The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-01
DINNERS IN PLENTY
Everybody Had a Chance at a Big
Spread.
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TEMPTING BILLS OF FARE
THE SALVATION ARMY FEEDS
THOUSANDS.
At the Jails and Public Institutions
Generally the Inmates We're Civ
en- Ali the Good Things That the
Season Affords-Dainty Dishes
Go Down Before onslaughts.

Dinners galore for hungry people
were served all over the city yesterday.
AT the institutions where prisoners and
paupers are cared for. everybody had
something good to eat. 1t was a day
had almost forgotten what the express
sion means. Stories of the various
spreads follow:
Salvation Army Dinner.
Through the efforts of the Salvation
Army corps, under the able direction
of Adjutant Crawford, and the assist
ance OF officers from Park City, Ogden
and Mercur, a splendid Thanksgiving
feast was yesterday supplied 20 some
thing like 1000 of Salt Lakes poor peo-
pie, and the army feels very grateful to
the merchants, butchers and generous
hearted citizens, but for whom its ef-
forts must have been in vain.
Something over 200 families, whose
names and addresses were gathered
through the schools, churches, police
department and other avenues, were
each supplied with choice meats, veSe-
tables, tea, coffee, sugar, pies, and IN
cases where it was known that little
children went to make up the house.
hold, candies, nuts, cakes and other
daintie were added. DeliVerymen We're
kept on the go all of Wednesday and
the greater part of yesterday, and out
of the whole list of names supplied
only twelve orders failed TO reach their
destination, a failure due TO imperfect
addresses.
In addition TO this charity, genu-
inc banquet was served at the army's
shelter on Franklin avenue to over 200
men. From 1:30 to o'clock the tables,
with accommodations for fifty persons,
We're constantly surrounded. After a
lull of about an hour the second siege
began, and lasted till $40, and during
the whole afternoon the best of good
order prevailed and not single hitch
occurred to embarrass the management
or mar the good feeling which prevailed
among the guests. The dinner was
ing:
Stuffed Roast Turkey and Chicken.
Giblet Gravy. Cranberry Sauce.
Sliced Boiled Ham.
Mashed Potatoes. Celery.
English Plum Pudding. Pumpkin Pie
Tea and Coffee.
At County Jail.
John H. Benbrook, from all indica
lions, was the only cheerful man
around the county jail yesterday. AS
the alleged homicide reveled in the
luxury of a toothpick after his Thanks
giving dinner and strolled out on the
corridor upstairs at the solicitation of
Jailer Thomas, he smilins.y asked for
the privilege of being allowed to oper-
ate bucksaw out in the jail yard and
reduce the abnormal woodpile to its
proper dimensions.
: Taken all in all, Jailer Thomas was
busy man yesterday afternoon with
thirty-six hungry prisoners to feed As
is customary, the guests of Sheriff
Howells were RECALLED with the annual
spread, it being augment
ed this year by contributions of chick
ems and provisions donated by Mrs. l..
S. Barton, Mrs. Kimball and Mrs. Mink,
the Christian Scientist Jail missionaries.
At 3:15 the prisoners were released
from the rotary and assembled in the
corridor, where they gaZed through the
bars and shifted critically at the viands
spread out on the tables on the other
side of the cage. Some of the men
there looked as though they had never
before INDUCED in such a repast. AL
though there We're no servietteS, glass
ware or menu cards visible, there was
no lack of toothsome edibles. The pris-
oners had the privilege of discussing
the following viands: Chicken, turkey,
roast leg of mutton, potatoes, celery,
bread, coffee, tea, mince, cuStarG and
pumpkin pie. jelly and fruit cake. and
cigars. In fifteen minutes by the watch
nothing was visible but the bones and
4 pint of crumbs.
AT the stroke of the gong the barred
gate swung back and Miles, alias Wal
ace, reached his seat first, closely fol-
owed by Reeves, with Pat O'Conner,
the man who bombarded Ralph AM
orose's saloon with paving rocks, hot
.hird. Smith, the alleged dynamiter,
With a supercilious air. withdrew from
he rush line and allowed the common
place petty offenders to bear the heat
md burden of the day ere he took his
seat. The prisoners did not wait for
he chaplain to say grace-they simply
fell on and "wolfed'' everything in
sight.
After the feast all concerned filed
back to their territory wherein James
Oleson, the United States prisoner,
charged with shooting an indian in
Uintah county, had been pacing ner-
vously up and down in solitary state.
)leson had his meal solEs, and it con-
sisted of a ten-pound turkey ordered
1t his own expense. Then Jailer
Thomas appeared once more on the
scene with a box of cigars, for which |
ion of saying thank you"
Upstairs John HI. Benbrook and |
Frederick ]. Mills had their Thanks !
giving dinner in their own cell at the |
southwest corner of the jail, While at !
he extreme end of the building sat the I
lalf dozen box car breakers, recent /
quests of the sheriff.
Both Benbrook and Mills have been /
in the past from physical in |
hut tInr fr11
hat they had enjoyed their repast and |
we're feeling considerably better and !
heerful under the circumstances.
Nils in slippers and an embroidered |
moking jacket appeared to have put |
N flesh since his arrangement while |
3enbrook. clean shaved and attired |
With his customary taste, chatted I
heerfully and asked how the weather
vas outside.
Day at the Fort.
Thanksgiving day was observed at
Fort Douglas yesterday with an aban-
on worthy of the heroes OF Kipling's
Soldiers Three" At noon the sun
danced off Trumpeter w. a. Williams
instrument as the welcome call rang
ut.
Ninety-seven non-coms, troopers and
ne solitary recruit turned out prompt
Y on the barrack square: two min
ties later they We're seated around
he deal tables in the mess room await
ng the advent of the enemy; while
White and Saltzman, their
antilles ard friends assembled to
fitness the trenchermen fall upon the
ill of fare prepared for their delecta-
ion.
The dinner which was served under
he direction of Corporal Dudley
'rowl. proved to be, as one of the
roopers remarked. another stripe for