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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-24

the coal all flying troo de air. and each
trying to see who would get there first.
Glory be that I was not hurt at all, at
all. It's a brave man is Moike tthe en-
gineer), fine. big. brave man. sor- The
last thing he said was. What do
you think it was. sor. and him expect
ing to die the next mint. at that. sor?
Without turning his head he yelled out
to me. Jump. you red-headed scroun-
drelr he yells, and while / didn't have
no tonne to do as he tould me. take
il very kindly that he thought OF me as
he did,
Struck at Forty Miles an Hour.
He was running the through north
ern express, which had a limited time
schedule. A side track at the foot OF q
heavy two-mile grade ran to steam
sawmill, and on this span lay a tram
of a dozen or fifteen cars. The first
two or three cars were loaded with
compressed hay in bales. When the
express reached the foot of the grade II
was running at a high rate of speed,
probably forty or forfy-five miles an
hour. The switch lay wide open, and
into the siding the express crashed
without any abatement of its headlong
speed, and struck the other train. Such
was the force Of the impact that the
forward cars were literally rent in
twain, and the broken bales of hay
scattered on either side of the track A
fierce fire soon started.
The fireman, two mail clerks and a
brakeman lost their lives. but no pas
| sengers, save one woman. who died
later from injuries received. Scarcely
anyone, however. escared unScathed.
| OF the three mail clerks one asas killed
outright; the two others were both
caught in the broken car. One they dug
| out and got free with the exception OF
| one foot, but. try as they would, this
| foot they could not loosen
Twice had the clerks clothes caught
| fire, and he was almost beside himself
with fear. He begged them to cut his
foot off with one of the axes which had
been brought from the adjacent saw
mill. Twice the brakeman raised the
ak to do as he was urged, and twice
did his heart fail him Then handing
| the ak to a bystander. he bent and
ran his hands down the mail clerk leg
until they touched what seemed red
hot iron bar. Regardless of bltstered
fingers. he grasped it with both hands
and exerted ali his great strength upon
| ;t.
! At the same time two other men
pulled with all their might on the i'm
| prisoned shoe, and it slipped off. The
| clothing of all four men was on fire
when they got out The brakeman said
afterward that had this effort failed he
should have tried to chop the mai
clerks foot off, but that he didn't think
he would have had time. Had that fail
| ed. he intended shooting him, as he
was armed with revolver.
The other mail clerk was inextricably
caught. They had only dug him out
to the waist line when the onrushine
! fire drove them back. The clerk cried
piteously and begged them to kill him
but they had no arms. He was soor
beyond help The conductor tried tc
get at him with an ak, only to be pull
ed out by his companions so terribly
! burned that it was four weeks before
| he was about again.
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Coffee and Sugar.

New York, Dec. 23.--With the Produce
Exchange, Cotton Exchange. Coffee Ex-
change Metal Exchange and other trade
centers closed and the markets in general
more or less in holiday form. business in
commercial commodities was practically
suspended. leading values. more or less
nominal, at the closing figures of Friday
In the open market for spot coffee bus
mess was Inactive, with a weak undertone
on the basis of CSC for No. Rio. invoice
lots, and TIC for jobbing parcels.
Sugar was also unchanged III price. with
raw dull and refined only moderately
active
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Kansas City Livestock.

Kansas City, Dec. Acknowledgements
50. Market unchanged. Native steers
s4.00li6 10: Texas steers. ss.4Oa5.25; Texas
cows 81. 1899; native cows and heifers
81 50I4.30; stockers and feeders. s3.0OQ5.25
bulls, S2.50G3.S5.
Bulk of sales. s4.0o14.10; heavy. $3.9544. 10
packers. A05fi4 l2lh; mixed. s4.00M4.10
light. s.. 50n40I1a; workers., s4.00Q4.O5; pigs
S.. 25d4.00.
Lambs. sl.00G5.50: muttons. SS.00d450.
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Omaha Livestock.

Omaha. Dec 2s.-Cattle-Receipts. $500.
Market steady. Native beef steers. A.2Od
500; western steers. S4.C044.lO; Texas
42O: Gamers. 50. 2563.00: stockers and
feeders sS.eod4.75; calves. ss.50Q7.o0; bulls,
stays. etc. s275d4.G0.
Hoes-Receipts, $500. Market steady.
Heavy, s40Olf4051s: mixei s4.00q402l9;
light. sl05Qi1o: pigs. sss5d4.o0; bulk of
sales. siccd4oota.
Sheep-Receipts.. none. Market steady.
Native muttons. S.2004.50; western NUT
tons. Si00d4.35; stock sheep, S3.S0g4.25;
lambs, s4.25G5.25.
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Christmas Presents.

Two pleasant incidents occurred in
the court house yesterday afternoon. In
the clerks Office Deputy L. j. Holther,
in behalf of fellow employees, present.
ed TO Clerk Charles Hollingsworth a
handsome cane and umbrella, each with
buckhorn handle, silver mountings and
appropriately inscribed. Mr.. Hollings-
worth made brief reply of acceptance.
In the sheriff's Office the deputies
made Sheriff Layne a present of a
handsome meerschaum pipe, Deputy S,
II. Care making the presentation
speech.
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New Managers.

B. P. Critchlow has been selected by
the directors to succeed E. T. Wooley
as manager. of the Coop Wagon & Ma
chine company in Ogden, and Theodore
Nystrom is to be, the manager of the
Montpelier house in place of John d.
Fife, who. with Mr.. Wooley, resigned
to establish business of their own.
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steady at per cent; prime mercantile pa
per per cent: sterling exchange steady,
with actual business in bankers bills at
4.S7L for demand and at 4.S9$4d4.S1 for 50
days; posted rates. 4.SlizQ4.S2 and 4.SS9
4.SS12; commercial bills. 4.SG44.S01e.
Silver certificates, 5S1kG59l2.
Bar silver ssh.
Mexican dollars. 47A.
London. Dec. 2S.-Silver, 26 15-1sd.
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Denver Livestock.

Denver. Dec. 23.-Cattle-Receipts. 100.
Market steady. Beef steers. SS.50I5.50;
cows 81. 50d3.60: feeders. freight paid TO
river 50. 75n450. stockers, freight paid to
river, So. S5d4.60; bulls, stays. etc., S2.O04
800
Hogs-Receipts. 200 Market steady.
Light packers. sS.9Oq3.95; mixed and
heavy. s.. 95M4.e0.
Sheer-Rece-;nts none.
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Siclk Headaches

the curse of overworked womankind.
are quickly and surely cured by Karl's
Glover Root Tea. the great blood puri-
ed II not satisfactory. Price. % cts. and
SO cts. For sale at q. c. NJ. l. Drug
Dept
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When Grip prevails, Cough Syrups.
Emulsions. Irhalers and even Pills
and Plasters are palmed off as cures.
But the true cure is '.77'' prepared
by Dr. Humphreys in 1894 when Grip
was raging and the people panic
stricken by it's fatality. IT. sprang
into popularity dispensing the plague.
restoring confidence and quieting the
fears of the people.
It's popularity is ever extending until
it is used in every family for Grip.
Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat. Influenza
and Catarrh end as a preventive for
Pneumonia.
Manual of all diseases sent free.
For sale by all druggists, or sent on re-
ceipt of price, 25c, or five for s1.00 Hum
phrsys Homeopathic Medicine Co.. Cor.
william and John Sts.- New York
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Stocks at London.

New York, Dec. 23-Commercial-A
Users London financial cablegram says:
The markets here were quietly strong to-
day, closing at the best. The mining fur
ry over. IL passed more easily than was
expected. and foreign exchanges were IA
vorable. Gold was reported as coming
forward freely: ana there was evidence OF
Is coo in bars and f132.0 900 in German coin
The Argentine Republic took 10000 AM
orleans opened 51f11 point over parity and
hardened up to the close. Spanish AZ were
63%. Tintos 24lz, Anacondas 3-16 Utahs
"a. Call money was easy and discounts
a shade less firm.
Loans, Exchange and Silver.
New York, Dec. 23.-Money on call was
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lChicago Inter ocean,


To the engineer belongs the most
hazardous and at the same time the
most responsible task of any of the
men who run the train, and the pas
sengers on one of the great flyers as
they loll back in their seats reading the
most recent work of fiction or gazing
placidly forth at the scenery, scarcely
ever give a thought to the fact that
ahead of them is dust ana OIL De-
grimed man who, for the time being,
literally carries their lives in the hol-
low of his sweaty hand, and 10 whose
watchful and alert eyes and unfiincnlng
nerve they may owe their escape from
horrible death.
But so it is, and this man, the engi4
neer, usually of humble origin and mea-
ger education, is a man for all that,
and one of force, and with the power
and will to do and to die in the pursuit
of his duty, should the occasion ever
occur 1t is extraordinary how rev
cases there are where engineers nave
been found derelict in the moment or
trial There have been innumerable
wrecks since railroads were first intro
duced into the country, but the record
of the number CT engineers who have
failed when the crucial test came is IN
finitesimal. 1t should be remembered
that there is no way in which the cour-
age of an engineer can be tested, ana
only by actual participation in wreck
can he receive his baptism of fire.
| When once danger appears in front
an engineers duty is, first, to close the
| throttle: second, to apply the air
| brakes; third, TO reverse the engine
| that is, to throw over the reversing
lever, which enables the engine to run
in the opposite direction from which 1t
| had been going; fourth, to reopen the
| throttle.
To do these four acts calls for but q
| fraction of time, but where wrecks re-
suit the danger is usually so imminent
as frequently not to leave even suffi-
| cient interval to accomplish them, and
often when the ruins have been cleared
away the body of the faithful guardian
has been discovered with his hand stiff
| in death on the throttle, reverse lever or
brake, and bearing silent witness as to
how far he had got toward the accom-
plishment of that duty which he had
| yielded HIS life to perform.
| Many engineers are reckless and will
| take awful chances. At one time a
| certain driver was taking through a
special train consisting of empty freight
cars and a caboose. The station master
told him that the down train was a
| trifie late, and due at the next station
! beyond, seven miles away, at 2:3I
| O'Clock. CHANGING at his watch the en-
gineer said he had nine minutes, and
decided to take the chance. He had to
cross bridge just beyond the town he
was leaving, and midway across he be-
gan to increase his speed.
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New York, Dec sS.-The imports of spe-
Gle for the week were sS4,279 in gold and
s22S65 in silver. Exports OF specie TO all
countries for the week were 81, AIS, 3S9 in
silver bars and coins and So $4,000 in gold.
The imports of dry goods and merchandise
at the port of New York for this week
were valued at 81 43l. FOG.
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In the Pyramid.
New York Press.)

The Sacred Cat-Lots of leisure we have
in here now, old man. Eth?
The Mummy of Thotmes I-Yep. And
to think / was once so pressed for time!
The svathing bands cracked ominously.
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unanimous as to whether such prepare
lion is yet completed.
Bonds have suffered in sympathy with
stocks but declines have not been SO vio-
lent nor selling so large. United States
old IS advanced a point, the Is y. and tho
2s new IS and 5s y in the bid price
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London Wool Sales

London, Dec. 23.-The arrivals of wool
for the first series of wool auctio.. sales
in January, 1900. amount to 9,029 bales,
including $1,000 bales forwarded direct.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Brokers Play Fast Ball On the Chica
go Board of Trade.

Chicago. Dec. 23.-The record of the
wheat market here today could be blot
ted out without materially affecting COM
n lnerciai history Win outSioe exchanges
crossed ana no Liverpool cab.es, there was
little incentive to trade The small pit
crowd amused itself by kicking about a
football most of the time. Statistics were
incomplete. There was 6 trifiing bit of
foreign buying, but with New York not
open the cash business was practically
shut off. May wheat opened and closed
at. es5s@ ssSse. 1sc under yesterday. -s,f
Corn barely held its own. Business was
inconsequeltial. May closed lsc down at
327sc.
Oats were at a standstill with barely
&c fluctuation. May closed &c depressed
from yesterday.
Provisions were easy, but very quiet.
A bit of selling of May lard caused some
weakness. May pork closed 7l2c under
yesterday at $10.31, May lard &c lower al
ss.6I2a6.I0, and May RIBS 5qIlalac under
at S. 421zQ5.45.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
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Metal Quotations.
Exports and Imports.

New York. Dec 23.-The brokers prizes
for lead is AS and for copper 16.50dl6.75;
casting copper quoted at 15.12.
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statement shows the following changes:
Surplus reserve increase .......-$3, 35S, go
Loans, decrease $500 ..--..-- $1,000
Specie. increase ..-...--.-..-.-- z, o. ~
Logan tenders. increase .-...-.-.- S3s, 80
Deposits, increase ......-.--.. 800, 4oo
The The banks now hold sio. ,075 in excess
of the requirements of the % per cent
rule.
The statement of the New York banks
for the week ending Dec. % is decidedly
favorable in its showing, especially. with
reference to cash changes. me gains IN
legal tenders and specie were S3,5l2,lO0 and
as the increase in deposits was only NOM
inal the new cash goes to meet excess re-
serve, bringing that item to $40, 3S4,OIo, the
highest point touched since last August.
The statement has been affected by a.
number of influences of conflicting and
unusual character. which perhaps ex-
plains why the final figures are at varl-
ance with earlier estimates. To begin
with. the liquidation of 100000 in loans
is smaller than the known operations over
the past week called for. The addition or
spite the loss of s., 600 900 gold on Dec. IT,
was unexpected but the treasury dis
bursements and the receipt of specie from
the West Indies week ago. have more
than counteracted the earlier loss. The
exports of specie to Europe Saturday are
not included in the present statement
What bearing they viii have on the next
exhibit of the banks is problematical. 1t
is quite likely however, that the opening
of the new year will witness the usual
movement of funds between this center
and the interior.
Dividend disbursements are bringing in
TO the market a fresh supply of free cur
rency. The usual senni-annual disturb
ances incident to payments of this char
acter are now fully discounted. The
changed condition of affairs with respect
TO business over the country does not
make for repetition of the influx of in
terror money to New York which was so
pronounced at this time last year. but the
rates quoted on domestic exchange at i'm
portant centers show that the tendency
is in favor of New York.
L. will be recalled that the rise in secur-
tiles beginning IN January had its origin
largely IN the superabundance of money
flowing this way. There is no prospect
that the return this year will approach
that of last winter. for the simple reason
that the money of the country is employed
in active business. Europe also stands
ready to bid for excess cash at present.
The outlook. then, while ii Is assuming a
more comfortable aspect, seems to fore
cast moderately firm money market,
with no stringency and no idle over-sup-
DlV
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THE MAN IN THE CAB
Many Perils Pace the Railroad
Engineer.
GREAT RESPONSIBILITY
BUT RECORDS SHOW THAT FEW
ARE FOUND DERELICT.
T RESPONSIBILITY
GREAT

The Thrilling Moment When the
Master of the Mighty Machine
Boldly Risks His Life to Save
Those Entrusted to His Care
Many Accidents From Carelessness.
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For Hoarseness.

BENZ. Ingerson of Hutton, Ind. says:
he had not spoken above whisper
for months, and one bottle of Foley S
Honey and Tar restored his voice. 1t
is used very largely by speakers and
singers. Johnson-Pratt Drug company.
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w. c. Willets, who is getting up the
new map of Salt Lake City, went to
Denver, Colo, last night. Anyone wish
ing to order copy of the map can dc
so by addressing him at 62s East Thir-
tieth avenue, Denver Colo.
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Bond Quotations.

u. S. IS .lo21k L. G. N. uni. As. ssh
q. S. IS reg-..-..1l01s n. Y c. Is -.--liZ4
u. s. IS coup. .1l01e N J. c. e. 5s----lS
Il 8. n. As reg. I34ia Nor. Pac. ls.-..1l0
II 81 n. As COUP 1917 Nor. Pac. IS 49, GA
L. s. o. As reg. .1I4je Nor Pac. As -. .10lz
u. S. o. As coup. .1l515 n. y. C. ST.
L. S. IS reg......113A l.. As. -. loits
u. s. IS coup. .l13jL Sor. & W. C. As. Sslls
Dis Col 3 65s..12I Nor. & w. G. 6s.125
Atc5h. gen. Is -. 95A Ore Nav. Is. los
Auch. adj. As. :. 761a Ore Nav. As. ..lvy9s
Can. So. ENDS ..106 O. s. L. 6s.. ....l 2Sts
: q o. ass. 94I5 o. s. l.. c. S.. lips
G. q o. 5s lib r. G. w. Is -. 95Si
G. & n. w. $40 ST. l.. & ]. NJ.
C. & n. w. s. con- S. :. -.-lUi5s
F. deb. 5s......115 ST l. az 5. F.
Chi. Term. Is :. 90 gen. 6s.- - ~
D. & r. @. Is. ..10l% 81. Paul consois .162
d. & r. G. 4s.... 97E ST. p. c. & P. Is 1875
L. T. V. &, G.. 1s.103 St. P c. q +. 5s n6
Erie Gen. As -. 661z So. Ry. 5s.. ...-1o5ss
F. w. & d. c. Is 6934 ST. r. & Tw- 6s-- IS
Cen. Elec. IS. ..1l9 Tex & Pac. 1s-.u0
C. H. & S. A. 6s 10 Tex & Pac. 2s.- 81
}. II. & S. A. 2s.105 Union Pac. Is --l02A
II. & T. C. 5s.. 1884 c. & S. As. $500. ~
NJ. X. & T. 2s... 651s Wabash Is. liz
NJ. TX. & T. As. 81 Wabash 2s.. -. SO
II. < T. C. c. 6s..1Io west Shore As. Ills
Iowa C. Is. ...10S Wis. Cent. Is :. %
X. c. P. & c. is 60 So. Pac. As. -. Uts
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Came Together Head On.

AS the engine struck ground again on
the other side and they headed straight
up the rivers valley he threw her wide
open, and gave his engine every ounce
of steam there was in the boiler. Three
miles further on, when running to the
| limit of his capacity, he struck the
down train head on. Both engineers
and firemen were killed outright, and
the engines reduced to a condition that
rendered them fit only for the scrap
heap.
Strange to say, no passengers or other
members of either train crew were
killed outright or afterward died as the
result of injuries received. Only the
shoulders and head of the fireman of
the special were ever found. He had
been driven into the door of the fireboN
feet first, but stuck at the shoulders.
The white hot fire within had COM
pletely Moderated the rest of his body.
To look at the door of a flrebox such a
casualty as that seems all but posi-
BILE, the opening looks. so small. In re-
atty, however, it is large enough. as
any railroad man can tell you.
The watch of the engineer of the spe-
cial when found was still running, and
was four minutes behind. 1t was to
this error of his timepiece that thu
| tragic death of himself and his three
companions was due.
In daylight it is the habit of the en-
| gineer to follow with the eye the gliS-
| tening track of rails over which he
must travel Should a rail be mis-
placed, it.would break this line of light
and betray itself to the watchful man
| in time to stop and save his train. This
particular wreck, however, resulted
| from that curse and dread of all rail-
road runners-tne washout. The cul-
| vert which caused it was a short one,
its width being hardly greater than the
combined length of engine and tender.
| The masonry had been carried away,
| but, the fishplates and spikes holding
| firm, the rails still crossed the gully.
This held the line line of light true, and
| in consequence the engineer was well
| up to the danger before he realized it.
He was able TO stop the train, but to
do so had to go into the ditch himself,
| although, fortunately, he did not lose
| his life.
| He was washed out of the cab WIN
dow by the flood. His jumper catching
over a stone. the train newsboy for
| tunately found him in time to save him
| from a death by drowning. So close
| thing was it that when the train
came to a full stop the front wheels
of the forward truck of the baggage car
were hanging over the opening made by
the washout No one was injured save
! the engineer, who escaped with couple
| of broken ribs and a dislocated Shout
| der. He completely. recovered, how
ever, and is one of the most trusted
engineers on that particular line today.
A Fireman's Aerial Feat.
A rather amusing thing occurred in
connection with this wreck. There was
| little coal in the tender. what was left
being in the rear end. and the fireman
| had gone back TO shovel it forward. The
| impetus of the engine caused il to jump
clear across the gully and stick It's nose
| in the opposite bank. The rear part
! being heavier, dropped first. carrying
| tha forward mart of the tender with il
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Nervous Exhaustion.

washington. Iowa.
HUDYAN DOCTORS-Dear Sirs:
l am feeling well and strong again
and all symptoms of my nervous
trouble are gone 1 have no more
dizzy spells and do not tremble like
I did. No more palpitation of the
heart. My bowels are regular now
and / have a splendid appetite l
can sleep fine and awake feeling re-
freshed. / have no more headache
l just feel that / cannot thank you
enough for your splendid medicine.
and / can truly say that HUDYAN
can't be beat as a remedy for ner-
vous diseases. Yours truly.
T. w. RANDALL.
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Weekly Bank Statement.

New York. Dec. 23.-The weekly bank
a ternent shows the following changes:
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-17

The gloomy youth paused and his
bosom heaved. The lines around his
mouth seemed more drawn ana his fe;l-
lures twitched as if his face were in