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The evening times., 1899-12-28

You imagine what host of broken lots and ends
there must be thus directly following the Christmas rush.
And if only knew how imperative it is in view of
plans with the turning of time into the that they
be entirely closed and AT ONCE, you would then at
ach the full of Importance to this offering of them
In commercial parlance are literally giving them
away"
The evening times., 1899-12-28
New York stock Market

Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs & Co.,
members of the New York Exchange.
illQ L Street
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Chicago Grain and Provision Market
Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs q Co
members OF the New York EXCHANGE
1919 F Street.
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little initial buying by good people seems
to have been the cause Of the advance. TIE
injunction against Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company was granted tempo. ariiy yeste'-
day. after the petition had been caited
around from court to court for some tine.
II Is probably of about as much importa -ce
as the original offer Of the company.
Federal Steel common, was strong thtc
morning. as were Chicago Gas. Atchison,
preferred, and the ether so-called Flower
securities. With the possible exception Of
Brooklyn. it is certain that all these stocks
are worth much more than their current
prices, and IL need not be wondered al II
their recovery is rapid. Atchison went to
so and fraction. Rock Island to 107. and
Chicago Gas to 102 and fraction before
IL o'clock.
The evening times., 1899-12-28

The earnings statements for the third
week of December have almost all been
fine. That of the Chesapeake and Ohio
was added to the list this morning, the
gain in gross for the week being So, 400
and since July l, s4l3.64. Chesapeake and
Ohio was selling above % today, having
tumbled only two or three points in the
slump and now having recovered nearly all
Of that small break. Big Four. the COM
panion stock, was also buoyant this morn
ing. with bulge of two points to 62 in
the first hour. This price. it will be seen,
is within only point or two of the highest
price on record for the stock.
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A decline Of a point or two in the rail-
ways and OF five or six points in the in
dustrials would not be surprising under
the circumstances. On the other hand
many believe that the strength of the mar
Eet will continue until the close tomorrow
thus carrying over into the new year
bull market. The bulls were continually
disappointed as to the extent of the drop.
which went further than had been thought
possible, and perhaps there would not be
much surprise if the recovery too is more
prolonged than generally expected. The
general and technical situation is favora-
BILE to higher prices at the moment, except
for the one factor of the short selling that
seems likely to occur after the bulge
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Expectations regarding the bank state
nent are all good. II is known that the
money received from the west this week
has been in large volume, and since the
last statement was made up there has been
deposited a considerable sum with the
hanks by the Sub-treasury.
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THOUGHTFUL WRITER.
Finds it Pays to Be Thoughtful.

when first read in your advertise
ments the serious charges brought
against the old-style coffee, 1 knew
them to contain simple and accurate
statements of scientific fact which any
psychologist or hygienist could substan-
tiate.
Still, as an old ee'drinker, it was
hard TO make up my mind to change
the old habit which had become seem
ingly so fixed a part of my life. For
many weeks l allowed myself to read
your sober warnings and stirring APP
peals to the conscience and reason or
the people without taking action, not
withstanding the fact that l had for
years felt the habit was undermining
my nervous force, impairing the MEM
DRY, weakening the sight and threaten
ing even to soften the brain. / hdd
also come across numerous Instances
among my acquaintance of dyspepsia
brought about or largely aided by the
accumulated evils of daily coffee drink
ing.
IAN old restaurant man finally in
duced me to give Postum trial, ne
and his wife having adopted 1t as one
of their household staples. ! knew
him to be somewhat of a coffee con-
noisseur. and was the more impressed
by his suggestion. My first trial was
unsatisfactory. and j put it away. nut
fortunately / noticed your published
warning as to not cooking the coffee
sufficiently. and 1 saw then that ! had
not given 1t a fair trial; so | went at 1t
again. and this last trial was sufficient
to convince me that the product is Ill
deed "A marvellous invention. and iusti-
fies all the claims and more that you
make regarding it.
Since that time the Postum has be
come a daily beverage and a household
necessity with the whole of my family
The benefits that have come to us
have been too many and too subtle to
fully specify In my own case / enjoy
a sound sleep at night, waking thor
oughly refreshed; my eyes are stronger
and brighter. memory is certainly bet
ter, and my nerves and digestion i'm
measureably improved. 1t is my belief
that coffee and tea drinking is largely
responsible for much of the domestic
friction and misery, owing to the ter
ribie ravages it works on the nerves
and digestion OF those subject to these
unfortunate habits" W. Mitchell, The
Emporium, San Francisco, Cal.
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'HuHy gee. does dey call dat a ball
game? Fifty to eight, If dose county
fellers ever saw q baseball before
don't want a cent. Dey'd better go take
a few lessons before dey runs ag'i
dose city chaps next time"
A small urchin slipped down from
the high stone wall which overlooks the
Eighteenth ward square and trudged
disgustedly dinnerwards as he gave
vent TO this soliliquy.
The alleged ball game between the
city and county officers had just con-
cluded, and the cause of his disgust
was manifest.
Fifty TO eight, That was the direful
score which told of the downfall of the
county officers. Fifty to eight Twas
enough To- make the shades of The
only Kelly and Danny Brouthers
and Deacon" White turn in their
graves.
But it was lots of fun for the city
athletes. They chased each other
around the diamond until their wind
was gone and the perspiration came in
bucketsful. They knocked the county's
pitchers out of the bRX as fast as a new
one could be put up They basted the
little white sphere into the trees over
of COWS in right field, and even men
aced the windows Of the passing cars
on First street. They simply showed
the other fellows under, and they only
stopped with fifty runs because their
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opponents vowed twas against the
rules TO make more than fifty in one
game.
Dick Morris Share
OF course they were all stars on the
city side. but Dick Morris was the
bright particular star Dick used to
play with the old Deserets twenty
years ago, and his broad shoulders
have lost none of the power they could
put behind the ball in those days. The
way he lambasted that poor ball was a
sight TO see Nor was Ed Sloan far be-
hind him, nor little Billy Swan, nor
Bob Siddoway. nor Andy Peterson.
On the county side Deputy Clerk Me-
10y was about the whole thing. He
covered in succession about every po-
sition on the field, and all with Won
drous success. especially in the box In
the last inning. when the city boys only
touched him up for twelve runs.
George Blair also acted as a general
utility man. Starting in in right field,
ne was promoted to the pitchers box.
Thence he retreated gracefully after
the city had garnered ten tallies. and
assumed a statuesque pose at short,
being relegated later to center field,
where he chased flies and shooed away
the cows when they came too near.
George Woods appeared on the scene
late in the game. and got rather the
worst of the shuttle for positions. but
out in right field he had lots to occupy
his time when the bombardment be-
gan
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pitched ball. Then Griffith settled
down and worked himself out of the
hole by striking Obendorfer out.
Goose Egg For Salt Lake.
The Salt Lakers got their first goose
the first good, strong kick of the con-
test Barnet was safe at first because
McKimmins fumbled grounder. Grif-
fifth flied out to Smith. Lucas reached
first in good order, when Stark was I'M
able to handle his hit and a base on
balls to Farnsworth filled the bags.
Harry Joseph was the man who caused
the trouble. He did it by hitting a
dinky little popup to Campbell, which
the latter muffed, but which Stark, who
was backing him up, gathered in be-
fore the ball struck the ground. The
runners all thought the fly had been
muffed, so an easy double resulted and
the side was retired. Joseph and his
fellow players kicked long and vigor-
ously, but the rules were against them,
and they were forced to submit.
Four runs were gathered by the Utah
aggregation as the result of a combi-
nation of conical misplays in the third.
Griffith was mainly responsible for the
TALES, a wild throw to third working
havoc. In the fourth Salt Lake got one
on hits by Guthrie and Jennings.
Utah's portion in the same inning to-
tailed four, the result of two hits,
coupled with battery and fielding err
rors. Salt Lake died in one, two. three
order in the fifth, and Utah gathered
six without making a hit. This I'M
usual occurrence was made possible by
a combination of as costly mistakes of
omission and commission as We're ever
seen on a diamond.
At this time the score stood 16 to 4
in favor of the Utah exchange, and
fully half the spectators left under the
impression that it would be impossible
for the Salt Lake nine to catch up.
The fireworks began in the sixth. how
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1t was nerve-shattering from start to
finish, that ball game between the rival
stock exchanges on the Fort Douglas
grounds yesterday afternoon. The
game was forfeited to Salt Lake. to
0-after a series of incidents, the like
of which were never before witnessed
on a local diamond. Fights were so
frequent that they ceased to attract
attention, and many of the spectators,
as the streetcars bore them homeward,
found themselves wondering how any
body escaped with his life.
An audience of something like 1000
people saw the contest. Most of them
left before it was over, but those that
stayed will never regret it. At the be-
ginning the Salt Lakers seemed to be
outclassed. Their opponents in the
first five innings piled up an apparent
ly insurmountable lead of twelve runs.
Real Scrapping Begins.
1t was at this point that the first
genuine fisticuffs occurred. Joe Bam-
berger. manager of the Salt Lakes, and
A. l.. Morris, who appeared in a like
capacity for the Utah exchange nine,
had been walking around each other
for some minutes, breathing threaten
ings and slaughter Finally, one or the
which, shot out a straight lead and
landed on his rivals jaw. The scrap
pers were proceeding to mix it, in
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betting went on at the liveliest kind
of a rate. All the brokers in town were
on hand, and they hadn't left their
pocketbooks at home, either. Bets were
freely offered and as freely taken, until
the first two or three innings had been
played.
The game opened with Utah in the
field and Salt Lake at the bat. Jen-
nings was the first man up. He made
three vicious lunges at the ball, but
failed to connect. Miller was next. He
hit the third ball pitched, and it sailed
away out into right for two bags. Bar
nett flied to Campbell. Griffith got a
pass to first, and Lucas was also tick
eted Miller, who had stolen third,
came home on a passed ball, but Farms
worth retired the side by saving.
The Utahns made two in their half
Jones worked Griffith for base on
balls, stole second, and went to third
when Jennings missed OberndOrfer' s
scratch grounder. Miles reached the
initial bag on errors by Barnett and
Lucas, and Jones and Oberndorfer came
home during the play. Later Miles
tried to reach the place on passed
ball, but Griffith covered the plate and
Guthrie threw him out. Stark was hit
by batted ball, and Smith famed.
Salt Lake gathered two tallies in the
second. Joseph was safe at first when
Campbell failed to handle his grounder.
He came home on Guthrie's slashing
double over center Colborn struck out,
but Guthrie ambled home when Smith
muffed Jennings fly to center. A min
ute later Jennings was thrown out at
third by Jones, and Miller retired the
side by tanning.
Utah had a great chance to score in
her half, but missed connection. After
Wells had passed away at first as the
result of grounder to Lucas, McKim-
minis cracked out a single. He pilfered
second. Campbell struck out and
Cowie got base on balls. The cor
ners We're filled when Jones was hit by
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ever. Hit followed hit, and error fol-
lowed error. The Utahns became af-
flicted with an epidemic of rattles that
included every member of the team.
Made Fourteen Runs.
old exchange crowd had accumulated
exactly fourteen runs. Every man had
two turns at the bat, and the remark
able feat of making two runs in the
same inning was accomplished by Jen-
nings, Miller, Barnett and Joseph. All
hands made at least one tally.
This changed the aspect of things
very materially. Men who had bet their
money on Salt Lake and were trying
to look like game losers, took heart and
cheered with demoniacal enthusiasm.
The crowd at one time pressed up so
closely along the line between home
and first that play was greatly i'm
peded.
An effort was made by eight or ten
soldiers to keep the rooters back, but
no power could have done it, so the
same men who had charged up San
Juan hill unfiinchingly were forced to
retire discounted. A fight or two fur
Their enlivened the proceedings at this
juncture, and scads of money were Of
fered on Salt Lake, with no takers.
Utah tried hard to toe the scratch
Jones reached first safely on Miller's
error. Obendorfer got a base on balls.
and Jones scored on Miles hit. Dick
Gray of the Southern Pacific, wearing
a lovely green sweater, came to bat in
Stark's place. A protest was made on
the ground that Gray was not a mem
Der of the Utah exchange, but he was
allowed to go on. The best he could do
was a pOpup, which landed safely in
Barnett's hands. Obendorfer was nailed
in an attempt to steal third, and then
came a funny play.
McKimmon batted out of his turn, in
spite of a feeble kick by the opposition
His single brought Miles home and two
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BUEL WON HIS BET.
On Foot He Beat Railroad Trains
Time

Chicago, May 20.-Charles L. Buel, a
sheep salesman at the stockyards, has
proved that he can travel faster than
an ordinary sheep train. In proving it
he added $500 to his bank account.
which represented the sum he had won
from friend on a wager that he would
beat the time made by the train. The
conditions of the wager were that Mr..
Buel was to walk from Trevor, Wis, 10
the sheep pens in the stockyards, a dis
lance of sixty miles, in less than eigh-
teen hours.
This evening, Mr.. Buel, accompanied
by scores of bicyclists and horsemen.
and a crowd of friends, arrived at the
sheep pens, having won the $500 with
three hours and thirty-siX minutes to
spare. He was in excellent condition
and evidently could have made the dis
tance in less time than he did.
The trip was the outcome of q
statement made by Mr.. Buel in a fit
of evaporation over the fact that a
railroad had required eighteen hours
to bring a train of sheep from Trevor
to Chicago He asserted that he could,
on foot, beat the time made by the
train and a wager of $500 was the re-
suit
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very lively style, when half a dozen
men interfered.
The combatant stayed apart for an
inning. When it was over they invited
each other to point outside the fence
where a ring could be formed and they
could pummel each other satisfactorily.
The mutual invitation was accepted,
and the game was temporarily stopped.
When they reached nice smooth
place on the bench west of the grand
stand, Bamberger and Morris pro-
ceeded to shuck their coats and engage
in real, oldfashioned fist and skull
fight.
The spectators formed a narrow ring
around them and allowed the fun to
der who attempted to interfere was
rudely thrust into the background. The
fight lasted not more than three min
utes 1t was stopped because Norris
got firm grip on Joe's football hair
and was trying his level best to yank
it off. Joe. in the meanwhile, was Civ
ing Morris the best he had in the shop
in the way of short swings, leads and
uppercuts. Neither of the fighters bore
any marks of the encounter.
When the unpleasantness had been
terminated, everybody fiocked into the
enclosure again and the baseball game
went on. Whether their scrapping
manager was a mascot or not, some
thing happened to brace the Salt LAX
ers up. and they piled together a covey
of fourteen runs in the sixth, thus CIV
ing a lead which was not overcome.
The Players a Study.
The players were almost as much of
a study as the game itself. They wore
all kinds of clothing. from a set of
overalls, which encased Ralph Guthrie's
ample form. TO a really truly baseball
uniform that was worn by portly
George Jones. Beer was there in
plenty, but it was hid away under the
grandstand, where only a favored few
could get at it. Before play was called,
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other runs by McKimmon and Smith
We're subsequently made. A more Wig
orouS protest was made by the Salt
Lakers and Umpire Meinecke decided
that McKimmon was out for batting in
the wrong place. This wiped the tai
lies of Miles, McKimmon and Smith
off the slate, leaving the score II tolls
in favor of Salt Lake.
Row In the Seventh.
In the seventh came the row that
broke up the contest and caused the
forfeiture of the game. After six runs
had been made by the Salt Lakers Gar
danier, member of the High school
team, was put in to bat in place of
Farnsworth. 1t didn't occur to the
Utah boys to roar until Gardanier
made a triple. Then they kicked with
all the power they could command, on
the ground that Gardanier doesn't be-
long to the Salt Lake Exchange. Miles
and Stark declared they would not play
any longer. No substitutes for them
could be found so Meinecke. after wait
ing the required five minutes and lon
ger, forfeited the game to Salt Lake.
8 to 0.
Most of the Utahns took their medi-
cine manfully. Only one was heard to
declare that he wouldn't allow his bets
to be paid, but sporting authorities say
he will have no discretion in the mat
ter. All bets will go with the umpire's
decision and that decision was against
the new exchange. 1t was stated that
while Gardanier is not member of the
Exchange, his father, who is, has au-
thorized him to do business there.
The gate receipts netted some SS5 to
the Salt Palace fund and all kinds of
excitement to the spectators. 1t is es-
timated that at least $1,000 changed
hands on the result. One broker alone
is known to have won 81 900 and many
others won smaller amounts.
Last night the victorious nine ate
champagne supper at the Merchants.
There was lots to eat and plenty to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-21
BAPTIST MINISTERS HERE
TWO HUNDRED ARRIVED IN
THE CITY YESTERDAY.
Preach In Various Churches This
Morning - Mass Meeting to Be
Held In Theatre Tonight.

Two hundred visiting Baptist min
listers are in the city. They arrived
from the east yesterday, and, are on
their way to San Francisco, where
they go to attend the Baptist anniver-
sary celebrations to be held in that
city from May "a to June l. The party
is distributed among the various hotels.
the Knutsford accommodating about
seventy-five.
The morning services in nearly all
the churches will be in charge of the
visiting brethren, and this evening
mass meeting in their honor will be
held in the Salt Lake theatre, at which
distinguished representatives of the
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Curly" Iverson was the choicest
tWIrler the county put in. In one in
ming he held the sluggers of the oppo-
sition down to one run, for which he
received the applause of the bevy of
young ladies whom Fred Little was
chaperoning over behind third base
''Rufie" Cobb adorned the third bag
when he wasn't chasing grounders he d
missed. Some cynic who had bet his
money on the county nine was mean
enough to remark that he let the ball
go by on purpose. so that the young
ladies might see how fleet he was in
pursuing it.
Details of the Slaughter.
Over the tale of the slaughter the
merciful historian passes lightly. Its
details come back to memory but dim
ly. 1T was mostly a procession of per-
spring cityites around the bases, with
brief, sadly brief intervals while the
county players sought in vain to con-
meet with Howard Wilson's curves or
Gowan'S twisters, or the projectiles
which flew from Smiths left paw.
There was just one period of delirious
delight for the county rooters. when,
after three men had acquired their
base by succession of accidents, 'Rufie"
Cobb came up and lost the ball down
somewhere in the vicinity of the Eagle
Gate. But that awaited nothing against
the onslaughtS of the city sluggers.
Those worthless kept on pasting the
ball into the blue ether while the coun-
ty fielders rooted for it in the surround
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drink in addition to the ''b'ilin' CIDER
and the aggregation was so enthused
when the banquet was over that an
impromptu parade was gotten up,
which took in the business section OF
the city.
Want to Play Again
The members of the Utah nine are
anxious for chance to get even They
declared last night they could raise
$1,000 to bet On themselves. OF this
amount George w. Jones says he will
put up $500 and w. F. Smith 800. A.
l.. Morris also says he will put up part
of the money.
Interest in the game ran so high
among those who were unable to at
tend that bulletin service was ar
ranged in Henry Peery's office. The
bulletins ran like this:
4 p. m.-Griffith fell at the demijohn-
Doc King sleeping on a beer key. Jo-
seph and Bamberger coppering bets.
4:30 p. m.-JoneS catching stray
balls. a. L. Morris and Joe Bamber-
ger throwing beer kegs at each other.
Dick Colborn tops the key on third.
Ben Luce pulling corks in the brewery
wagon. Free beer for everybody.
The following summary doesn't give
anything like an accurate idea of the
game. If all the errors had been
counted they would have amounted to
hundreds. for nearly all hands distin-
guished themselves more or less in this
line.
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CONDUCTORS SAW THE SIGHTS.
Visited the Lake and Other Points of
Interest

party yesterday morning paid another
visit to the tabernacle and were favored
with an organ recital, Professor Daynes
officiating. The party then took a run
down to Saltair. A number of them
bottled some of the water to take home.
In the afternoon they visited the vari-
Gus places of interest in the city. and
accepted an invitation from Mr.. Hen
shaw of the Knutsford to visit that
hotel Mr.. Henshaw gave to each of
the ladies a silver souvenir spoon. The
party left last evening for San Fran
cisco, passing a vote of thanks to s. c.
Ewing, proprietor of the Cullen, for his
courtesy and hospitality during their
stay.
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ing streets and climbed fences and
lodged trolly cars until their bones
ached ana their legs were awearied.
And when, after the seventh round had
chalked up twelve large and square
tallies to the citys credit, the county
threw up the sponge and admitted their
defeat.
This is the way the two teams lined
up at the start, but they had a pleas
ing habit of changing all the players
about after each inning. and the scorer
didn't try to keep track of them after
the first inning: