as that rem hangs from the bit apI bo wih
Ply ana II tho crash Of artillery Is but a few is.t
eVok
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Iii be necessary to perform this vancouver rapidly,

Iii be necessary TO perform this maneuver rapidly,
air pressure a few pounds greater than that due
10 the depth Of immersion is eNerted over the water
in the ballast compartments and they viii be
quickly emptied, When the vessel reaches the
position, the smokestack may be erected
as rapidly as il was shipped and the fire started
afresh.
During an action the dives will probably be
very short, as the boat, will be obliged ~ go under
water only when menaced with torpcdoes car
ried by torpedo boat, and when IL is necessary
20 approach the vessel attacked unObserved.
Rapid fire guns may be disregard d; Advan-
tage may be taken Of the practical inyulnera-
bility Of the vessel when running a-wash with
full steam power ~ do a large part Of its work
on the surface Of the water. ls attack will DO
more rapid and more certain, especially II the
ship can be intercepted.
From the a wash condition, a dive while running
al full speed can be- mede. probably in 20 seconds.
During this time a 20.knot torpedo boat can run
only 225 yards Adivec ca be made from the n wash
condition in 10 seconds, and n 2o-knlt torpedo
boat can cover no more than liz yards in the sa me
time. There is, therefore, but small probability
that the onset OF the submarine boat can be warded
of by any other means than the superior speed
Of the vessel attacked.
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The Broadway road carries the same number Of
passengers north that it does south, e2, 900; and
SO does the Sixth avenue, with 81, 900 ench way,
The Fourth avenue line carries 1000 u ore north
than south, the difference being made in the ali
normal afternoon peak. The reason for this
probably is that many persons who go downtown
In the morning on the elevated road 20 back in
the afternoon on the Fourth avenue surface road.
II is an unexpected equality Theses charts show,
232, 900 passengers carried one way and 234 900
the other way, in a day.
Several things are noticeable In charts Of the
crosst0wn roads the similarity Of the eastbound
and westbouDd lines, the small number OF cash
total traffic TO all the trunk road lines. The Fifty.
ninth street line. a chart Oi which Ia shown, car.
ries more passengers on transfer tickets In pro.
portion to its total business than any other line
In the city. The Broadway road chart shows
10000 transfers, the Fourth avenue 1870, and
the Sixth avenue s., 0O0.
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and the Sixth avenue 1000 north and 1000 south.
1000 IN all. SO that these three roads carry
over 10000 passengers In this one hour OF The
afternoon, while IN the same hour Of the morning
they do not carry 5000.
The morning rise IL only normally rapid on the
broadway and Sixth avenue roads, but on tbs
Fourth avenue II IL very abrupt. reaching the
big figure OF 10000 in the hour following I o clock,
when the broadway carries but $500 and the
Sixth avenue but $500, The Fourth avenues
afternoon ris. Is equslly noticeable, and the re-
suit IL that the line OF total traffic on this road
shows two great peaks, one after In the morning
and The 0 her alter In the afternoon, with a deep
valley between. The reason for this il that The
Fourth avenue line IL uscd more a. A long die
tance going to work and going .hon,e road. II
does not give such wide access TO The shonpinr
and business sections rs the two roads 10 Tho
west, aad ~ chart therefore. shows a valley
through tho fiddle Of the day ia lie Srst i've
hours Of N, corning the Fourth avenue road
carries over 1900 lorc passengers than The BROAD,
way line, although al the end Of the day The Broad.
way road il 5000 ahead.
Al the charts show luncheon and dinner val.
leys. IN the Fourth avenue the Luncheon valley
extends from II until o'clock: on the Broadwavit
is from IL TO !. and On ths Sixth ayen,s N /. t,,u,
I,o2. The . O'Clock dinner valleys On ths Broad.
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bal which Is 81. inches in diameter, Of solid
rubber, and weighing H., pounds through a
tuLnsule3is inches high, with four openings.
There are half a dozen tuInsiles, with eight
bars on, each u the player succeeds in passing
safely through the FIRST one he finds himself in an
inner court. He comes out al the other corner Of
II, and comes TO the fourth one, Coming again
into the inner court at the fourth t~urnstile, the
stake which stands in the centre Of The inner court
must be hit.
This done. he continues toward the distant
stake, passes out at one Of the corners. comes on
to the outer court. and, when possible, passes
through the last ~turnstle 10 the last stake.
After the last stake has been struck with the
ball the player begins his homeward journey
back 10 the starting stake. He goes through the
same outer and inner courts. finally reaching his
asst %turnstle, and the player whose ball first hits
the FIRST stake wins.
The guards u the courts are wooden rails, 3
inches high. secured to The floor. The mallets are
about the same a. crOquet mallets. except that
they are much shorter In the handles.
One OF the features Of the game Is that every
thing can be taken up at any time, and the floor
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04
@51-Q1
" E@~
~1UREsTILE oR WICKET.

turnsules, the higher one, Is larger Than The Love-
one, when prevents the ball from bouDu q over,
Nv clubs vii soon be formed at Newton Centre.
one Tor Gay ana The other for evening play. The
the game, as " conforms in nearly every vay
with the rules Of the association. The game can
be PLAYED oy men. women or children. In partners
OF singly. and. Judged by It's reception Iast n,rht'
II. will undoubtedly become q regular winter Sport
when known better.
In the game Of last evening three sets Of IN ree
players competed. The Hrst set WAS made up OF
G. II. Cannon. A.. r. Drab and Dwight Chester.
The latter won in 40 minutes. The second set
contained ". Hovey, II, p. C1afin and =. A. Ed
wards. hoysy won In 20 minutes. In the third
SET we're b. b, Buck, IL. Haynie and Z. y. Noyes,
ard the latter won In IS minutes. In the play-oG
among the th rec winners Noyes woa. TIE spsc-
tsiors applaudsd every good Dlsy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04
$4,000 DAY IN CAR FARES.
ENORMOUS RKvENUE OF MANHA7.
TAN's STREET RAILWAYS.

They Carry Nearly . million and q Half
Passengers Every Twenty-four Hours
Fluctuations Ina the Hourly Trafhc.
on Manhattan Island SO. 900 is spent every
day In street car fares. including the elevated
roads with he surface systems. That Is a ire
mendous sum 70 b. accumulated in hvecent
pieces day In and day out. But rs only a small
item In the daily life Of this great town. No town
IN the world presents such a problem in street rail-
way transportation. Here Is an island a few
score rods wide and miles long. with hundreds Of
thousands Of people living on one end Of II and
having business to do every day at the other end
Of H. Tens Of thousands Of workers 20 down
town In the early hours Of the morning, and 20
back with a rush tina, swamps all ihe roads In the
late afternoon. Crosstown roads there are oil the
way up and down the island, but they serve only
as feeders for the north-and-south trunk linss.
But $40 900 a day Is a lot Of money to DO spent
in fye-cent car fares. That Is half a million dol
lars q week. and in a year It is more than s25..
900 600. Last year the gross receipts OF the
Metropolitan road were Sl4, 0O0, 900: Of the Man
haitian elevated. S9.OO0.000. and Of the Third
avenue, So, 500, 900, OF the one and a half mill
ion passengers carried every day on these three
systems over three-quArtsrs Of a million take the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04
VIEW FAME CALLED INROOUE,
Scientific Development of the Old Game Of
CrOQuet- How II IL Played.

From the Boston Hrad.
Bray's Hall at Newton Centre was we'll filled
last evening with a gathering OF leading people
Of the Newtons, who were curious TO see the play
ing Of the first game of ~inroque, a pastime recently
devised BY Mellen Bray Of Newton Centre. This
court on which the game was played occupied the
centre OF the floor, and grouped about il were the
spectators seats. The pretty hall never looked
pretter. being draped in red, white and blue,
and otherwise decorated.
MIR Bray evolved ~inroque as a result Of his
search after something new 10 amuss suburban
people winter evenings Not every one can have
a billiard table at home, either because Of the eI-
pense OF a lack Of room. and there are many who
object 70 progressive whist About four or five
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04

months ago Mr. Bray formulated his planA He
had castings made Of all the required metal work,
Much Of this was nickel plated. and all Of the wood
was stained a dark mahogany.
The main motive Of the game is 70 conform as
much as possible TO croquet, but not the croquet
Of the casual player. but the scientific game, now
called rogue. which has It's national ton,
its champions and Us local clubs throughout
The country.
But as rogue Is played only outdoors and as
the new gam Is % be played indoors, il was I'D
vlsable " give it another name. The inventor
asked some OF his neighbofs In Newton Centre
what be should call the game.
why not call il i%nroque?" asked Henry Haynie.
You see, rogue Is played out OF doors. and as this
Is N be an indoor game II seems " me that inroqua
Is the best name" and the game was chrisened
The court Of inro1ue is different from the croquet
or rogue court Dagonally tho distance from
the starting stake 10 The stake at the other end
OF the court is seventy-two feet As In every we'll.
regulated croquet cou l.
After banking for the lead the player takes his
stand by the first stake and attempts 10 play his
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04
A MATTER OF INTEREST TO REAL
Estate DEALERS.

Satisfied Liens" LIS Pendens" ana
Estate News il printed in complete detail each
day In The Sun. You need this In your bust
ness, No, other paper gives such atteltion -
this detail. ADD.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04

way and Sixth avenue downtown lines, with the
Side road does not show the after Dime. rse.
The after theatre peaks are noticeable In all ire
northbound lines, while the Broadway road has
and southbound trsfic are seen 10 he very nearly
equal In the middle " the day. between ,he hours
of and 8, and al night between the hours OF z
and II. Tbs most rsmarkabls similarity In
the charts il the sQuslity N north and south franc.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04

DAY CHART OF THE FOURTH AVENUE LINE.
Metropolitan cars, nearly one. fifth Of a million
ride on the Third avenue. while half a million
60 on the elevated. Last year about $50, 600, 900
passengers were carried by these three roads.
The Metropolitan alone carried $50 ,0OO, 900, which
Is double the number i. carried fifteen years ago,
when all the roads carried less than 800, 900, 900
passengers in a year. Counting passengers
who present transfer tickets. the Metropolitn's
traffic is over 400, 900, 900 a year, or |, 100, 000a day.
These roads. that thread their way side by side
through the avenues from the Battery TO the
Harlem, tell the daily story Of tho throbbing life
Of the town. The pulse Of the town from hour 10
hour through the day is registered in the trafRc
Of these up-and-down railways SO plainly and so
accurately that any novice may read il, as he
would read the record OF q seli-recording Their
nome,er at the end Of a day. Each Of the big
roads has Its own story TO tell Of the ebb and flow
Of ira flo through the narrow channel Il follows:
each has It's own peculiariues, but all OF them tell
q harmonious story OF the activities Of the city.
This story may 10 read in the day charts OF the
Metropolitan's three central trunk lines on Man
haitian Island the Broadway and Columbus
avenue road. the Sixth and Amsterdam avenues
road, and The Fourth and Madison avenues road.
These three divisions OF the system carry not far
from half . million passengers . day. or nearly
a third Of the entire ira fic oi the town, SO that they
may be taken as fairly representative Of street
car trafnc on Manhattan Island.
Day charts are regularly made by the Metro
po,iun's engineers for the guidance Of the Presi-
dent Of the company. One Of the secrets OF Mr.
vrssland's success a. . directing head u his ca
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04

The way some dyspepsia and constipation remedies &C, remind, 70. ~ n. pn.
story Of the ma who drove a devil outo his house and then svep,. and .,r,,,., 1.
so hne that the evil spirit anne back again and brought with him seven ~ ~.
worse than himself SO the last state Of hat man vas wor,, han, ~. s,.n
Sometimes disease appears to have been diLdged and ddv.ro mi, Il, Il.
IN unsientfc medicine; it may seem to go with apparently wonderful sh,,~. =.
is Liable to ONE back sevenf fold wor than before A thoroughly ..,.s, -
like Ripan, Tabues acts o naturally upon the system that The epa.. eo,.t.uaun
'0ruhea against a return " Inc trouble There is n 10 reaction NJ relapse; no
depressing after effect The Tabues relieve The scu,, ,vur,,u. ~. -,
sour stomach very quickly. The bowels Ire affected only in . reaul., ,,w,, 49,
but the cure is permanent.
long n. ,Os gives relief ye tn sod RI ms on The een 49, IN hnnT anshp Ann pe~
RlPANS iofU6 cents maj be nad at my drx sra Fem uIn." a. Svsn no uoeuutA
v M DO mailed to any sddrss hrs cents Forwarded " De Ep.naaS S"mt a91T~d 80
Evening star., 1900-04-25

The case Of Ernest Rodgers. coIored
charged with having attempted to kill Chas
johnson by cutting him with knife about
three weeks ago. near the Center market
will be heard in the Police Court tomorrow
johnson has been under treatment at the
Emergency Hospital. but will be able to ap-
pear in court at the trial.
Evening star., 1900-04-25

The Evening Star fs the
only afternoon paper I'm
Washington that receives
the dispatches Of the Asso-
cfated Press. IL fs there
fore the only one in which
the reaCer can ind the
complete news of the
world. directly trnnsmit-
ted by telegraph, MP TO
the moment of going to
press.
The Coconino sun., 1900-07-21
BRIEF LOCALS.
SATURDAY. JULY 2l. 1900.
A%%N%<Nr%%%N-S%SS-

Miss. Virginia WeatherfDrd. who has been seriously i'll. is now convalescing.
 Rev. w. T. Weathcrford of Nash vile, Tenn, is visiting his brothers. P R. and ]. w. Weatherfod,
 Wantcd-Respnn-iblr party to join camping expedition to the mountains. Enquire Box ?. FLag-tair, Arizona.
 There vii be a social at the NJ. E. pnsonage Thursday evening. July 26. Refreshments, served. All are invited.
 For Sale - House and four lots House contains four rooms: has city water Apply at this office for further information.
 The Racket Store has many novel and useful articles on its counters at prices will induce you tn become purchaser.
 Water consumers have been notified by thr town council to place meters on their premises Friedlein, the plumb CT IS the man to do the work
 The streets in the business part of the city are heinz sprinkIed. l. Chis- holm has the contract for keeping down the dust.
 Ladies Mrs. Stein will return July 2l with q large selection of waist. skirts and suits. Will also take orders and deliver them Sept. lDth. Will be at DOnahue hotel
 Mrs F.. II, Dunn and son of Topeka. Kansas. arrived to-day and will spend some time here. Mrs. Dunn is an elder sister of Mrs. George HoxwOrth
 John Piper, and Earp Fort. of Ellis county. Texas, arrived Thursday. Mr. Piper is the father of NJ. T. Piper and Mrs Joe Fisher
The Coconino sun., 1900-07-21

A. F. Banta, who has been visiting his brother Henry, left for Prescott yesterday. Mr. Banta is loser by the Prescott fire about $2, 300. His printing office was blown up by dynamite. There was no insurance on the office.
 Harvey J. Lee manager of the Phoe- nix Republican,. was in town Tuesday. The Republican is the latest paper to reach here, Mr. Lee has made ar rangement with B. Hook for the sale of his paper.
 II. ]. Alien, the financial agent of the United Verde Copper Company. of Je- rome, was here yesterday. Mir. Allen accompanied w. A. Clark. the owner of the big mines, who was on his way east. a- for this place.
 F., F. Rogers the Navajo Indian far mer at Tuba city. is in town this week. He says the Navajo county is unusually dry this year and there will be an al- most total failure of crops on the reser- vation. There is every prospect that the government will be compelled 10
 feed that tribe before the end of the year.
 l.. $. Drum in this issue of the SUN, announces his candidacy for the office fo sheriff of Coconino county. subject to the action of the Republican county convention. Ton" Drum is an old re- sident of thi, county. and has many old time friends in this section who be- | lieve that he would make faithful and competent sheriff He has had con siderable experience as deputy sheriff, having filled that position for three years. In making his announcement, Mr. Drum say. that if he should in the course of events mol be nominee of the convention his energy will be devoted 1 to the work of electing the successful ! nominee
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-07
GOSSIP OF THE
HAWAII SPORTS

Charlie Bellina received a conslgn-
ment Of twenty-one horses and three
mules by the c. u. Bryant. Among the
lot il n sorrel trotting gelding named
Victor. sorrel pacing mare: and a
black pacing flly by silkwood. This
trio looks capable of great things.
Domingo Ferreira, the Jockey. who
was ruled of for suspicious riding In
the Amarino-Antidot race
In June. 1899. Is seeking reinstatement
and IL Is the general opinion that the
boy has suffered enough. A petition
will probably be circulated and pre-
sented TO the stewards OF the Jockey
Club.
Domingo Ferreira is out with a chal-
lenge TO race Brock against Antidote.
Mystery. Aggravation or Lawrence H.
three-eighths Of a mile for $3.50 a side
or any part of IL. First come, first
served.
There will be cricket at Makiki this
afternoon when a match between Re
publicans and Democrats will be play
ed.
Male Ilimas and Artillery start the
football season proper next Saturday
afternoon at Punahou. The association
game will be played by Iolani College
and r. M. Lansdale's eleven at Makiki.
The baseball game which was TO have
been played last Saturday between the
r.. O. Hall q Son nine and Kamehame-
ha was called of on account of the
wetness of the ground.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-07
A LITTLE SAVER.

Mr.. Mlserly-"Now, let's see. little wife
have you saved anything this month?
Mrs. MIserly-"Oh, yes. indeed. You will
find the expenses considerably less have
Just been to see the grocer and persuaded
him 10 delay sending his bill until next
month"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-07
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